Death of a (Technology) Salesman

RIP Steve Jobs. Here is how I marked his passing on my FB Page. Ya. I was never a big fan of Apple or him so I don't get what I call "The Gushing," over him. As my title up there hints at:

I am sorry for Steve Jobs passing. Any kind of cancer is a hard way to go. But the gushing needs to stop. He may be a visionary genius to some, but call me harsh, but his greatest skill was as a salesman. And I am not too impressed with salesmen, beyond the, you got skills, get on witcha bad self, part.

Sweet Lords, and Ladies, I want to watch the evening news, but there will be more gushing about SJ. Sorry. I have a list of more critical pioneers of the Computer Age. Even Bill Gates ranks higher than Jobs. I don't mean to piss on the man's grave. But I am pissing on the gushing. The gushing must stop. The lawyer who helped Thurgood Marshall desegrate America's schools also died in the past news cycle. Will he even get mentioned on the Net Work News? Freaking doubt it. I hope I am proven wrong but this gushing over Jobs is evidence to me of why America is perhaps not worth saving. People care more about the death of the salesman of the iPhone and the iPad than a civil right's giant who truly has impacted all Americans lives. Ya. I guess I am pissy about that.

Ya. Not a fan. Sorry he died, and again no matter the money he likely went out hard. But I don't get the gushing. The gushing must stop!

Oh. And I was right about the evening news not mentioning the passing of Derrick Bell. Fucking bastards.