Steve Jobs

[bvibert]

Steve Jobs has passed away

http://www.apple.com/

http://gizmodo.com/5838847/

RIP

 

[wa-loaf]

Serious bummer.

 

[roark]

As much as I'm not a fan of the products he was truly one of the most impressive people of recent history.

 

[Nick]

Wow.... that's enormous news in the tech world. Not a huge Apple fan, but he is inspirational for the business acumen and his personality. So unfortunate, he was a real young guy. He is leaving behind quite a legacy.

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[skiahman]

The role he had in changing the way people play, learn, live. Really amazing.

 

[ZYDECORICH]

I think the impact he had on this world is still not fully realized. I have only used Mac products since they were introduced, given the choice. Nothing has come close in my eyes as far as creativity, substance, and ease in which to work with on both a personal and professional level.

 

[wa-loaf]

So there's probably 1-2 years of his influence built into the product stream. After that I worry about what will happen to Apple.

 

[TheBEast]

A true visionary. Very sad to hear he's left us. RIP and thoughts are with his family and the Apple family.

 

[Trekchick]

So there's probably 1-2 years of his influence built into the product stream. After that I worry about what will happen to Apple.

I could be wrong, but I think that he spent enough time surrounding himself with people who shared his vision. That may build a future for Apple that will carry them for some time.

He seemed to be as good of a man as he was a visionary. THAT is the mark he'll leave in my world.

 

[Glenn]

Sad news; much too young. The outpouring is amazing. You never see this for a company CEO.

 

[bigbog]

The guy, to my knowledge at the time, was more credit-card friendly in marketing of software components than some people with last names beginning with "G".

 

[marcski]

I heard he says that LSD was one of the 2 or 3 most important things to happen to him in his life. Talk about thinking out of the box!

He was certainly a visionary and a great entrepreneur. I also heard that one of the reasons he finally agreed to have an authorized biography written was that he said he wanted his kids to know him, since he wasn't always around when they were growing up since he was working so much. Now, IMHO, that is really a sad thing...how much is money worth?

 

[wa-loaf]

I also heard that one of the reasons he finally agreed to have an authorized biography written was that he said he wanted his kids to know him, since he wasn't always around when they were growing up since he was working so much. Now, IMHO, that is really a sad thing...how much is money worth?

I don't think it was about money for him, he was super driven to succeed and make great stuff. The money is a by product of that, it's still sad to be so driven that you miss out on family. But I suppose that's why we are not billionaires.

 

[marcski]

I don't think it was about money for him, he was super driven to succeed and make great stuff. The money is a by product of that, it's still sad to be so driven that you miss out on family. But I suppose that's why we are not billionaires.

Yes, my thought was that it was sad that he missed out on his kids and family.

And, no, we're not billionaires, but we have close relationships with our children and get to ski as often as we can! Think snow, my friend!

 

[Glenn]

Business week put out an entire issue on Jobs: http://www.subtraction.com/2011/10/11/bloomberg-businessweeks-steve-jobs-issue

I've made it about halfway through; it's really interesting. He was quite an interesting guy. I know there's a bit of a halo around him now that he's passed; but he certainly had his flaws. I mean, we all do.

 

[ctenidae]

Business week put out an entire issue on Jobs: http://www.subtraction.com/2011/10/11/bloomberg-businessweeks-steve-jobs-issue

I've made it about halfway through; it's really interesting. He was quite an interesting guy. I know there's a bit of a halo around him now that he's passed; but he certainly had his flaws. I mean, we all do.

Wired did, too- I made it through about 1/2 the first article. Interesting, sure, and he was ceertianly an important character, but I'm having a certain amount of difficulty getting over my base level apathy and starting to care.

 

[bvibert]

The father of the C programming language and UNIX died last week, no one seems to care about him.

http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/13/father-of-c-and-unix-dennis-ritchie-passes-away-at-age-70/

Without his contributions none of what Steve Jobs (or just about anyone else in the computing world) did would have been possible.

 

[wa-loaf]

He was quite an interesting guy. I know there's a bit of a halo around him now that he's passed; but he certainly had his flaws. I mean, we all do.

He could be a real bastard swearing at people and firing them on the spot in the elevator and stuff.

 

[ctenidae]

The father of the C programming language and UNIX died last week, no one seems to care about him.

http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/13/father-of-c-and-unix-dennis-ritchie-passes-away-at-age-70/

Without his contributions none of what Steve Jobs (or just about anyone else in the computing world) did would have been possible.

Uh-oh, who's the 3rd? The guy who wrote FORTRAN is already dead.

 

[bvibert]

Uh-oh, who's the 3rd? The guy who wrote FORTRAN is already dead.

If only we had a window into the future..