Richard M. Stallman is glad Jobs is gone

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Fri, Oct 07, 2011 at 02:18:40PM -0400, Ted wrote:
> As much as Jobs was a fairly big freedom hater, Apple may get even
> worst without him, because they are probably facing desperate
> times ahead, with competition (fair competition), and my guess is
> they will become strictly a  "levy lawsuits" company, and try to
> milk
> what they have for as long as they can before hanging it up.

They have been suing people for years.  But yeah they aren't likely to
get better.  After all look how successful the strategy has been as far as
"shareholder value" is concerned.

> I am probably different then most people on sizing up Jobs legacy,
> to me, its 99.9999% apple I apple ][, Lisa, and  Mac (so basically
> work until 1986 or so),
> and .000001% since then. Most people (typical consumer) it is
> probably the opposite, and the ipad, iphone and ipad are where they
> give Jobs the nod,
> which I think is very very flawed.

As far as being a great CEO, Steve Jobs has been amazing.  He has raised
share prices by unbelievable amounts in the time he has been in charge.

I just happen to hate the methods by which he accomplished his success.

-- 
Len Sorensen
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