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7. Here, let me help...

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Sun Jan 29, 2012, 03:47 PM

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Are all tech billionaires huge douchebags?

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All billionaires are huge douchebags

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Steve Jobs colluded with other tech co's to keep US employee compensation low [View all] brentspeak Jan 2012 OP

Just one more reason why I hate Apple and its products n/t Tansy_Gold Jan 2012 #1

Jobs was certainly a well rounded scumbag tridim Jan 2012 #2

You're destroying an icon. undeterred Jan 2012 #3

My daughter was a pro-Apple products user (she's 20) BlueCaliDem Jan 2012 #4

Jobs should have tried to convince other ceos to work for $1 a year. nt julian09 Jan 2012 #5

Not Excusing Apple, but most computers are made there we can do it Jan 2012 #8

it is once again the 'everyone does it... ProdigalJunkMail Jan 2012 #15

No, it is more like "stop pretending Apple is the only one" emulatorloo Jan 2012 #23

Thank you. we can do it Jan 2012 #37

It is not about meeting good consumer price points.... WCGreen Jan 2012 #48

Yes, I agree emulatorloo Jan 2012 #66

+1 Shankapotomus Jan 2012 #54

FFS yourself give it a rest they ALL suck we can do it Jan 2012 #35

It reads more like Dorian Gray Jan 2012 #59

And Apple charges us 3 times the amount for the priviledge laundry_queen Jan 2012 #19

You've got to stop paying retail price emulatorloo Jan 2012 #29

they work better shanti Jan 2012 #44

ymmv is right laundry_queen Jan 2012 #50

"what they are able to do on it is limited" emulatorloo Jan 2012 #68

Oh, and... laundry_queen Jan 2012 #51

Please show me where you get that Toshiba products are made in china. juajen Jan 2012 #52

Well, I Google "Toshiba made in China" we can do it Jan 2012 #69

Let's step out of the noise of this thread for a while and talk about your daughter's needs emulatorloo Jan 2012 #28

This message was self-deleted by its author brentspeak Jan 2012 #32

I can't recommend Toshiba laptops enough. 2ndAmForComputers Jan 2012 #38

It gets 5 stars everywhere I look BlueCaliDem Jan 2012 #53

i hope she doesn't consider it shanti Jan 2012 #45

Are all tech billionaires huge douchebags? Initech Jan 2012 #6

Here, let me help... Neue Regel Jan 2012 #7

Can't argue with that. Initech Jan 2012 #10

Gates isn't a douchebag. At least not any more. tridim Jan 2012 #20

He gave us charter schols and turned the GOP against public education. Initech Jan 2012 #24

And he just called for the IRS to raise his tax rate tridim Jan 2012 #27

And billions to charityh Logical Jan 2012 #34

I don't think his intentions were bad. For many people, the public schools ecstatic Jan 2012 #64

Oh PLEASE we can do it Jan 2012 #39

It sure seems like it, douchebags and dropouts. newblewtoo Jan 2012 #22

And then there's Michael Dell who's synonymous with outsourcing. Initech Jan 2012 #25

Not to mention his overall Reaganite politics. HughBeaumont Jan 2012 #56

Yes. Starry Messenger Jan 2012 #58

still people will line up around the block, waiting all nite for the store to open so leftyohiolib Jan 2012 #9

Watch out, the Apple fanboys will come after you. Odin2005 Jan 2012 #11

I like to think I'm a recovering Apple fanboy. Initech Jan 2012 #14

AppleBots are going to show up at your home in the middle of the night. bluestate10 Jan 2012 #40

Noooooooooooooooooooo!!!!! Initech Jan 2012 #43

Okay, so I don't get it, and I know I'm probably a bit dense on this hyphenate Jan 2012 #12

Well, I have a little different perspective emulatorloo Jan 2012 #31

The MAC OS is limited, at best. bluestate10 Jan 2012 #41

lol. What is this, some kind of dick size contest? emulatorloo Jan 2012 #46

They have a cult following. People pay more for a cult. Logical Jan 2012 #36

You guys sound like Freepers... LuvLoogie Jan 2012 #13

And someone lost their job over a rich boy email exchange. Ruby the Liberal Jan 2012 #16

This isn't about wages... LuvLoogie Jan 2012 #21

All workers should be free agents. bluestate10 Jan 2012 #42

It's hard to be a free agent LuvLoogie Jan 2012 #71

"Apple Derangement Syndrome" emulatorloo Jan 2012 #26

"Steve Jobs didn't write the trade laws" brentspeak Jan 2012 #33

Bernie broke the law... LuvLoogie Jan 2012 #49

PFFFFFFT. Bernie defrauded fellow rich guys. HughBeaumont Jan 2012 #57

It's still fraud... LuvLoogie Jan 2012 #70

If you want to advocate something effective, pick on the living bhikkhu Jan 2012 #17

This is an example of a broader problem associated with semi-monopolies. Democrats_win Jan 2012 #18

Rec? Well, at least you're not promoting a hatchet job on Obama! emulatorloo Jan 2012 #30

But he was a visionary!!11! progressoid Jan 2012 #47

I worked in a factory in the U.S. for 8 years Shankapotomus Jan 2012 #55

AWESOME variation on the "everybody's doin' it!" excuse! Now, NOBODY wants to work! Romulox Jan 2012 #62

I should have added a sarcasm emoticon Shankapotomus Jan 2012 #67

scum fucking Jobs. Whisp Jan 2012 #60

To iMasters GeorgeGist Jan 2012 #61

All you Apple haters are ridiculous, pretending as if Dems have an historical responsibility Romulox Jan 2012 #63

This message was self-deleted by its author emulatorloo Jan 2012 #65