Between Sal and I, we talked about who should write this piece. It was decided that I should do so.

For a long time (literally) in my life, from my elementary school days up until now, I’ve had a disdain toward Apple-brand computers. I’ve gone into it a few times on the show (Mike & Sal), and won’t do so again. As I got older, I learned more about technology, I learned more about Apple in general as a company. I then learned about Steve Jobs, his work in the computer field, making graphical user interfaces (GUI) mainstream in the computer world. The advances he made were revolutionary, no doubt… but the way he conducted his business and treated competitors was my biggest sticking point with him.

Needless to say, he was a complete and utter asshole. For those who have seen the 1999 made-for-TV movie “Pirates of Silicon Valley”, that will show you a bit of how Jobs treated his competitors and even his own employees. While everyone will praise him and hold him as the highest and most almighty, I will surely not do so. He was a piece of garbage of a human being as far as I’m concerned and I hope his soul rots for the way he’s treated people.

As recently as the past few months, even though Steve was no longer the offical ‘CEO’, Apple still had ‘Steve’ written all over it with the way they handled business. In many countries around the world, Apple took Samsung to court for allegedly infriging on their iPhone/iPad patents. They claimed that Samsung’s ‘Galaxy S’ smartphones and ‘Galaxy Tab’ tablet were too close in terms of looks to the iPhone and iPad, respectively. So what did they do? They went to different countries around the world and sued Samsung, forcing them to stop sales of the Galaxy smartphones and tablets. One country they did this in successfully was Germany. Hey, Apple… whatever happened to ‘healthy competition’? Sure, the UI for the Galaxy S phones may have been similar to your precious iPhone, but Samsung innovated to make their phone different. Having a better camera, better technology in the phone and not to mention different versions of the phone could obviously tell you that Samsung was not trying to outright copy the iPhone. As for the Galaxy Tab, there are only so many ways to make a tablet in this day and age with a minimalistic look. The UI is different, the platforms are different and the Galaxy Tab even has a different shape from the iPad. Get off of your damn pedestal.

I digress, however. I just gave one small example of how the company that Steve ran operates under bully tactics. I can list more, if you’d like… it would just prove my point even further. Actually, let me do one more, and this is a REALLY recent example… so recent, it happened YESTERDAY. At the iPhone 4S event, current CEO Tim Cook said the following… “Windows 7 — it took 20 weeks to reach 10 percent of the Windows install base. It took Lion two weeks.”

Really, Tim… I believe you and it’s definitely possible, WHEN YOUR MARKET SHARE IS 1/10th THAT OF MICROSOFT’S WINDOWS. Of course it will happen faster! Not to mention like the Neowin article said, online distribution of OS X Lion through the Apple App Store was the main way of getting it, not to mention that it’s also a LOT cheaper! So put those factors together and duh, it’s a no brainer, but it’s essentially comparing Apples to Oranges (no pun intended). Microsoft also has to deal with the corporate world which traditionally adopts new technology at a much slower rate than the consumer world. This was obviously not a fair comparison and shows you the lengths Apple will go through to deface competition.

I won’t drag this out any longer as I think I’ve said enough. The mark Steve Jobs left on the world of technology was in no doubt a positive one, as he helped contribute to the boom of the computing age, and to make smartphones a consumer item… but the negatives and dark sides of what he does to other people in my opinion far outweigh his contributions.

May you rot in hell, you overbearing cancer-ridden piece of trash. You got what you deserved in the end, good riddance.