I am very, very sad to hear the news about Steve. He was a great man with incredible achievements and amazing brilliance. He always seemed to be able to say in very few words what you actually should have been thinking before you thought it. His focus on the user experience above all else has always been an inspiration to me. He was very kind to reach out to me as I became CEO of Google and spend time offering his advice and knowledge even though he was not at all well. My thoughts and Google's are with his family and the whole Apple family.
I was able to read it without being logged in to any Google account. May I recommend that you only log in to Google accounts in a separate browser, or in an Incognito window in Chrome?
Prior to the release of the first Android phone, Jobs acted almost as a mentor to Larry/Sergey. In fact, the two companies were so closely aligned that there was an antitrust investigation:
Making world a better place. It's not about money all the time. And he certainly didn't share any trade secrets, just some general useful advices probably.
When I read this the first thing it reminded me was when Steve brought Bill Gates up on screen at MacWorld 97 and after all the booing said something along the lines of "we need to let go of the idea that for Apple to be successful Microsoft has to fail".
