Reply #85: 1000 times this^

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My impression of Steve Jobs is he was just a phenomenally good salesman who had a knack for technology. Most salesmen I have known that were really successful were all lacking a conscience in one way or another. They would say anything in order to make a buck. Steve Jobs, imo, is not the best technology geek ever, he's just the best salesman ever. I have owned 2 iPods (older and newer), my kids have an assortment of Apple products, including a new Macbook pro. I will never buy the meme that Steve Jobs was a perfectionist. I can find a zillion things that could have been done better on my iPod. He was simply a micromanaging asshole that had some good ideas - as anyone who had been in the industry that long would probably have been able to come up with.

So, Cumberland Guy, you are bang on. It's a pattern of assholish behavior that is impossible to ignore. I also despise deifying CEO's. That is one of the HUGE problems with the US - always deifying the rich and famous.