Steve Jobs dead at 56

[Clover~]

Steve Jobs, Apple CEO and Co-Founder, Is Dead - WSJ.com

I wonder if apple will stay on the pulse without him. I know he gave up the company reins in August, but still. Im sad to see him leave us.

 

[plantlvr]

So sad, he was way too young to die. A real visionary, I was born, and partly raised. in the SF Bay Area, so he was a a common name to Cali folk back when computers were still a question mark.
RIP Mr. Jobs.

 

[Clover~]

I always thought it was neat that we were both born in february and both adopted. Made me believe I could be successful too somehow.

 

[DrOckW]

RIP Steve. Mac or PC you have to respect the man.

 

[EleanorR]

Wow. He certainly fought the good fight.

Rest in peace, Mr. Jobs.

 

[Qlock]

He just pulled a "Dark Knight" on the iPhone 4S.

He will be missed.

 

[36tinybells]

Such a shame. Brilliant mind, gone far too soon.

 

[AdAmA]

Just goes to show money can't really buy you health.......he will be missed by many!!!

 

[Morandir835]

At least not yet Adama sir....

 

[AdAmA]

That will be a scary day when the rich can buy health but there is a way to health that doesn't cost a thing...but I won't go there

 

[Clover~]

now you guys got me thinking of that new justin timberlake movie where time is currency and rich people live forever.....

 

[AdAmA]

Well IMO time is the most valuable asset one has.....

 

[bobbysox10]

Such a sad day. For those worried about Apple he gave the company a 12-16 month plan before he left so life without him won't take effect for a while but a legend left us today. We will think about him every time we play our iPod, use our iPhone or iPad or even browse the web on our mac. Such a sad day. RIP

 

[ARMYVAPR]

So sad, and I was waiting on the iPHONE 5 with 510 conection

 

[waylonjessi4ever]

I don't understand the kind of attachment to people we don't know .....he was a business man and a salesman yes but the santa clara valley is full of brilliant minds and public speakers ( after all he was selling ) that created lots of jobs here from the 70's to the 90's who will never see his recognition. I am sorry for his family's loss, no different then for any one else .
As for me ,I grew up here and we never used an apple or an i-phone ...were pc people .
And android apps are spanking apple in sales .Just sayin.Macs have never been on the desks of any high tech company I've seen here .jmho

 

[waylonjessi4ever]

Wow. He certainly fought the good fight.

Rest in peace, Mr. Jobs.

LONG fight for sure .....he did fight incredibly .I wouldnt have made it that long .

 

[ironslave]

I don't understand the kind of attachment to people we don't know .....he was a business man and a salesman yes but the santa clara valley is full of brilliant minds and public speakers ( after all he was selling ) that created lots of jobs here from the 70's to the 90's who will never see his recognition. I am sorry for his family's loss, no different then for any one else .
As for me ,I grew up here and we never used an apple or an i-phone ...were pc people .
And android apps are spanking apple in sales .Just sayin.Macs have never been on the desks of any high tech company I've seen here .jmho

I don't really understand the attachment either, but you have to respect the man for what he talked his way into. It's not about his products today that matters. You should watch Pirates of silicon valley(it's on you tube) to get an understanding. Before him and Woz came along nobody was in the business of home computing. the way the computer industry is today lies on him. Sure if he didn't do it someone else would but it probably wouldn't have gone the way it did. Apple set the standard for home computing and kept raising the bar. The only thing that kept them in the dark was their business model. That proprietary stuff is how all computers were designed until Microsoft came along and the "IBM Clones" started working their way on the market. If Mac OS was a generic OS like Microsoft then I believe apple could have very well wiped Microsoft off the face of the earth. Of course both Apple and Microsoft exists today because steve and bill was very good with how they talked and that took them the distance.

 

[Clover~]

he changed our world, nancy. It wasnt just apple stuff and the last decade. Thanks to him you have that handy dandy mouse you click stuff with. In 1986, he acquired the computer graphics division of Lucasfilm Ltd which was spun off as Pixar Animation Studios! He basically got the whole computer animation thing going! (I love toy story!!) I think he mattered to the world. Even if I don't agree with everything he's done he's still a significant person. I dont use macs unless Im on campus and I dont have an ipod or anything. But I appreciate his contributions to mankind.

"Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart." -Steve Jobs

 

[K9Luvr]

Rest in Peace, Steve Jobs. The world will not be the same without you.


"The box said "Windows 7 or better", so I bought a MAC'

 

[Desertfremen]

I don't understand the kind of attachment to people we don't know .....he was a business man and a salesman yes but the santa clara valley is full of brilliant minds and public speakers ( after all he was selling ) that created lots of jobs here from the 70's to the 90's who will never see his recognition. I am sorry for his family's loss, no different then for any one else .
As for me ,I grew up here and we never used an apple or an i-phone ...were pc people .
And android apps are spanking apple in sales .Just sayin.Macs have never been on the desks of any high tech company I've seen here .jmho

I fully understand and agree. I'm not a fan of Apple or Jobs either. I was happy when they started using BSD Unix for their OS but the whole ipod/ipuck/ibrick proprietary thing has left a very bad taste in my mouth. The only thing I could praise that man for now is coming up with a way to rob lots of people of their money happily with products that were never worth half their MSRP to begin with.