tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207581886255094115.post5273454361462451853..comments2024-02-26T05:51:17.859-05:00Comments on Economic Disconnect: Loss of a True VisionaryEconomicDisconnecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802078645713106743noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207581886255094115.post-65111100695844888652011-10-06T14:04:42.572-04:002011-10-06T14:04:42.572-04:00I've never used an Apple product. Not because ...I've never used an Apple product. Not because I have something against Apple, but rather because I'm more comfortable with a PC.<br /><br />My father, who was a programming genius dating back to the days of huge main frames that ran on circular tape and punch cards, once bought an Apple. He took it back the next day. "Real men use PCs, son," he told me.<br /><br />When I went out to California to visit my friend Joey, a systems analyst and a genius whom my father mentored, we went to this coffee shop downtown in Silicon Valley. Surrounded by geeks, I said real loud, "I like Bill Gates." Damn near started a riot.GawainsGhosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16719480047404817864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207581886255094115.post-47567529755213995472011-10-06T14:04:40.401-04:002011-10-06T14:04:40.401-04:00There isn't much I can say that hasn't alr...There isn't much I can say that hasn't already been said by smarter and more articulate people than myself, but I've always been a fan of Steve Jobs. One of my first grown-up jobs (I was 21) was the spring and summer I spent working for a major Apple distributor in Toronto. Times were different then - Bill Gates was taking over the world and Apple wasn't super cool. But look how it all changed. I love my iPhone.<br /><br />His legacy will live on.Jennifer Hillierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15783975547643539868noreply@blogger.com