Calamity Kris Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 I just saw a news flash minutes ago that Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple just passed from complications of pancreatic cancer. Fox News Even if you only use PCs, Apple has influenced your life in some way. He was also a good friend of my cousin and his family who live in the bay area. RIP Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey Business Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Sad news indeed. End of an icon. Brilliant man and he was only 56. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Mushman Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 I just saw a news flash minutes ago that Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple just passed from complications of pancreatic cancer. Fox News Even if you only use PCs, Apple has influenced your life in some way. He was also a good friend of my cousin and his family who lives in the bay area. RIP Steve. Steve was a rare combination of a visionary entrepreneur who could also make the tranistion to exectution, leadership and delivery to get his ideas and product to the masses, then continue to innovate and deliver, time after time! This is most rare throughout history. On top of that I've known a few who knew him closely, and he was a good man. His ideas, products, and methods will be studied for years, but I think he would have been successful in any era. God Speed Steve. Harvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Windshadow Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 I bought my 8k Apple 2 in 1978 and when I called the company once with some questions he took the call and then passed me on to Woz to handle the 6502 assembler part of my problem his products have been a large part of my life ever since... he will be missed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Creative genius plus technical brilliance plus business savvy... On top of that he was a nice guy and a good man. RIP Steve Jobs. My MacBook is in mourning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Masked Man Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 As a technology enthusiast and someone who's made a career in IT in the era of the Personal Computer, I am more familiar than most with Jobs' prolific contributions. One might fairly argue that had it not been for Steve Jobs, we would not have personal computers, let alone email, file sharing, the internet, the World Wide Web, personal electronic music players, computer graphics (CGI) in movies, the ability to create computer driven engineering simulations, digital video recorders, or the smartphone as we know it today. The innovations of his companies, Apple, NeXT and Pixar have benefited countless lives across the globe. I predict Jobs will be remembered one day as a figure whose contributions transformed society as profoundly as a Thomas Edison. Without his efforts, we would not be communicating with one another on a medium such as this, and all the products of collaborative social, economic, and technology efforts enabled by personal computing and the world wide web would not exist. His impact on the evolution of personal technology, and the impact of that revolution on modern society, both economically and socially is not to be underestimated; there is no other visionary like him to be found anywhere in the industry. RIP indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Cord Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 RIP Steve. Sent from my iPhone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 My first computer was a Mac SE. I have owned nothing but Macs since. I am writing this on a MacBook, the same one I deployed with. In the darkest days of Apple, I hoped for the best, when Steve Jobs came back to Apple, I cheered, even though he wasn't sure he could save the company. Well, he did, and he did so much more. Even beyond his "vision thing," he was an inspiration to many, myself included. I would have liked to have met him and to have known him. I will mourn him and keep him in my thoughts and meditations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlands Bob #61228 Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 There are very few visionaries in history that have changed the world without the use of an army. Steve Jobs was one of them and we all are fortunate that he lived in a county where he was able to make his dreams and ideas a reality. Thanks for a job well done. Rest in peace Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deja Vous Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 A true genius.. His product was so much better .. Jobs was a great man... may he rest in peace. And prayers for his family... they will miss his so much.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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