<embed src="http://cnettv.cnet.com/av/video/cbsnews/atlantis2/cbsnews_player_embed.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" background="#333333" width="425" height="279" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" FlashVars="si=254&contentValue=50113679&shareUrl=http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7385688n" /> <embed src="http://cnettv.cnet.com/av/video/cbsnews/atlantis2/cbsnews_player_embed.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" background="#333333" width="425" height="279" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" FlashVars="si=254&contentValue=50113680&shareUrl=http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7385684n" /> Great interview.
I saw that last night. The part that really piqued my interest was the use of the iPad with Autistic children. If you have such a child, even moderately autistic, you know how important this is or can be.
He sounded like a real ass, not just a "tough" manager but a real lousy human being: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-20124391/steve-jobs-revelations-from-a-tech-giant/?pageNum=3 What a massive tool http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Kottke How could employee number 12 at Apple not have gotten stock options? Apparently he thought he could treat the cancer like he treated everyone else (tell it what to do) .... too bad, so sad. Also:
Since he was hired before there were stock options (or even a company called Apple) I guess the answer is no. Basic decency says you take care of people who stuck with you in the beginning when there was nothing. Not to mention that Jobs was supposedly his "friend":
You don't give stock options to your "friends" just because they hang around with you. You give stock options to who you think makes the required contributions to make things happen. Steve Jobs was right, as well as brave. It takes courage to stand up against the entitlement gang.
Basic decency also says you shouldn't jump to malicious conclusions before hearing both sides of the story. And yet here you are...