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It's funny to see this as I (and I suspect probably many others) felt compelled to take a screenshot when this happened, because it was so bizarre to see the front page consist of a single story - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/140966/hn_jobs.png

I also did the same when Dennis Ritchie died, though not every story was about that - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/140966/hn_ritchie.png

RIP to both of them.

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That's so unfortunate. I'm kind of bummed that (at least in your sample) the HN community seems to spam more about a businessman than an engineer.

I'm curious what will happen when Woz passes.

Cmon, man. Why should a businessman be respected any less than an engineer?

In this case, the reason would be that the work of Ritchie is the foundation for pretty much every mobile operating system, OS X, and Linux.

Jobs wasn't just "a businessman". It's unfortunate you haven't recognized what was so special about him.

He very much was "just a businessman". An effective one, perhaps, and one who lucked into a new market, perhaps, but he was indeed very much a businessman.

He wasn't an engineer of any outstanding merit--see how he tried to nix expansion slots on the old Apples, or the Atari debacle, or other such things.

Moreover, he's done nothing but create lasting damage as a role model for future CEOs (have you ever dealt with a CEO doing something stupid because "Steve was right"?) and foster a culture of isolation and consumerism in technology. Apple v. Samsung is rubbish, and the petulant Android vendetta is hardly something we should celebrate.

Too bad I have not fully accepted Steve Jobs as my lord and savior yet.

Please tell me the good news about him so I may change my mind.

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