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Steve Jobs got his inspiration from the French? The French?

We are all guided by our influences, even if sometimes we don't want to admit who they really are.

Just as Mark Zuckerberg would never admit to being moved by Dr. Ruth and Genghis Khan, so Larry Page would surely never concede to the subconscious influence of "Mork and Mindy" and the early novels of John Le Carre.

However, a Reuters report is now suggesting something so beautifully preposterous, so life-affirmingly unnatural that it will lift the spirits of the most downhearted.

For this report claims that Steve Jobs was influenced by the French. Yes, the French, … Read more