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I never said it was a coincidence that Apple was hugely successful. But, those at Apple that made it what it is would not appreciate so many attributing so much to Jobs. I doubt it…

Modified the wording a little bit. Hopefully now it won't offend anyone?

"In 1982, Steve Jobs was forced out of the Lisa project,[2] so he joined the Macintosh project instead." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Lisa

My condolences to his family and friends. He made a lot of money. He indirectly made a lot of people happy with the products and services provided by companies for which he worked.…

I like to think he had mowed grass. That is what a common man does in the U.S., and it would be a sign of his humanity. I also like to think he just wore the shoes because he was s…

He was a great man. But, he wasn't perfect. He basically took credit for Woz's creation, backed the losing Lisa (and prior to that the Apple III) rather than the Mac and jumped shi…

"What's the weather for today?" Who is going to say all of that? That one was just lazy. It should be just "Weather". Also, why didn't they make you have to say "Computer" before e…

"The barber shaves only those men in town who do not shave themselves. Who shaves the barber?"

On Slashdot, it is impossible to get measurable attention unless you say something about a specific type of topic in a certain kind of way in a certain number of words. HN used to …

I got one, and the only thing I'm worried about is that the touchscreen might be lame like the Nook Color's: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiHH6mdH0WU I don't have any reason to b…

Bulldonkey. Javascript on client side will continue for the foreseeable future which means those developers would want to use the same language to do server-side. Just because it h…

Developers using many major frameworks/languages don't need to quote a single or even a set of "gods" of the framework/language to back up their point. This is one of the problems …

I think at any point in time, the answer is the one that is a combination of the following (1) it makes the most sense to you, (2) it is maintainable/it is widely used (or has the …

The world does not need more Zuckerbergs.

That was only one study. Another study said it is $10 under. And none of it takes into account people purchasing apps, the $29 covers, etc. The bigger risk to their bottom line wou…

Wow, this is a huge fail. It should have started with graphs based on studies of major customers that tried to make the switch and failed and why on the first 20 pages, but instead…

Rails 3.x jumped the shark. It is getting too complicated for anyone new to come on easily. This is the reason that Scala, Clojure, Haskell, etc. will fail, too- complexity. I'm no…

"This kind of shit lands on Craigslist so often that it makes you wonder what they actually teach at business schools." Other than "business", they teach confidence, which for the …

Only if you relocate to Seattle.

I can't see how doing a startup in Canada in general is a good idea. Policies there are a lot more restrictive than the states. It's a great place to visit, though.

Apple made their big money in the past 10 years really because of the combination of content available and style. People still want style, but the style market is already owned by …

I bought a $29.99 Kindle Fire Zip Sleeve, which is easily at least $10 in profit to Amazon. Unlike iPad owners, Kindle customers buy covers, so I'm probably not in the minority, ev…

One word: vaporware.

The problem to me is that the technical parts of a tech startup are usually more than 50% of the company. Maybe it is even 90%. You write the blog post and pose as if you had somet…