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Re:iStoleYourStartup: A story of an iPhone Company Con Man by petewarden on Sunday November 08, 2009 @07:50PM (#930124)
Never trust a hippy

My two worst business experiences have been with ostentatiously 'spiritual' people. It's not that they're insincere in their beliefs, it's just a lot easier for them to deceive themselves that the selfish things they do have justifications in them somewhere.

Give me a straightforward 'coin-operated machine' (as an old partner described himself) any day, you can at least trust them to behave as advertised.

Re:iStoleYourStartup: A story of an iPhone Company Con Man by CamperBob on Sunday November 08, 2009 @09:44PM (#930279)
Congratulations. You just blew off Steve Jobs.
Re:iStoleYourStartup: A story of an iPhone Company Con Man by petewarden on Sunday November 08, 2009 @10:38PM (#930327)
I spent 5 years at Apple and Steve spends zero time blowing smoke about spirituality. He may be a private hippy, but at work he's pure business.
Re:iStoleYourStartup: A story of an iPhone Company Con Man by CamperBob on Tuesday November 10, 2009 @03:11AM (#932672)
Which Steve was that, though? The pre-NeXT Steve who was kicked out of his own company, or Steve the White who came back from the abyss to throw the usurpers out and save the day?