In this world a few are giants, a few midgets and most just quietly get on with their lives as best as they can. Jobs was undeniably a giant. Cringely seems to

In this world a few are giants, a few midgets and most just quietly get on with their lives as best as they can. Jobs was undeniably a giant. Cringely seems to be a midget who happened to find a megaphone. The first paragraph was unecessary, and therefore probably the entire point of that post, the rest being faux sympathy to fit in with the general mood.