Steve Jobs has died.

In Melbourne Australia my Mac using slightly anti-Mac daughter rang my wife from the tram to uni to tell her of the sad news and my wife's next phone conversation with me began with a very diplomatic exploration of whether I had caught up on important events today. She is very saddened and shocked. I just marvel at the timing. What class to have the iPhone 4S announcement over first. You see mothers doing that, hanging on one more day to see the late-comer of her children. After all he's achieved Steve Jobs has left Apple and now the world with his company in the absolute best position he could possibly engineer. A Bladeruuner quote comes to mind. The Apple site, homepage on a number of my Macs, has a very dignified tribute photo. Very sad for his family.


PS have a look at www.wired.com
 
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If you don't understand what this man did, and how the world you live in was influenced by him, you understand nothing.

Very mean-spirited and ignorant to criticize Steve Jobs at this moment in time.
 
I don't like celebrities. I don't like our (the USA's) obsession with celebrities, with media personalities, and our general naivete that we can believe we know someone and like someone because they're famous.

But I'm having a pretty emotional reaction to Steve Jobs' death. The computers I use for my job, the computers that brought me and my wife together, they are products of Steve Jobs' vision. Bill Gates wanted everyone to have a computer but didn't have any clue as to why. Steve Jobs wanted everyone to have a computer, and he wanted those computers to make everyone's life more graceful and enjoyable. Before Macs, no one associated computers with images, or music. They were associated with spreadsheets and were maybe useful for storing recipes, or something.

No single person I don't personally know is more directly involved in my moment-to-moment existence, every day, and my life is much better than I think it would have been without what he did.
 
I don't think I've ever been sad about the passing of a corporate CEO before. Apple's project of social engineering through technical design is an extraordinary achievement--as profound, I think, as Barnack's in his time.
 
I took the first $4000 I ever got for writing a book (a very bad book) and spent it all on a Mac 512 in 1984. It was a miracle. Ever since, I've always been tied to a Mac. When Apple was on the ropes (remember the IBM-like PowerMac line? Remember Mac clones?) I feared for my professional life. When Steve Jobs came back to Apple, I breathed easier. This guy was the Edison of the age, and even if he was mercurial, cruel, driven and occasionally rude to the people who worked for him, I forgive him. It takes a rare man to change the world by his own vision. The best thing he ever said was "It's not the consumers' job to know what they want." As a veteran of umpteen focus group sessions, wow. Thank you.
 
Steve Jobs is one of my great curiosities, and will continue to be. I share a lot of traits with him and have always been drawn to his unshakeable vision. At this moment, I use mainly apple products and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future, because they deliver on what they promise, and have a special blend of aesthetics, design, and functionality that I do not see in other products.

I'm a little bit shaken up by his death - we all knew it was coming but I think I admired him so much that it will take a little while longer to sink in.

In his own voice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rwsuXHA7RA&feature=player_embedded
 
Sad that anyone has to go at 56, never mind all the potential that is lost with his passing.

I hope Apple is able to maintain the high level it's been working at without him.

I think for some people (the haters) it's easy to forget Apple's first act and how influential it was. It's a cheap shot to say he stole this or that or really it isn't that big a deal. He was a huge and influential figure in one of the world's biggest/most important industries.
 
I agree, not many corporate big shots I'd mourn passing away. But Steve is one of them. Obviously not a man without fault, but who is? His impact on our daily lives is immeasureable.
 
BillBingham2 said:
I'm trying as hard as I can to keep them away. :eek:




Worry not my friend. I am going to attend and protest at a satellite Occupy Wall Street rally and I have an MBA and have worked in the Finance Industry over 15 years.

B2
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Good man Bill, on both counts.

Regarding the passing of Jobs, I have developed on and used Apple machines for years (decades, actually), and have admired what he and his company achieved, on both the purely technical and the design sides. He was a true innovator and a strong individual, characteristics that can be surprisingly unwelcome in our "entrepreneurial" culture. I will really miss him. At the same time a lot of people "get" what he was pushing for, and I think he has made an impact on our culture that will endure.

Randy
 
R.I.P Steve :(

his kind is so rare in our times. only person I truly admired without hesitation or reservation.
 
As a worker in the IT industry and computer hobbyist for many years, I've always admired the polished, whole-design approach Apple used for its products. Heck, I'm using an Apple right now!

What I don't like about Apple is the way they strong-arm the industry into getting their way. Microsoft hasn't even been as bad as Apple lately about this.

That said, I will miss Steve. His vision and brilliance were rare, and every time I use my iPhone, Mac, or any other Apple device, I'll know he's the one who made it possible.

Rest in Peace, Steve.
 
Gentlemen (to those for which this statement is applicable), with all due respect to each other and Mr Jobs' family and friends, please don't look at RFF as your playground to be a miserable jerk.

No other warnings will be provided.

Thank you
 
unixrevolution said:
What I don't like about Apple is the way they strong-arm the industry into getting their way.
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That's the genius of Tim Cook right there. He has got those supply lines sewn right the hell up.

If Microsoft had spent its capital more wisely, instead of splurging on, and then burying, other companies, they might be in a similarly sweet situation.
 
Having been in the Mac industry for 20+ years, my life would not have been the same without him. Nor would my daughter's be the same, without 'Toy Story' and other great Pixar creations, her MacBook, and her current job at Apple. RIP Steve.
 
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