Steve is free to do what he wants. Owning apple shares is not a good enough reason to expect someone to give up their privacy.

"I'm personally with Joe on this one. Steve Jobs is an arrogant fuck who thinks he's above the law."

"So honesty is the best policy. And calling influential reporters 'slime buckets' should be avoided as well."

Does not compute.

Fred's off.

Steve has been the subject of accusations that have crippled his company's stock this past month. Fred Wilson -- another fiery character -- would have shot back with the same passion.

For the record Jobs has publicly stated that he's fine; we know there were minor complications in a recent surgery, but that the rough patch is behind him. Fred can have his doubts about that story, but that disbelief doesn't make it a lie.

Til we know with any measure of certainty that Steve has side-stepped the topic of a major health issue, honesty's got nothing to do with it.