Jobs Claims Microsoft Is Shamelessly Copying

Nicholas Roussos writes "Steve Jobs was outspoken at a recent annual shareholder meeting. He claimed 'They are shamelessly copying us', referring to Microsoft. Of course, Microsoft has done its share of pointing fingers as well." From the article: "Most telling, Jobs said is that Tiger, the next version of Mac OS X, will go on sale later this month, while Longhorn is still more than a year away."

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OT: Parents sig.

[donscarletti]

That sig is slanderous bullshit. Ratzinger (Benedict XVI) was just 14 when he joined the Hitler Youth (HJ). He did so, because three years earlier it became COMPULSORY for every boy 14 or over to join. He had no choice but to join it since he could be arrested and forced to participate, if not imprisoned or executed for un-patriotic tendencies.

As for his army service. Service was compulsory, deserters were shot. Not to mention the fact that his country, as poorly ideologically driven as it was, was being invaded by the time he joined and he could hardly be expected to not join, and it's not like he joined the SS or flew bombing raids over Britain or Russia. He simply shot down planes bombing his home country, a fairly understandable action even if Satan was your Fuhrer.

Personally, I feel sad for his experience and hope that I never never have to live in a situation like he endured. I couldn't possibly comprehend what it would be like to have my country filled with such horrific doctrine and have this ideology so pervasive that I would be forced to emulate it, or die a horrific death as a traitor to my country. I don't think many people other than those who lived in the Third Reich could comprehend it either.

I'm not a catholic or anything, but I think it's shameful that anyone could spread such libelous, ignorant crap about some poor dude who was in the wrong place at the wrong time. If you want to insult the Pope, go right ahead. But how about saying something about some of his controversial politics and his actions as a grown man. Here's a nice list.