Steve Jobs' final say about Microsoft and Gates, So true and so right !!

At different times in the past, there were companies that exemplified Silicon Valley. It was Hewlett-
Packard for a long time. Then, in the semiconductor era, it was Fairchild and Intel. I think that it was
Apple for a while, and then that faded. And then today, I think it’s Apple and Google—and a little more
so Apple. I think Apple has stood the test of time. It’s been around for a while, but it’s still at the cutting
edge of what’s going on.
It’s easy to throw stones at Microsoft. They’ve clearly fallen from their dominance. They’ve become
mostly irrelevant. And yet I appreciate what they did and how hard it was. They were very good at the
business side of things. They were never as ambitious product-wise as they should have been. Bill likes
to portray himself as a man of the product, but he’s really not. He’s a businessperson. Winning business
was more important than making great products. He ended up the wealthiest guy around, and if that was
his goal, then he achieved it. But it’s never been my goal, and I wonder, in the end, if it was his goal. I
admire him for the company he built—it’s impressive—and I enjoyed working with him. He’s bright
and actually has a good sense of humor. But Microsoft never had the humanities and liberal arts in its
DNA. Even when they saw the Mac, they couldn’t copy it well. They totally didn’t get it.
I have my own theory about why decline happens at companies like IBM or Microsoft. The company
does a great job, innovates and becomes a monopoly or close to it in some field, and then the quality of
the product becomes less important. The company starts valuing the great salesmen, because they’re the
ones who can move the needle on revenues, not the product engineers and designers. So the salespeople
end up running the company. John Akers at IBM was a smart, eloquent, fantastic salesperson, but he
didn’t know anything about product. The same thing happened at Xerox. When the sales guys run the
company, the product guys don’t matter so much, and a lot of them just turn off. It happened at Apple
when Sculley came in, which was my fault, and it happened when Ballmer took over at Microsoft.
Apple was lucky and it rebounded, but I don’t think anything will change at Microsoft as long as
Ballmer is running it.

Steve Job's last words:

Steve
> Job's last words:
> 
> 
> 
> I reached the pinnacle of success in the business
> world.
> 
> In others’ eyes, my life is an epitome of success.
> 
> 
> 
> However, aside from work, I have little joy. In the end,
> wealth is only a fact of life that I am accustomed to.
> 
> 
> 
> At this moment, lying on the sick bed and recalling my whole
> life, I realize that all the recognition and wealth that I
> took so much pride in, have paled and become meaningless in
> the face of impending death.
> 
> 
> 
> In the darkness, I look at the green lights from the life
> supporting machines and hear the humming mechanical sounds,
> I can feel the breath of god of death drawing closer…
> 
> 
> 
> Now I know, when we have accumulated sufficient wealth to
> last our lifetime, we should pursue other matters that are
> unrelated to wealth… Should be something that is more
> important:
> 
> 
> 
> Perhaps relationships, perhaps art, perhaps a dream from
> younger days ...
> 
> Non-stop pursuing of wealth will only turn a person into a
> twisted being, just like me.
> 
> 
> 
> God gave us the senses to let us feel the love in
> everyone’s heart, not the illusions brought about by
> wealth.
> 
> 
> 
> The wealth I have won in my life I cannot bring with me.
> 
> What I can bring is only the memories precipitated by
> love.
> 
> That’s the true riches which will follow you, accompany
> you, giving you strength and light to go on.
> 
> 
> 
> Love can travel a thousand miles. Life has no limit. Go
> where you want to go. Reach the height you want to reach. It
> is all in your heart and in your hands.
> 
> What is the most expensive bed in the world? - "Sick
> bed" …
> 
> 
> 
> You can employ someone to drive the car for you, make money
> for you but you cannot have someone to bear the sickness for
> you.
> 
> Material things lost can be found. But there is one thing
> that can never be found when it is lost –
> "Life".
> 
> 
> 
> When a person goes into the operating room, he will realize
> that there is one book that he has yet to finish reading –
> "Book of Healthy Life".
> 
> 
> 
> Whichever stage in life we are at right now, with time, we
> will face the day when the curtain comes down.
> 
> 
> 
> Treasure Love for your family, love for your spouse, love
> for your friends...
> 
> 
> 
> Treat yourself well. Cherish others.

The Queen Of England"Long Live the Queen".

How long she's been around? She gives new meaning to the  phrase "Long  Live the Queen".   How old does this one make you feel? Keep scrolling...                                          I  don't know about you, but  I went OMG somewhere between Truman and Eisenhower.

中式美学-中国圆！

中式美学叫中国圆！

2016-02-17 

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超以象外，至大不可限制；

得其环中，理之圆足混成无缺，如太极然。

中国圆

“圆”，圆融、圆满。“圆”是中国文化的一个重要精神原型，是揭示中国艺术生命秘密的不可忽视的因素。 

这种美只配静静欣赏......

在中国传统建筑中，“圆”有着广泛的运用，最具代表性的便是园林中的洞门。

水中之“圆环”，在水中形成隐约倒影，“圆”的寓意愈发朦胧而神秘，也越发润入自然。

现代建筑

当“圆”元素被运用于现代建筑，浓浓的中式风背后，体现的也是传承，对“圆融、圆满”精神原型的传承。

门洞隔断

外景衬托

隔断墙

背景框

镜子

窗

以明代的青花缠枝牡丹纹大碗为例，从古至今，圆，在国人的日常盛具中，也有着不可忽视的出镜率。

现代盛具

通体圆润的壶身，满腹瑞气。沏一壶浓茶，启一日中国情。

浅盏、小碗，“圆”在中国风盛具中，透出别样的精致细润。

中国圆盛具的观赏价值，在很多时候甚至高于本身用途，或许，正是因为其精神内涵的承载。

圆，充满、周备、具足，

于诗性艺心，

浑全充融。