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tracemhunter
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Aug 23, 2005, 03:16 AM
 
i was at barnes and noble today and came across a book about Steve Jobs called iCon. i do not know anything about the history of apple so i went ahead and bought it. i had no idea that a major company was started by a hippie. i have been reading it for the last couple of hours and have been intruiged. you should definitely check it out.

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/boo...71720836&itm=5
     
Salty
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Aug 23, 2005, 04:39 AM
 
Steve doesn't like the book... he got mad about it
     
TheIceMan
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Aug 23, 2005, 04:54 AM
 
Yeah, the publisher also pulled all their titles from the Apple Store shelves because Steve didn't like it. Probably helped the book sell more.
     
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Aug 23, 2005, 05:07 AM
 
Originally Posted by TheIceMan
Yeah, the publisher also pulled all their titles from the Apple Store shelves because Steve didn't like it. Probably helped the book sell more.
Any publicity is good publicity.
     
JoshuaZ
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Aug 23, 2005, 05:47 AM
 
Plus any publicity with Steve in it is good publicity. Shoot, Apple stocked dropped on word that he had Cancer. He's like a rock star CEO.
     
turtle777
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Aug 23, 2005, 12:30 PM
 
Originally Posted by tracemhunter
a major company was started by a hippie.


You GOTTA BE KIDDIN' ME ?!?!



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