This. Looking at this as a skeptic Apple user i cant help but think WTF ? Steve Jobs writes OK in an email and the worshippers go "OMG, HES SUCH A LEGEND, JUST 2 LETTERS".
Except it wasn't just two letters, given how ballistic they went when the iPhone got leaked allowing him to carry the iPad with him was actually a significant risk.
Steve Jobs was an arsehole. But the brevity of that message does not make it any less special to the one receiving it.
As someone who has had carry privileges for pre-release iOS devices, I can tell you that the rules are extremely strict, and breaking them generally results in being fired.
As i understand it the guy was already allowed to carry the ipad around with him and given the fact that Jobs suffered from a similar illness i dont think it was such a big deal to him a couple of days before offical launch.
