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15:42 - To have such problems
http://money.cnn.com/2005/07/06/news/newsmakers/stevejobs_ipod/index.htm?cnn=yes
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This is what a social conscience will do to you:
Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs personally called the family of a 15-year-old New Yorker to offer his condolences after the teenager was killed last week during a fight over an iPod, according to a report published Wednesday.
The New York Times reported that Jobs and the victim's father, Errol Rose, spoke for a few minutes earlier this week after Jobs' assistant called the paper asking for Rose's telephone number.
"Some people talk to you like they're something remote. He was so familiar. After every word, he paused, as if each word he said came from his heart," Rose told the Times.
Calling him by his first name, Jobs asked how Rose was doing and conveyed his sympathies, the report said.
"He told me that he understood my pain. He told me that if there is anything -- anything -- anything he can do, to not be afraid to call him. It really lightened me a bit," Rose told the newspaper.
Christopher Rose was killed Saturday in Brooklyn after Rose and three friends were confronted by a group of teenagers who allegedly demanded that Rose give them his iPod. Rose was stabbed twice in the chest after he apparently resisted.
What must it be like, to be in the position where something you've created is so wonderful that people are killing each other over it? How do you be exhilarated and heartsick at the same time?
Not many people have ever had to be in that position, but Jobs seems to be working through it pretty well. Good thing, because that kid's dad seems to have really appreciated the gesture.
Via evariste.
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Brian Tiemann
