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It's so sad and inspiring to see him in such a state and still have the willpower to do the WWDC like that.

Yeah, it's sad to see someone use their last few breaths to threaten to kill somebody else. Only in the tech industry would this be considered a sign of a successful life.

He was not threatening to kill someone. He was proposing to take marketshare from another (very successful) business. Maybe he used the word "kill" but it definitely wasn't in reference to a person.

Come to think of it, he's an obvious troll, not worth an answer...

That did cross my mind, but his/her history looks legitimate. I think it's just an instance of the tendency that some people have to overly personify businesses.

Of course, I could have just been responding to the language in the headline, but... nah, how likely could that be.

If there's a troll in this particular cave, it's the author of the misleading headline, not me.

Threaten to ... "kill somebody else"?

For one, Dropbox is not a person you know.

Second, all he said if that they (Apple) want to do something better.

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