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Re:Richard Stallman on Steve Jobs by burgerbrain on Friday October 07, 2011 @01:43PM (#3085015)
Why should it hurt anybodies feelings to point out that Steve Jobs wasn't all fairy dust and benevolence? This need to whitewash people when they die is truly bizarre.
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Re:Richard Stallman on Steve Jobs by 2muchcoffeeman on Friday October 07, 2011 @07:20PM (#3086406)
We're not trying to whitewash it. It's just empathy. Would it have been so bad to wait a week or 2 after the funeral?
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