Dr. Amar Bose Dies at 83

[avengineer]

Inventor and founder of Bose:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/13/business/amar-g-bose-acoustic-engineer-and-inventor-dies-at-83.html?_r=0

Unquestionably innovative, creative, and highly successful products, he was a unique man.

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

Unquestionably innovative and creative salesperson and highly successful businessman, he was a unique man.

Fixed that for you

 

[Rickster71]

Fixed that for you

I suppose you can't blame him. It's like taking candy from babies.
Reminds me of a quote from H.L. Mencken:
" No one in this world, so far as I know—and I have researched the records for years —has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people....Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby. "
Henry L. Mencken

 

[slipperybidness]

Say what you will, but In 2011, he donated a majority of the company in the form of non-voting shares to MIT to sustain and advance MIT’s education and research mission.

I'm not a fan of big business and marketing hype by any means. But as a scientist, I appreciate what he has given back to the scientific community.

 

[Rickster71]

Say what you will, but In 2011, he donated a majority of the company in the form of non-voting shares to MIT to sustain and advance MIT’s education and research mission.

I'm not a fan of big business and marketing hype by any means. But as a scientist, I appreciate what he has given back to the scientific community.

To be clear:
I'm neither a fan or a detractor of Bose.
I was poking fun at the individuals that wouldn't know propaganda or marketing hype if it bit them.