Steve Jobs just passed away.

Sammi79 hit the nail on the head!

Steve is in the 0.1% of the richest people in the world and has given nothing back. Bill Gates and Warren Buffet are real innovators who have pledged to give billions of dollars they do not need to help make the world a better place.

[addman]

As I mentioned before, it's probably a tough time for his family and friends (real ones that is). Was he innovative? For sure! Nobody had come up with the idea for selling computers/home electronics for at least twice as much as their competitors before.

Seriously though, Apple has always overcharged for their products but at least in the 90's when I bought my PowerMac G3 (beige) for 1800€ (without a monitor) one could at least say that the hardware/software was proprietary. Now the hardware is the same as any other run of the mill PC but they are still overcharging for it, no wonder they're making boatloads of money. The macs these days are over-priced PC's with inferior hardware and Linux as OS, well built? yes! Worth the price tag? IMO never.

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by speculum jockey

Sammi79 hit the nail on the head!

Steve is in the 0.1% of the richest people in the world and has given nothing back. Bill Gates and Warren Buffet are real innovators who have pledged to give billions of dollars they do not need to help make the world a better place.

He didn't,did he?
Didnt know u worked as his accountant.. If you can't understand the essence of his persona from the articles below, then you're hopeless at understanding one of the most brilliant minds of our century..

http://www.maclife.com/article/news/...s_charity_work

http://www.forbes.com/sites/larahoff...of-steve-jobs/

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/08/...public-giving/