Charolotte Caxton Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple, has passed away at age 56.http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/steve-jobs-apple-ceo-dies/story?id=14383813 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander9 Carver Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 I don't know were i would be without my ipod touch. It saddening to hear of his passing thank you steve jobs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Venus Petrov Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Steve Jobs was a giant in the industry. He changed the way in which millions use and share information. I hope his company survives. My sympathies to his family and to those who loved him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Bulloch Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Thank you Mr Jobs for the contributions you made in your career and life towards the betterment of day-to-day living. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnCuDubh Docherty Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Thank You Mr. Jobs. - May your meams persist enternaly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medhue Simoni Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 I'm not an Apple fan at all, far from it, but I thought this was a great tribute video by Forbes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Here’s to the Crazy One. The misfit. The rebel. The troublemaker. The round peg in the square hole. The One Who Saw Things Differently. He wasn't fond of rules. And he had no respect for the status quo. You can quote him, disagree with him, glorify or vilify him. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore him. Because he changed things. He pushed the human race forward. And while some may have seen him as the crazy one, we saw genius. Because the man who was crazy enough to think he could change the world... ...was the one who did. Thank you, Mr. Jobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayalily Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Awww, I didn't hear the news. He put up the good fight with his pancreatic cancer. He was a legend in his own time. He will be missed, and remembered. Rest in peace, Mr. Steve Jobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Ahren Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 You ever wonder what the world would be like if at the edge of any of those precipices he had refused to jump? What if back in the 1970s, Steve Jobs had said, "you know, Hewlett-Packard is a great company. I would be crazy to quit my position here. Woz, I can't take that kind of risk, you're going to have start that computer company without me." What if in the 1980s after Apple had fired him, he had said screw it, I have enough money and from now I'm just going to play video games and chase chicks for the rest of my life? What if at the end of the decade, he had told George Lucas, "you know George, $10 million is just too much for Pixar. I'm gonna take the $10 million and retire to Hawaii. You can keep Pixar." What if in 2001, he had said "portable music player? We're a computer company, we don't do music" and nixed the iPod? What is the worst case scenario if you take the leap? You'll end living under a bridge? What is the best case? Either way, we all be dead soon. Steve Jobs was an insanely great dude. He really did put a ding in the universe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceera Murakami Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Steve Jobs was a man who wanted to change the world, and who had both the talent and the will to do so. His creative vision will be missed. I remember in 1984, seeing a demo of the very first Macintosh computer, at a college campus, before most people had ever heard of the Macintosh computer. It was the first time I ever looked at a computer and said "Now THAT is cool!". Say what you will about Mac versus PC. The fact that Windows is now almost a clone of the point and click user interface pioneered in the Macintosh tells the story. Yes, Xerox was actually there first with the concept of a mouse and clicking on icons. But Apple made it something that was central to a commercially-available operating system and programs, and was "the way it should be done". Farewell, Steve Jobs. You did change the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela Galli Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 I have owned nothing but Macs since the tiny MacPlus. It had no hard drive, just a floppy drive. Little tiny screen. But I adored it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Ahren Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Keep the Faith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canoro Philipp Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 /me lowers his head... he really changed the world... he bringed us personal computers when the industry didnt believe in his dream.. rest in peace Steve... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Clarence Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 RIP Mr. Jobs, you were a fantastic salesman. I wonder if you passed knowing how people are protesting the corporate greed of Wall St. - of big business. Your built your company to represent everything evil in corporate greed: "the luxury brand" -- the flip of the bird to IBM? What has Apple become? You will be remembered. You will not be forgotten. You are one of the first great salemen of this young technology age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylvia Tamalyn Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 I read the news on my iMac, and am typing this from it now....as people are saying on Twitter tonight: iSad :smileysad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valerie Inshan Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 This is sadnest news I could hear just waking up 15 minutes ago. It's like loosing a long time friend, a mentor, almost a brother. RIP Steve Jobs. Vous étiez un Grand Monsieur. Vous laissez des millions d'orphelins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Ahren Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Storm Clarence wrote: RIP Mr. Jobs, you were a fantastic salesman. I wonder if you passed knowing how people are protesting the corporate greed of Wall St. - of big business. Your built your company to represent everything evil in corporate greed: "the luxury brand" -- the flip of the bird to IBM? What has Apple become? You will be remembered. You will not be forgotten. You are one of the first great salemen of this young technology age. He was far more than a salesman. The closest word that we have in English is prophet. Not in the sense that he prophesied the future. He visualized what he thought it should look like and enrolled others in his vision and then they went out and invented it. He didn't just believe in his product, he made others believers. Apple customers are some of the most faithful in the world. His presentations were mesmerizing and the air around him electric. He was also a Zen Buddhist. This may be the last we'll see him of him in this incarnation, but he'll be back. He was a good and holy man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knowl Paine Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Very sad news indeed. :smileysad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luc Starsider Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Truly sad news! He has had a positive impact on all our lives in more ways than many like to admit, and we are at a loss now that he has passed away. RIP Mr. Jobs. You will be missed. - Luc - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celestiall Nightfire Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 http://www.apple.com/ Steve was an early mind-crush of mine. Back in the early 1980's Omni magazine did an article on him, included a picture, etc. I read that article and looked at his picture and was smitten. He embodied all the qualities that piqued my interests. Brilliant, innovative, entrepreneur, geeky-techy, ...and pretty damn hot looking. ; ) (in RL...my job just got harder : ( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mags Indigo Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 I've never owned an apple product in my life but that doesn't mean I don't recognise the contribution Steve Jobs made to the technology industry - and as such to everyone across the planet. He fought a good fight and he will be missed by many. Bill Gates did a lovely tribute to him last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claireschen Hesten Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 i've never been a fan of Mac's & i wouldn't be owning an iPod if i hadn't been sent a free one (i also have a much better mp3) but you have to hand it to Mr. Jobs for making Apple a cool desirable brand when the iMac came out i did think i wanted one until i had to use them i could never get my head round the OS and the different way of doing things. now-a-days you can't walk down the street with out seeing someone use an iPod or an iPod phone and people are willing to pay over the top prices to have them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deltango Vale Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 An important reminder: born in San Francisco in Feb 1955 to [unmarried] students Joanne Schieble and Syrian-born Abdulfattah Jandali adopted by a Californian working class couple had a summer job at Hewlett-Packard while at school - later worked at Atari dropped out of college after six months and went traveling in India, where he became a Buddhist http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15193922 In other words, an adopted, mixed-race, working-class drop-out becomes one of the wealthiest and most admired people on the planet. Which reminds me, don't we have another mixed-race, working-class guy as President? Steve Job's greatest legacy is to remind us that attitude and intelligence determine the course of our lives. ETA: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/73df0a0a-dfae-11e0-8e15-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1a0Icr1YK (if this link gives you a hard time, google "From Migrant to Magnate") http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-14902975 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryanne Solo Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 No apples for me, ever and he didn't invent horrid lossy music formats, but he certainly capitalised on them. To this day in audio circles the myth persists that Macinsploshes rule. Which is pretty funny. There was a time...in a distant place.... lol Well done Mr Jobs, salesman extraordinaire and nice person it would seem. R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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