[mdlug] Why I will not praise Steve Jobs

[Garry Stahl]

On 10/08/2011 07:47 AM, Michael Corral wrote:
> Richard Stallman was similarly harsh on Jobs:
> <http://stallman.org/archives/2011-jul-oct.html#06_October_2011_%28Steve_Jobs%29>

Considering that Jobs was the poster child for source closed tighter 
than a convent, I can see why.

> I think that overall Jobs' net effect on the world is a negative.

It's mixed.  He stated as a decent influence and driver in the truelove 
personal computer market and then went all reverse Scrooge on us.

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