Steve Jobs: Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal

[guerilla]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW0DUg63lqU"]YouTube - Steve Jobs: Good artists copy great artists steal[/ame]


Years later:


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JZBLjxPBUU"]YouTube - "Boy have we patented it"[/ame]


Finally, today:

“We can sit by and watch competitors steal our patented inventions, or we can do something about it. We’ve decided to do something about it,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We think competition is healthy, but competitors should create their own original technology, not steal ours.”

(source: Apple Sues HTC for Patent Infringement)




h/t Mises.org

 

[PhillipMarlow]

It's hard for me to figure out just what motivates Jobs. Half the time, he seems like he'd really rather be doing something else.

 

[rgordon83]

WF version: Good affiliates copy landing pages, great ones steal them.

 

[LazyHippy]

Seems a lot of people trade idealism for cynicism as they get older. Look at all the 60s kids in positions of power now.

What relevance is the Mises site?

 

[dsm56]

It's hard for me to figure out just what motivates Jobs. Half the time, he seems like he'd really rather be doing something else.

What motivates him? Making apple the best company he possibly can. That means stealing when necessary, and protecting what he has if necessary.

I think it's pretty natural behaviour, I wouldn't criticize him at all.

 

[guerilla]

What relevance is the Mises site?

h/t

I lifted the post verbatim from their forum.

 

[LazyHippy]

h/t

I lifted the post verbatim from their forum.

Got ya. Don't think I read the right sort of stuff, hadn't come across hat tip before.

 

[justo_tx]

Meh, the hypocrisy of Steve Jobs is no different than that of any other big company CEO, but he seems to be unique in having an army of apologist hipster retards intent on giving him a pass for shit that get's others called out on.