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Steve Jobs And Jeff Bezos Meet The Segway

deadwood writes "Ever wanted to know what Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos really thought about the Segway the first time he saw it? At the Harvard Business School site, there's an excerpt from the new book 'Code Name Ginger', giving a recounting of the Apple and Amazon bosses' first impressions of the device. Steve Jobs' gut reaction, quoted in the article: 'I think it sucks!'"

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  1. Re:Nothing scary about being well-informed. by kmeson · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    It should be 100%, as the mobile WMD labs have been very well documented.


    The trailers of mass destruction are not bio weapons producers. They were for production of hydrogen for balloons.


    Really, you should get "well-informed" from something else than Fox Propaganda.

  2. Re:Nothing scary about being well-informed. by MightyTribble · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    More specifically, with sources:

    http://www.observer.co.uk/Print/0,3858,4691603,0 0. html

    The 'mobile germ warfare labs' were, in fact, hydrogen producers for artillery balloons. Sold to Iraq by the UK. Oops.

    What's the betting this gets zero play time in the US media?

  3. Re:Slashdotted already, (And a new troll) by Bombcar · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    There's a new kind of troll about. Read the above comment (cut 'n' pasted), and notice this line

    "I think it sucks Cowboyneal's Dick!" said Jobs.

    Somehow I don't think that that is in the original.