Beautifully told anecdote about the Lisa. His reaction in denying her the Porsche seems to me to be about telling her she has to earn such trinkets. But who knows.
I am a fan of Steve Jobs. I don't think he's an "evil goblin" or whatever. But I'm less of one after reading this.
Indeed, this also comes across. One could even say, more strongly, that Jobs deliberately and explicitly told her she was not his child, which was both cruel and factually wrong. This has been known for some years now.
The Bono bit was the worst.
> “You’re not getting anything,” he said. “You understand?
> Nothing. You’re getting nothing.” Did he mean about the
> car, something else, bigger? I didn’t know. His voice
> hurt—sharp, in my chest.
Is it really not obvious considering that the post to which I was replying said this?
>> His reaction in denying her the Porsche seems to me to be about telling her she has to earn such trinkets.
He was hopefully the last of the great con men.
We in tech need a villain in order to make ourselves feel virtuous. We’ve chosen Microsoft and Bill Gates.