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Apple Messiah in finals for “person of the year”
FRUIT THEMED MESSIAH Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple, is among seven finalists for Time magazine's prestigious "Person of the Year".
Other finalists include US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, US Army General Stanley McChrystal, President Barack Obama and the "increasingly influential" Chinese worker.
Obama got named last year so he is not likely to get it again.
However it is hard to see why Jobs was considered particularly influential this year.
Apple has done extraordinarily well this year, but one has to wonder how much of that was due to Jobs not being at his desk for half of it.
He took six months off to have a new liver installed and most of the decisions during that time were made by his number two, Tim Cook.
The only thing he was rumoured to have had hands on control of was the famed Apple tablet which, er, is reportedly delayed until next year, if it ever appears.
Jobs' success was very much in the years before this one.
We would think that if anyone was 'person of the year' at Apple in 2009 it would be Cook, who not only took over during a tricky time for Apple but set the outfit on a path to be profitable during a recession. µ
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7 guys which could made it to the person of the year. One guys is an US Army general (nothing more than a warlord).
Person of the year?
Like handing the nobel price out to Obama, for what? Nothing?
What comes next?
A list with "most authentic WW2 films", with Inglorious Basterds listet in it?
please stop whinging, and leave that to the experts.
Nick F is great. He is one of the few sparks of comedy on this site left.
Today I have started looking elsewhere, Charlie D is at http://www.semiaccurate.com/, I'm not sure where Mike Magee is but google will help.
I hope The Inq gets back it's mojo, where are the shenannigans and scoops? Where are the "we won't sign nda's" stories? Where are the scoops?
What about NVidia, how are they now? Is there any truth in the rumour that NVidia cannot make mid and high end cards pay so they are pulling out in 2010?
McChrystal or unfortunately Steve Jobs are most likely. US has plan to start pulling troops out of Afghanistan this year. someone synonymous to Obama seems possible, even selection of Steve Jobs is synonymous because UK must also get a reward in this year of withdrawal. So following govt PR, steve could be picked by "their" journos. Time-Mag's just writing a line that Steve lost by hair margin will be sufficient for him.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize_controversies#Peace_2
you're all wrong, the winner is moot, the god of 4chan!
What's the matter, Nick?? You didn't think YOU were getting the award, did you???
Silly ferret. Silly ferret.
(still hoping you get fired....SOON)
he's deserving of the award
look how he lies and manipulates the truth, and fools people into believing that he creates a superior product, well at least to the apple occult followers.....
Winning the person of the year award is ironically a more honorable prize than receiving the debased Nobel Peace Prize. Maybe Jobs will win that too!
Actually, Steve didn't take six weeks off from work, but rather six months from working at the office! He actually ran the company from his home, from his bed, something that is not that hard to do with modern technology, technology that he helped to create!
Was it year before last that "You" won? And they put a mirror (silver foil) on the magazine cover. They are just being weird, it's like the Turner Prize or the KLF or Prodigy or the people Mr Saatchi messes with the heads of and convinces that they are brilliant artists.
Ben Bernanke
The only thing I can see he did this year is not die,I don't think that's worth any award.