[Am-info] AOL in Negotiations to Buy Red Hat

[Hans Reiser]

Mitch Stone wrote:

>>I think that McNeally really is a nice guy.  Jobs has the virtue of 
>>believing that his product should be insanely great (also a virtue, 
>>though like many an artiste, he is willing to make everyone think he is 
>>an asshole if it is needed when he demansds the quality level he wants). 
>>AOL and MS don't really care about the quality of what they produce. 
>>Ellison I don't know a lot about.
>>
>
>We've certainly seen the dark side of Scott McNealy. He professes rabid 
>libertarianism when it suits his purposes, but lobbies the government 
>when that suits his purposes. 
>
You mean he lobbies against MS?  Not such a bad thing....


>He has an ego that doesn't quit -- but 
>then, they all do, especially Ellison.
>
>Steve Jobs is a permanent enigma. From what I've seen, I think he's got 
>something of a martyr complex. I may like most of what he's done, but he 
>has definitely shown some megalomaniacal tendencies over the years, and 
>I'd no more want him sitting on a throne then our known evil, Mr. Gates.
>

Oh, I'd much rather have Jobs.  Jobs would make something beautiful, and 
then force us all to do it that way even when it is stupid to do so. 
 This is better than making crap, and forcing us all to suffer it.


But I am quibbling with you, having competition is far superior to Jobs 
alone.