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Well said Mr Gates.

The world is a poorer place as of the 05/10/2011.

RIP Steve.

Yup, tragic. I wonder what AAPL.O will look like tomorrow.

amazing what he has looked like.
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/10/jobs/

Aww, this is sad news.

Apple absolutely promoted a lot of good things, odds are PCs would still be beige boxes, smartphones would still be awkward qwerty-keyboard business-only devices, tablets wouldn't exist (or would still be those horrible $2k+ hefty "microsoft rugged business bricks", and we'd still be playing CDs.

Whatever your opinion of the guy, there is no denying that the innovation he led absolutely changed the way computing was looked at, and turned it into something approachable to a lot of people rather than just to us nerds.

Pixar as well, don't forget Pixar. Every single movie that was made by them only exists because of Steve Jobs, along with potentially a lot of the CGI competitors. None of those would have happened without Toy Story, before that the animation industry thought that it would be a hugely expensive waste of time to make a film like that, especially as traditional animation was still going strong (think the Lion King).

RIP, Steve.

Wow.. this really sucks. Sad to see him go. I just hope Apple will continue to make good stuff with him gone now.

My bro in law has a lot of cash tied in Apple stock, what sucks now is the stock is gonna plummet and prolly not come back for a long time.

RIP to a great person who made a huge impact in this world.

Whether you are a mac user or not, the fact that you use technology -- you have been altered because of his work as competitors would follow suit.

I'm no mac user but he deserves great respect.

Wow, it didn't take long for some maladjusted trolls to show their asses in this thread, did it?

Anyway, RIP Mr. Jobs.

The King is Dead, Long Live the King!

or something like that. My condolences to his friends and family, but otherwise I really could not care much less...

chaos0xomega wrote:The King is Dead, Long Live the King!

or something like that. My condolences to his friends and family, but otherwise I really could not care much less...

huh?

You care about the family or the guy? The family must of known about it for a long time.

Monster Rain wrote:Wow, it didn't take long for some maladjusted trolls to show their asses in this thread, did it?

Anyway, RIP Mr. Jobs.

Well, if Apple did nothing else, they polarized people who use electronic adding machines (computers) into two diametrically opposed groups. Realistically, their PC vs. Mac ads only helped fuel that flame. Honestly, I think they were better at selling an image than they were at actually revolutionizing user interfaces. I found the Zune interface superior to the iPod, and still do no matter how much anyone gives me gak over it. I also prefer Gnome to either Windows OR OSX, and I OWN a Mac.

I'm just saying: You center your entire advertising campaign consisting of "I think I'm cooler than you because I own a premium priced product that does the same damn thing the one you own does," and it's no major surprise that people react strongly to it, one way or another.

R.I.P

He wasn't making anything anymore so its not really a sad day for gadget and computers fan, he was retired anyway.

daedalus wrote:

Monster Rain wrote:Wow, it didn't take long for some maladjusted trolls to show their asses in this thread, did it?

Anyway, RIP Mr. Jobs.

Well, if Apple did nothing else, they polarized people who use electronic adding machines (computers) into two diametrically opposed groups. Realistically, their PC vs. Mac ads only helped fuel that flame. Honestly, I think they were better at selling an image than they were at actually revolutionizing user interfaces. I found the Zune interface superior to the iPod, and still do no matter how much anyone gives me gak over it. I also prefer Gnome to either Windows OR OSX, and I OWN a Mac.

I'm just saying: You center your entire advertising campaign consisting of "I think I'm cooler than you because I own a premium priced product that does the same damn thing the one you own does," and it's no major surprise that people react strongly to it, one way or another.

QFT

poipo32 wrote:He wasn't making anything anymore so its not really a sad day for gadget and computers fan, he was retired anyway.

His vision was still driving the creation of some of the most widely known gadgets and computers on Earth.

Hopefully, it will continue to.

Steve Jobs was more of an owner for Pixar and not really involved in it, they had to drive out to where he lived to tell him how everything was going.

Now as to his reputation, speak no ill of the dead.

It's a sad day.

Regardless of your opinion on mac v pc (im a pc myself) it is a sad day. It is the beginning of the end of the old guard. These were people who revolutionized the world and they way we live and we owe them all a great deal.

Indeed, the whole PC vs Mac thing is entirely stupid simply continuing to exist in order to provide some people a moral high ground over others.

Not everything he did was great, but he did some great things. RIP Steve Jobs.

Asherian Command wrote:

Cheesecat wrote:

Kasrkai wrote:Who?

Um, yeah who is this guy?

Are you guys serious or are you joking?
Steve jobs founded Apple.Cop. and one of the most brilliant men ever.

Sweet, didn't even have to use Google. Either way never really owned any apple products, but his death still deserves recognition.

youbedead wrote:These were people who revolutionized the world and they way we live and we owe them all a great deal.

I don't know what we owe men like Steve Jobs. I think we've paid a lot for what they gave (i.e., sold/peddled) so far, and will continue to do so. But the notion that we are seeing the closing of an era strikes me as true. It's like when Henry Ford died.

Monster Rain wrote:Wow, it didn't take long for some maladjusted trolls to show their asses in this thread, did it?

Anyway, RIP Mr. Jobs.

A little off topic, but I've always liked this expression in the context of how you used it. It's just so... dead-on.

He did a great job (haha, get it?) On a more serious note, he did make a whole lot of awesome computer- thingies.

guyperson5 wrote:He did a great job (haha, get it?) On a more serious note, he did make a whole lot of awesome computer- thingies.

guyperson5 has filled my pun quota for the day, thank you.

Steve jobs, regardless of whether or not you like or hate apple, was an amazing visionary for technology.

While the iPod wasn't the first, it was the defining media playback device.

The iPhone wasn't the first touchscreen phone, and it wasn't the first smartphone, it was the phone that revolutionized the smart phone industry.

The iPad wasn't the first tablet, there were a few before it, but it CREATED a current technology race that threatens even microsoft for the continuation of desktop O/S.

But I do love the article because it does state the truth.

Jobs was human. A very gifted human, but human nonetheless. He screwed up like the rest of us. Both professionally and personally.

In the shadow of the day, we can all be judged only on what we did to make our lives, and those around us a little better. We should all be so lucky to leave a legacy like mr. Jobs did.

Farewell my distant mentor, my great teacher, and my role model.

(Written from my iPad, while surfing for a new MacBook, and checking the time on my iPhone, with both iPods connected to my home theatre.)

RIP Mr Jobs



that said, who else is buying Apple stock right now? It is common knowledge it will fall, how far is the bet everyone is making right now. I'd say at least a billion will be made off this loss.



as I say, RIP to the computer BOSS, but this is an economy, and death drives it

to all the haters: if you dont have something decent and moral to say, dont say it, your not "cool" for stickin it to the man who was the leader of stickin it to the man in this era.

RIP Jobs, never liked your products, but i cant deny that you were a revolutionary and without you computers/technology might not be as advanced as they are today.

jordanis wrote: to all the haters: if you dont have something decent and moral to say, dont say it, your not "cool" for stickin it to the man who was the leader of stickin it to the man in this era.

RIP Jobs, never liked your products, but i cant deny that you were a revolutionary and without you computers/technology might not be as advanced as they are today.

IMHO Steve Jobs is the greatest man to ever live, he created recycling. He can take one thing and turn it into years of releases.


It is sad that he has passed, but he will always be remembered in 2 ways, one by his sheep, and one by PC users that will be sad for his passing, but basically be like; meh. He was a great business man, no doubt. He just got a bit greedy IMO. You don't have years worth of updates ready before you release something. He got rich off of his sheep buying everything he put out. I honestly run a 2001 Sony VAIO as my basic computer. With minor messing with it can be a great machine. For $700 I built a super computer. Apple charges for Hipster appeal, a case is defiantly worth less than what is inside.


You can not take away the job from Steve Jobs. To do so would be disrespectful to his life. He succeeded at making an OK product at an extravagant price. There are not many companies that can claim the same. He found a niche and convinced everyone and their brother they were in that niche. He made computing almost stupid, you could actually be small of mind and work one.

In the end I will remember him as a giant amongst mere tin soldiers. He held the world in his hand for a long while, may he Rest In Peace

DIDM wrote:

jordanis wrote: to all the haters: if you dont have something decent and moral to say, dont say it, your not "cool" for stickin it to the man who was the leader of stickin it to the man in this era.

RIP Jobs, never liked your products, but i cant deny that you were a revolutionary and without you computers/technology might not be as advanced as they are today.

... He succeeded at making an OK product at an extravagant price. There are not many companies that can claim the same. He found a niche and convinced everyone and their brother they were in that niche.

i can name one other...and its the reason this website even exists...without it 99.99% of us on here would not talk to eachother...if you dont follow, im talking about Games Workshop, and i am a proud sheep (is that the right way to say that? it doesnt sound right...)

jordanis wrote:

DIDM wrote:

jordanis wrote: to all the haters: if you dont have something decent and moral to say, dont say it, your not "cool" for stickin it to the man who was the leader of stickin it to the man in this era.

RIP Jobs, never liked your products, but i cant deny that you were a revolutionary and without you computers/technology might not be as advanced as they are today.

... He succeeded at making an OK product at an extravagant price. There are not many companies that can claim the same. He found a niche and convinced everyone and their brother they were in that niche.

i can name one other...and its the reason this website even exists...without it 99.99% of us on here would not talk to eachother...if you dont follow, im talking about Games Workshop, and i am a proud sheep (is that the right way to say that? it doesnt sound right...)

yea, but there is quite a bit bigger market for "second hand" GW "items". I for one would not buy a computer off Ebay, no matter the seller.

This instantly comes to mind as one of the main reasons.

The_Savior wrote:
Yeah, I'm sure it's sad and to a lot of people it's a "big" deal...
But Steve Jobs wasn't the only person in world that died today.
I guess it's just the only person people seem to care about.

And seeing how I don't use Apple products nor Macs...

I agree. People starving in africa, while corruption is being protested in wall street, people dying in wartorn countries and but a rich white man dies and the world stops?