In the wake of Steve Jobs Death, the most extraordinary quote I’d seen attributed to him is “we want to let go of this notion that for Apple to win Microsoft has to lose”. It’s an amazing philosophy that can be applied to so many aspects of conflict resolution. It was then that Apple took $150,000,000 from Microsoft to preload explorer on Apple computers. I believe it’s also when they dumped Motorola chips for Intels allowing Apple to run Microsoft software thereby saving Apple as a company. In this video one can get a rare glimpse of the competitive relationship between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates.
I suppose by now you have seen Steve jobs commencement address at Stanford University. I hesitate to show it to most people thinking that they’ll drop out of college and do whatever they please. And of course when Steve Jobs lost his job at age 30 he had a couple of million dollars jingling around his pocket. I think it works in Jobs’ case because he’s an extraordinary person speaking to a group of extraordinary people.
On January 29th, 2010 ABC World News chose Steve Jobs as its "Person of the Week" presumably for the introduction of the iPad. What's wrong with this picture you might ask? Here is a short answer to that complex question. ABC is owned by the Walt Disney Company. The largest shareholder of the Walt Disney Company is (wait for it) Steve Jobs, this week's "Person of the Week". Talk about brown nosing your boss. Couldn't you just buy the donuts at the next staff meeting? Don't get me wrong, Steve Jobs is amazing with couple of career's worth of highlights. The question is not "Is Steve Jobs' Life amazing?" Instead the question I would like to ask is - "Does Disney's ownership of ABC News affect the content of ABC News?" I have my answer, what's yours? Here is the ABC "Person of the Week" story on Steve Jobs - http://abcnews.go.com/WN/abcs-world-news-diane-sawyer-person-week-steve/story?id=9699563
By way of contrast, here is the NBC Nightly News story run the same days as the Jobs story. NBC calls their segment "Making a Difference." NBC chose not to profile their largest shareholder, but instead did a profile on an ER nurse helping the relief effort in Haiti. Her name is Gabby McAdoo.
