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Apple CEO lambasts teacher unions
Austin, Texas, Star-Telegram ^
| 02/16/2007
| April Castro
Posted on 02/16/2007 8:15:54 PM PST by Swordmaker
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To: 1234; 6SJ7; Abundy; Action-America; af_vet_rr; afnamvet; Alexander Rubin; anonymous_user; ...
Steve Jobs - Teacher Unions bad...
Michael Dell - Teacher Unions good....
What?! Is the world turning over???
PING!
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posted on
02/16/2007 8:18:34 PM PST
by
Swordmaker
(Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
To: Swordmaker
Just wait... Democrats/Liberals are going to insist that Steve Jobs submit to a DNA test to confirm that he hasn't been replaced by an alien, or Republican look-alike.
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posted on
02/16/2007 8:25:53 PM PST
by
coconutt2000
(NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
To: Swordmaker
Me too, I'm totally confused now. I agree with Steve Jobs on something!
I just saw and privately scoffed at that Year of the Pig post and now I know I've met my DOOOOOM!!!!
Wait. Deep breath. I think I'll re-read it a few times. I must be missing something.
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posted on
02/16/2007 8:31:17 PM PST
by
Duke Nukum
(Chickens are part of the natural cycle of life, and that is why we play chickenball in the house.)
To: Swordmaker
Hmm... Steve is on a roll lately. New meds?
Anyway, school administrators and boards will totally suck this up. More sales to schools maybe.
And Dell will get more purchases from teachers.
To: Swordmaker
Wow.
I've always wanted to like Jobs. Maybe he's turning sane.
To: Swordmaker
Bravo to Steve Jobs! The eleven years I worked in a school district personnel office, not one time, never was a teacher fired.
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posted on
02/16/2007 8:53:54 PM PST
by
Vicki
(Washington State where anyone can vote .... illegals, non-residents or anyone just passing through)
To: Swordmaker; Temple Owl
My jaw has hit the floor.
What is Algore going to say?
I'd buy a MacBoork Pro except I just got one.
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posted on
02/16/2007 8:55:22 PM PST
by
Tribune7
(A bleeding heart does nothing but ruin the carpet.)
To: Hodar
Michael Dell is making nice w/the teacher union, while Steve Jobs slammed them. Thought you'd be interested in reading this.
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posted on
02/16/2007 8:56:22 PM PST
by
zlala
("History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or timid." -Dwight D. Eisenhower)
To: RightOnTheLeftCoast; Dukenukem; Swordmaker
Steve Jobs is an interesting guy. He has a passion for what he does which is oddly missing in Gates and Ballmer. Well, Gates and Ballmer have a passion for pushing out their product to as many people as possible, but Jobs has a passion for making a great product, pure and simple.
I may not like Jobs politics (well, except for this particular stand, which is great), but I love the man's passion for his product and doing things insanely great. He's definitely achieved his life goal and ironically enough I don't think Gates or Ballmer have done that.
D
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posted on
02/16/2007 9:01:19 PM PST
by
daviddennis
(If you like my stuff, please visit amazing.com, my new social networking site!)
To: Swordmaker
Okay, I'll admit it, that's twice in 2007 Jobs has endeared himself to me. :') Of course, he may just be trying to take the heat off Segolene Royal...
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posted on
02/16/2007 9:15:01 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(I last updated my profile on Thursday, February 15, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: daviddennis
"He's definitely achieved his life goal..."
If his life's goal was to be the most accomplished businessman in the world, he certainly did achieve it. It's a rare businessman who has driven one important paradigm shift, much less two, and three or more is just unheard-of. But there's Jobs, having shown the way in personal computing, animated films, personal media and, next up, mobile telephones. Honestly, compare that to some other business greats: Jack Welch, Ted Turner, Gates... one-trick-ponies, mostly. Even Richard Branson has hardly blazed the kind of trails Jobs has. Just a remarkable guy. I only hope this teachers-union story is the first crack in the ice of his stoneheaded liberalism.
To: Swordmaker; ShadowAce
why is apple better than a dell with bill's stuff ?
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posted on
02/16/2007 9:57:17 PM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: Swordmaker
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posted on
02/16/2007 10:00:18 PM PST
by
PA Engineer
(Liberate America from the occupation media.)
To: RightOnTheLeftCoast; daviddennis
Companies like MS, GE and etc. have gotten to big. This causes to many hands in the cookie jar of vision and so the vision gets greatly watered down. When you read about Apple employees working on a project it usually reads of a handful that create the vision and prototype. That allows brilliant ideas to stay intact, but it also allows bad ideas to go to market. MS and GE make "safe" products. Nothing daring or polished. Just steady and down the middle of the road.
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posted on
02/16/2007 10:31:51 PM PST
by
neb52
To: neb52
Youre calling windows 'safe'?
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posted on
02/16/2007 10:40:01 PM PST
by
N3WBI3
("Help me out here guys: What do you do with someone who wont put up or shut up?" - N3WBI3)
To: Tribune7
There's gonna be a knockdown drag out brawl at the next Apple board meeting. Gore is gonna want an explanation from Jobs!
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posted on
02/16/2007 10:44:55 PM PST
by
miliantnutcase
("If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. If it stops moving, subsidize it." -ichabod1)
To: N3WBI3
"Youre calling windows 'safe'?"Of course it's safe. I have a windows machine that is unplugged from the network and is always shutdown. That thing never gets a virus or malware infection!
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posted on
02/16/2007 10:49:06 PM PST
by
KoRn
To: N3WBI3
What do you mean? I am not talking about product specific. When a business gets to big per product, that product suffers. Either by any brilliant vision being suffocated or ridden down hill into oblivion. Your comment is to discuss the pros/cons of a specific product which has nothing to do with what I stated or the posters I responded to.
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posted on
02/16/2007 11:01:47 PM PST
by
neb52
To: Vicki
They don't get fired, period.....true. Shoot, when my #2 daughter was in high school (note that she is drop-dead gorgeous), she had a teacher hitting on her, making comments, ogling her, etc. I had her report him to the principal first (teaching her a lesson in 'escalation' of sexual harrassment........before I undertook to take the sumbitch apart myself). She did, they had words with him, and he still kept his job. Eventually he was gone, but it led me to wonder: what does it take to fire one of these idiots?
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