Steve Jobs vowed to destroy Android

[xxMATTGxx]

There's also this which I don't think is stated within the first post:

Of course, lawsuits are usually made to be settled, but Jobs was having none of it. Meeting with then-Google CEO Eric Schmidt, a man who for years sat on Apple's board before Android made that no longer possible, Jobs told Schmidt that money wasn't going to make it right. "I don't want your money. If you offer me $5 billion, I won't want it," Jobs reportedly said. "I've got plenty of money. I want you to stop using our ideas in Android, that's all I want." And with that, the door to any possible settlement was slammed shut. We wonder if Jobs' passing will open the door to lawsuit settlements down the road.

[Ajthedragon]

I was always told never to speak ill of the dead. Frankly Android did essentially copy iOS and in a business sense, I don't blame him at all.

Plus I expect it's massively exaggerated.

[Dopiefreak]

I find this funny, this is not a pointless post

Very funny post.

The guy worked right up until the day he died, despite the billions in his bank. What possible motivation would extra money give him when he realised death was only a few days away? Common sense would agree with my post.

Seeing one of his devices on nearly every person he walked past was likely much more of an ego booster than an extra $ in the bank.

[Ardemax]

For someone who had more money than he could ever spend, to come out with such a strong statement, shows that this was likely nothing to do with money. Apple have slaved away, specifically in the last 10 years, making amazing and intuitive products, through hard work and talent. I can only imagine how frustrating it is for your competitor to then come out with a product blatantly inspired by Apple a few months later.

For people like Steve Jobs, this is their life... I think money is irrelevant.

The guy worked right up until the day he died, despite the billions in his bank. What possible motivation would extra money give him when he realised death was only a few days away? Common sense would agree with my post.

Seeing one of his devices on nearly every person he walked past was likely much more of an ego booster than an extra $ in the bank.

I'm pretty sure every businessman wants money, including Steve Jobs.

I don't think money is "irrelevant" at all, seeing how Apple boasted about its' superiority compared with Windows at every possibility. Jobs wouldn't obviously take all the money for himself, instead leave it to Apple (you can imagine it like a will) and then they can continue the battle against Android as they see fit.

It is a shame to see someone die at a young age (56) but I'm sure Jobs was highly interested in how much he had in the bank, just as much as the next person.

[Dopiefreak]

I'm pretty sure every businessman wants money, including Steve Jobs.

I don't think money is "irrelevant" at all, seeing how Apple boasted about its' superiority compared with Windows at every possibility. Jobs wouldn't obviously take all the money for himself, instead leave it to Apple (you can imagine it like a will) and then they can continue the battle against Android as they see fit.

It is a shame to see someone die at a young age (56) but I'm sure Jobs was highly interested in how much he had in the bank, just as much as the next person.

Not every business man is bothered about money. Some people are quite content with changing the world, I know I would be.

I guess we will never know what his thinking was, maybe I am just not cynical enough. Hopefully the biography gives something away, I find it very interesting.

[HotelUser]

Everywhere seems to be reporting on him saying this in his biography :/ BBC, Mashable, CNN, Reuters... Why must the media keep digging him up, tying string to his hands and feet and having him do yet another show?

I think Undertaker summed this up nicely. Jobs loved the idea of competition and business moving away from corporate norms, but once he got on top he decided he was exempt from his founding business philosophy and that anyone shaping the world for the good was bad, except himself. I really hope this isn't true because if it is, it's the pot calling the kettle black.

But I guess we can't rant and rave about it. Jobs' legacy is unnecessary corporate court cases, pointless patents and anti-competition. If he saw his company and himself about 20 or 30 years ago he would be angry at himself. If this book is accurate, it's just showing him up as being a megalomaniac :/

"Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones."
"Those who see splinters in the eyes of their competition cannot see the plank in their own eyes."

To name a few idioms

You didn't forget about that company he created, that innovative multi-billion dollar multinational corporation did you? I think many (just about everyone) would speculate saying that's his legacy, and a pretty damn good one at that

[Ardemax]

Not every business man is bothered about money. Some people are quite content with changing the world, I know I would be.

I guess we will never know what his thinking was, maybe I am just not cynical enough. Hopefully the biography gives something away, I find it very interesting.

Although I would love to agree with you, the richest and most famous businessmen in the world have all been tempted by the prize of money. Undoubtedly.

[AgnesIO]

Although I would love to agree with you, the richest and most famous businessmen in the world have all been tempted by the prize of money. Undoubtedly.

Surely it gets to the stage when you really don't care about a $20m you win through suing someone though.

Obviously at some stage money HAS been a motivation, but wasn't Jobs worth about $5b himself? If so, I don't think his main motivation was always earning himself an extra buck.

[Ardemax]

Surely it gets to the stage when you really don't care about a $20m you win through suing someone though.

Obviously at some stage money HAS been a motivation, but wasn't Jobs worth about $5b himself? If so, I don't think his main motivation was always earning himself an extra buck.

I didn't say his main motivation was money

I still believe however, although Jobs wouldn't have needed the money, as long as he still squeezed his competitors dry, that was a win in his case.

[AgnesIO]

I didn't say his main motivation was money

I still believe however, although Jobs wouldn't have needed the money, as long as he still squeezed his competitors dry, that was a win in his case.

In that case, I don't think he ever won..