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[James]

Yes, I would agree with the possibility of his being psychotic given his strange penchant for odd diets (fruit only), walking about barefoot even at important board meetings, refusing deodorant, believing that lying was perfectly acceptable as long as his will (which was ALWAYS right) prevailed. A very complex and strange dude to be sure. I'm really enjoying the book.

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[Antony]

I got the Steve Jobs book at the same time as the Michael Jackson book. Haven't touched the Jobs book yet, and still going slowly on the MJ book. I am also spending time on reading programming books.

Well, I am a slow reader.

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[James]

You'll enjoy it, Antony, I'm sure. I should have bought it as an audio book but I got it for my Kindle.

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[Antony]

I had the same thought After getting the book, I checked iTunes. The abridged audio was 9 hours, and the unabridged audio book would take 25 hours.

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[natsuto]

I was stuck in the hospital waiting room for a few hours, so I have a good chance to read it without interruption to complete from the beginning.

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[richard mitnick]

I just finished with the Steve Jobs book.

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[James]

Well... what's your overall reaction?

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[Antony]

(My Steve Jobs book is still in the shelf, haven't touched it yet.)

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[richard mitnick]

Hey James-

You know, Steve Jobs was a genius. At one and two levels down, the people who worked for him were geniuses. I have read other pieces about Steve jobs, and I have watched and recorded a fair about of video about Apple.

Unfortunately, Jobs' legacy will always have the question mark of his personality issues.

The saddest thing is of course his attitude toward his cancer. No one knows what would have happened had he had surgery immediately upon the discovery. Pancreatic cancer is about as tough as it gets. But, he would have had more time; "we" would have had more time with him.

I am an Apple stockholder, I value having Apple in the I/T marketplace. They are the bleeding edge of innovation. Look now at what is happening with ultra-books to compete with the Macbook Air. The wholly new creation of the market for tablets.

Apparently, the world is going to judge Tim Cook by the first new Apple product after Apple TV, which is a concept still from Jobs.

So, we will see going forward about Jobs' legacy and the future of Apple.

Isaacson is a splendid writer.

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[James]

Thanks for the response, Richard. The book was very revealing and surprising in that there was no attempt to whitewash anything but to present it as honestly and accurately as possible. I appreciated that although I have read that many hyper-uber-Apple fanboys were very critical of the book and refused to believe that Jobs had a few weird idiosyncrasies along with some rather nasty personal habits. Genius he was and his legacy will live on for generations. One has to feel for Tim Cook.

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[richard mitnick]

The question is, will the users and investors give Tim Cook and Jony Ive a chance.

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