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Re:Think different about Jobs by ahoyhere on Sunday November 13, 2011 @08:42AM (#3230696)
Thanks for taking the time to write all this up. I haven't delved into my copy yet, but it's great that now I can do so knowing that I shouldn't trust Isaacson's editorializing.

I joined Hacker News a long time ago. I think it's shameful that people here now don't know any better -- or don't have the brains -- than to say that it doesn't matter if the book is full of bald-faced lies, because Steve Jobs was not a nice man, or because the iPhone isn't "open."

What a load of brainless boloney.

In the old HN, this post of yours would have triggered an interesting discussion about other lies found in the book, and/or stories & facts (real ones) omitted, and/or the perils of biography in general.

So, just so you know, some of us old guard are still here, appreciating what you're doing.

Re:Think different about Jobs by sofal on Sunday November 13, 2011 @03:23PM (#3231722)
Old guard? Don't flatter yourself. It always has been and always will be emotionally heated, name-calling comments like yours that detract from HN.
Re:Think different about Jobs by billpatrianakos on Sunday November 13, 2011 @01:11PM (#3231354)
I've only been here for about a year but I agree. The iPhone openness arguments and "Jobs was a doodoo head" comments don't belong here. I thought we were all better than that. (I totally just fueled the flames of one of those bad comments though, which I'm embarrassed for).
Re:Think different about Jobs by gbog on Sunday November 13, 2011 @08:03PM (#3232359)
Sorry but the openess of a widely used tool as the iPhone is of paramount importance to hackers, by definition.
Re:Think different about Jobs by ahoyhere on Monday November 14, 2011 @04:44PM (#3235831)
The opinion of openness of an Apple product has nothing to do with whether Steve Jobs' biographer lied intentionally.