[Info-vax] Fwd: Apple says company co-founder Steve Jobs has died

[MG]

On 6-10-2011 5:06, JF Mezei wrote:
> Steve died at the peak of his career. This is quite different from Ken
> Olsen, another visionary who had great impact on the computing world who
> got to live for a few decades after leaving Digital before passing away.

Unlike Ken Olsen, Steve Jobs is often deified and gets media coverage
all the time; or else his registered trademarks and logos.  Only some
online publications, along with a few institutions (like one American
university) made mention of Olsen's death, in terms recognition in
the mass-media and overall mention in general.  Even DEC 'inheritor'
HP barely made mention of Ken Olsen's passing away.  So, yes, there
is definitely a difference alright.

Today in news broadcasts here, countless were praising Jobs, calling
him a "genius" "God" (literal citations) and attributing things he was
not responsible for (i.e. the "first MP3 player", "first GUI" and so
on).  I really don't appreciate history falsification, at all.

  - MG