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Why do you think he chose to come out now?

Steal attention from Microsoft Band? :-)

And make the "Apple" brand away from PRISM, NSA and others not to mention that they want to keep the "cool" and "open" words attached to the "Apple" brand as well.

Of course with all due respect to Tim Cook which opened for the first time and will probably inspire other people.

But to me everything is connected.

EDIT: For those who downvoted please explain what's wrong in this comment.

We should start our own club, I feel your pain ... ;-)

Perhaps because everyone who cares/matters already knew, there isn't really a point in denying or hiding it anymore.

A month or two ago some journalist accidentally said it on air if I remember correctly.

Yes, it was a rather dramatic moment on CNBC, with a columnist discussing the fact that no CEO of a major company was willing to be mentioned as gay:

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/cnbc-panel-goes-awkwardly-silent-...

Yep on CNBC i believe( I hate that channel,it's just ridiculous). What was stupid is that one journalist said T.Cook was gay,others insisted he wasnt.Like "noooooooooooo he's not!" multiple times.

That sums up the whole NBC network for me.

Frankly,nobody cared about Jobs sexual life,and he did a good job at shielding his family from the media frenzy.

I'm pretty sure the reporter said that Tim Cook was open about being guy, which led to everyone reminding him that he isn't, in fact, open about it.

> Frankly, nobody cared about Jobs sexual life

Uh, yeah they did. The Lisa Brennan-Jobs paternity thing was a serious black eye for Steve.

https://www.google.com/search?q=steve+jobs+paternity

It seems like a legit question, why down voted?

because it's explained in the article...

So the portrait painted by the article and it contents should always be taken at face value, without any nuances or context?Wouldn't that make the reader uncritical or even naive?

honestly I could care less. I really just don't care who is gay or not. I really don't give one whit to those who think its some special event when they do.

your personal life, keep it personal, its no one's business and it certainly is not something to exploit for personal gain or to guilt another with

You either didn't read the article or simply failed to understand from the article why he did it. He's not trying to exploit anything for himself or his company but instead of the betterment of minorities.

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