08/10/2011

Steve Jobs and Arab Revolutions


In 1984 when the legendary Steve Jobs of Syrian father (Abdulfatah Jindal) launched
His Apple Macintosh computers, we Libyans were still discussing the theories of Green book of Gheddafi if the man is a male and the woman is a female! Having a computer was already an unforgivable crime!

 in 1996, when Jobs was back to  Mackintosh full of future ideas, we  Libyans were sailing by ferry to Malta with a limited dreams of just buying jars of Nutella chocolate and  Italian cookies, swearing those imperialists  who have imposed  air sanctions on our country.

in 1996 as well me personally was doing the compulsory military service and there was just a computer at the whole military camp which was operated by just one person!  Once that computer malfunctioned
Suddenly, the only technical explained to the commander that a Virus had attacked the computer and the officer angrily shouted to him:
 Do not keep the room windows open next time!
That commander thought of an influenza virus rather than malicious software can disturb the functions of the computer.

   Fifteen years after the first appearance of that famous television commercial spot of Jobs in 1984 showing his extraterrestrial computer, we Libyans have managed to possess a computer without a letter of authorization by the secret agents of Colonel Gheddafi.

Since then, the real information revolution has begun in Libya with new terms to the Libyan society like Laptops, CD, Internet cafe, Web Site, Email, Blogs, Mp3... Terms that would change the face of our country just twelve years later!

In 2006, when Jobs invented the famous Mac Book Pro, it seems that someone in Libya was still busy and surprised with his new iPod of Mr. Jobs, but was preparing his son for the future rule of our country, but it was too late for Gheddafis with their out of date Ms Dos computers!

None of them had realized that this way of thinking was already archived by people like Steve Jobs and at that time, tens of political websites and blogs created by the Libyans especially those in exile have managed to get into Libya itself and gained popularity among Libyans by the use of many software and information technology.

in 2010, when Jobs unveiled his I pad  for reading books and  newspapers, our local horrible paper printed  newspapers were fighting  to get  10 000 copies per day throughout  the whole Libya.
 However, time has changed and it is too late for those prehistoric newspapers that even their own publishers did not ever read them!

 in 2011 thanks to the inventions of Mr. Jobs we have done with that little box called a computer, not just us Libyans  but as well  many other Arabs  have woke up and exposed their Foolish desire to the freedom through ,products and software like: Mac, Tweeter, Pal Talk and face book, these products and software have shown the  fact that the Arabs are really Hungry and poor in their countries.

Although the Arab revolution was initiated by the Tunisian Mohamed Buaazizy but in reality,  it was widespread in the capital of Tunisia thanks to the voice of young Tunisians with their Face book pages,  I phones and I pads, calling for a total rebellion.
 The Mac of Ben Ali was not been updated enough to deal with such phenomenon and fled to Saudi!

   The figure of Wael Gunaim in Egypt, the young man who used only computer and IT for his appeal to Egyptians to gather in Tahrir Square, in just bit more than two weeks, Mubarak was overthrown.

 The Young Libyans were up to date with the steps of the cyber space Libyan opposition, while the Libyan authorities were fighting to differ a Laptop from a face book!
This last was the venue for a demonstration launched on the page of the young lawyer Fathi Tarbal from Benghazi.
 The visionary Steve Jobs of Syrian roots, gave a positive shock as well for the Syrians who have raised their voice against their Lyon!

 Through his inventions and his free-thinking, the young Arabs have stopped the figure of the god on earth and strongly shouted..... think different.


 

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