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Re: Steven P. Jobs 1955-2011: Here's to the crazy one who inspired us al


From: Thom Cherryhomes
Subject: Re: Steven P. Jobs 1955-2011: Here's to the crazy one who inspired us all...
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 13:21:27 -0400

I've had very mixed feelings about all this...

On one hand, 

With a league of people building things that Steve Jobs wanted, he created a computing landscape very much for right brained, creative people. It's easy to use, it looks wonderful, it flows well.

However,

What RMS was referring to, was his contribution of the "App Store" ..honestly, this is one of the things that seriously scares me, for all the obvious reasons. However, this one bit of precedent is now infecting everything, and creating a trusted computing world where only approved applications can run...

...and guess what, fellas?

WE'RE NOT IN IT.

-Thom

2011/10/7 David Chisnall <theraven@sucs.org>
Reading that made me feel faintly ashamed that I contribute to a GNU project.  Especially given that, looking at my GNUstep development system, I see more lines of Free Software written by people @apple.com than by people @gnu.org.

Fortunately, his attitude doesn't seem to be prevalent in the GNUstep community.  Having a competitor like NeXT and later Apple forced the Free Software community to set high standards for itself.  Imagine how bad life would be if we were only trying to build something better than Windows...

David

On 7 Oct 2011, at 16:48, Ivan Vučica wrote:

> And then, we also have comments like these.
> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/richard-m-stallman-on-steve-jobs-im-not-glad-hes-dead-but-im-glad-hes-gone/15275
>
> On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 05:08, Gregory Casamento <greg.casamento@gmail.com> wrote:
> That link is just fine.   I can't think of anything better.   I'll put it up.
>
> On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 4:54 PM, Fred Kiefer <fredkiefer@gmx.de> wrote:
> > I thought of linking just to the page Apple has set up: http://www.apple.com/stevejobs/
> > But there may be a better place.
> >
> > Fred
> >
> > On the road
> >
> > Am 06.10.2011 um 22:28 schrieb Gregory Casamento <greg.casamento@gmail.com>:
> >
> >> Fred
> >>
> >> I think it's a wonderful idea.
> >>
> >> Give me the link and I can do it, I have access to the webpage code,
> >> just tell me where you think we should put it.
> >>
> >> GC
> >>
> >> On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Fred Kiefer <fredkiefer@gmx.de> wrote:
> >>> Thank you for writing this note. I have been thinking about putting a link to the commemoration page on the GNUstep web page. What do you think about this and who would be able to make this change?
> >>>
> >>> It has been twenty years now, but I still remember opening the first mail that got send to every account on a Next computer and hearing his voice, "Hi, this is Steve Jobs, I want to welcome you..."
> >>>
> >>> Fred
> >>>
> >>> On the road
> >>>
> >>> Am 06.10.2011 um 19:57 schrieb Gregory Casamento <greg.casamento@gmail.com>:
> >>>
> >>>> "Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith.
> >>>> I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved
> >>>> what I did." -  (Steve Jobs, 2005 Commencement Speech at Stanford)
> >>>>
> >>>> Steve Jobs 1955-2011.  Through your shining example, you gave many of
> >>>> us the courge to act, believe and think different.  Thank you.
> >>>>
> >>>> GC
> >>>> --
> >>>> Gregory Casamento - GNUstep Lead/Principal Consultant, OLC, Inc.
> >>>> yahoo/skype: greg_casamento, aol: gjcasa
> >>>> (240)274-9630 (Cell)
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
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