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To: Bill Jackson who wrote (8575)	2/17/1998 1:43:00 PM
From: HerbVic	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

Well, you know where mites grow. HerbVic

To: Bill Jackson who wrote (8575)	2/17/1998 1:58:00 PM
From: Mark Palmberg	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

This certainly is an interesting discussion. It reminds me of a short editorial piece published in the latest issue of ASAP, which I believe comes as some sort of insert with Forbes. In any case, the author was lamenting Jobs' presence at Apple, citing the same 'cult of personality' issues central to Bill's (Jackson) position. Even more important than the personalities in question are the societies that give rise to people like Hitler, Jobs, Gates, Trump, Hussein.... History is full of people who made it into the books because they were in the right place at the right (or wrong) time; Hitler is by all accounts one of these people. When you go a little deeper with your analysis you'll see that, for any number of reasons, Jobs is a very different historical figure than Hitler. Hopefully, though, the novelty of this thread's absurd nature will have worn off long before then. Good luck to all, and 'Think dinner' (props to E. Yang). Mark

To: Bill Jackson who wrote (8575)	2/17/1998 2:41:00 PM
From: Eric Yang	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 213177

Bill Jackson the military analyst. I refer mainly to the cult of personality around Jobs. That same aspect ruined Germany when it manifested in Hitler. We are quite lucky Hitler did not let his generals run his war, they might have won it for him. Bill Jackson the mind reader He[Jobs] has done nothing to change my mind about his ability. In fact he knows his limitations and does not want the position he will fail in. Bill Jackson the accountant In fact I think it will come out later on the Jobs was stretching the generally accepted rules of accountancy and there just mightbe a lawsuit in it(this is raw speculation based om suspicion, and Jobs past actions) Bill Jackson the well-connected man I know several paople who know him [Jobs] personally and have worked at Apple and one still does. Bill, I can't speak for others here but I for one am green with envy at your multi-faceted personality. However, for the last few days much of what you wrote have been your personal opinion on Jobs. I know you get your jolly off criticizing Jobs but after re-reading your last 15 messages and blocking out all the Jobs bashing, I can't seem to find much info left that's of direct importance to AAPL. I know you don't own AAPL so it might not interest you but most of us here do, and we rather discuss AAPL than read your editorials on S. Jobs. Anyone care to talk about Q2 98? Bill, care to enlighten us with with your opinion. Eric