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In article <1992Nov4.114927.242@prim> dave@prim.demon.co.uk (Dave Griffiths) writes:
>In article <Bx67rv.M6o@ccu.umanitoba.ca> tacchi@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Mark G. Tacchi) writes:
>>In <gunnaraa.12.720801002@dhhalden.no> gunnaraa@dhhalden.no (GUNNAR AARNES) writes:
>>
>>>We are some students who are going to write an essay about Steve Jobs.
>>>Any help will be appreciated(history, facts...)
>>
>>There is an interesting book called "Accidental Millionaire."  It's about the
>>2 Steve's from before the beginning of apple to when Jobs left to form NeXT.
>>
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>I read a biography of Steve Jobs called "The Journey is the Reward" about
>a month after buying my cube. It made scary reading. A lot of NeXT's
>waywardness over the past couple of years is explained by Steve Jobs
>personality. The guy is an arrogant egomaniac, er... I mean visionary.

  In "West of Eden", author Frank Rose suggests that Jobs surrounds himself
  with a "reality-distortion field" that he turns on (and off, I guess)
  as a defense and attack mechanism.  People close to Steve tend to get
  caught up in the "field" at least until they return to Earth.  You don't
  get the feeling that he is so much arrogant as he is so totally self-
  confident that he can't always get in touch with reality (maybe that's 
  the same thing :-)  What I mean is that his arrogance isn't malevolent
  but rather well-intended but often misguided.  It sure does explain
  some of the behavior from NeXT.  I often wish that Steve would take
  an active interest in the Internet, at least on one news group, this
  one, so that we, as users could be more in touch, and so that he too
  could be more in touch.  Probably just too busy :-)

  Jon Rosen