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That Stephen Fry piece is bang on. I'm not one of his sycophantic followers but it is. He's rarely far off the mark.
I love seeing the LFGSS machine work through these events, all the smugness seeping out like hot diarrhoea.
The hysteria is lame but is anyone really claiming that Apple hasn't been influential and that that isn't largely down to Jobs and his people? Although the adulation of shiny objects grates, the only aspect I can take issue with is the supposed sweatshop/suicide thing (which I haven't taken the time to actually look into).
Whether you're a fan of Apple kit or not (I don't claim to be but I do love using my iPhone and MacBook), you have to hand it to him. I don't know why we have to be such arseholes about it all. Do we enjoy pointing out that people weren't actually all that great? I completely understand why anyone would find the media wankstorm ridiculous, but he himself always seemed quite a likeable bloke.
Sorry if I've missed something (possibly the dead slaves?).