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Re:Apple's tribute to Steve Jobs, one year on. by georgespencer on Friday October 05, 2012 @07:24AM (#4616420)
It's a slightly fatuous question.

Do you mean "[in a world where Samsung or Dell had a public personality like Steve Jobs] would they remove the products from their landing page?" or do you mean "[if Michael Dell died] would Dell remove their products from the landing page?"

If they had someone like Steve they definitely would. They don't, so it doesn't matter.

Re:Apple's tribute to Steve Jobs, one year on. by dholowiski on Friday October 05, 2012 @09:28AM (#4616764)
I think he means "[if Michael Dell died] would Dell remove their products from the landing page?". Dell does not have a personality like Apple did.

How about, if Tim Cook died, would Apple do the same?

Re:Apple's tribute to Steve Jobs, one year on. by stephen_g on Friday October 05, 2012 @09:35AM (#4616789)
If I remember correctly (I'm not totally sure), a few years ago Apple had a full page tribute when one of their directors died. So I'd say yes, probably.

EDIT: This was it: http://mashable.com/2010/03/18/jerome-york-tribute/

Re:Apple's tribute to Steve Jobs, one year on. by ralfd on Friday October 05, 2012 @04:31PM (#4618558)
They had a full page tribute when George Harrison died. But I guess being one of the Beatles justifies special commendation.