[Armind]

Twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/AP/)

AP The Associated Press
BREAKING: Apple says Steve Jobs has died.

[_Hotsauce_]

Great, I don't give a fuck.

[rJZx]

its cause the iphone 5 wasnt announced :troll:

[Manic!]

Don't like apple but they guy was a visionary.

[Armind]

Apple - Remembering Steve Jobs (http://www.apple.com/stevejobs/)

[Armind]

Thanks for the great machines i use to design.

[Phozy]

Great assumption chronix.. real great

RIP Steve Jobs. Condolences to your family.

[Chronix]

http://images5.cafepress.com/image/59085015_125x125.png

[hypediss]

RIP Jobs, like him or Apple or none at all. He was a great influence in the tech industry and a reason why we get such nice goodies that we have to this date.

[TRDood]

:okay:

[Excelsis]

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS0FmQ2iudw9WdZA2HqHw6YXWAs4oPf4 8qgE8wRiR8gupBQ4qmpnM6v4HpsFw?


rip :(

[HonestTea]

RIP

[FI-Z33]

RIP :/

[LP700-4]

Wow lol i thought this was fake until i actually went to apple's website....

Im no apple fanboy, but still R.I.P Steve. All the best to his family.

[CRS]

Have to give props to Steve for being a master salesman. He resurrected Apple from the ashes and created a dedicated following that will support Apple into the foreseeable future.

[Boostslut]

RIP Steve Jobs. Like alot of people, i'm not an apple fanboy myself, but the lose of such a person is always horrible.

Geez, some tasteless people in this thread.

[Dragon-88]

RIP, He built quality systems. Even though i'm a PC fan, Ive always respected what he has done to the IT industry.

Condolences to the family.

PS: To the haters, don't bother posting. We don't give a fuck what you think.

[parm104]

Great, I don't give a fuck.

You are an idiot. That's as simple as it gets, you're just dumb.

Have some respect for someone who has passed away and has had their life taken by cancer. Nobody gives a shit if you like him or whether you care. Just have some respect for another human being who's life has been taken from him.

R.I.P. Steve Jobs

[vafanculo]

Maybe he will resurrect and come back in the form of Steve JobS
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[sell_item_604]

wow RIP

[strykn]

I hate apple but look what he did with apple just fucking flawless genius corporate execution. RIP steve

[bluejays]

RIP :okay:

[winson604]

Even though I hate Apple, I appreciate what Steve has done and my hate for the company shouldn't have affect on a person dieing. RIP Steve.

[Gh0stRider]

damn. rip

[!Yaminashi]

Damn, RIP Steve

Although I was never a huge apple fan, you cant ignore the feats this guy accomplished.
Things only all of us can dream of doing

[Nvasion]

rip

[Not really racist!]

Pancreatic cancer.. damn.

RIP

[buddy]

RIP .. as a happy i phone user, thank you

[HondaGuy]

Just heard on radio steve passed away... Was so shocked to hear!
RIP.
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[InvisibleSoul]

RIP... I've never been a Mac guy, but I love his iPhone.

[chun]

RIP Steve Jobs. You were and will continue to be an inspiration to many.

[mos_skeeto]

We can thank Steve for Pixar as well. RIP

[_Hotsauce_]

lawl

[!Yaminashi]

K guys lets keep this thread clean and respectful please.

[Phozy]

http://images5.cafepress.com/image/59085015_125x125.png

I'd fail you a million times if i could. When you die ima be like

"LOL"

:stfu:

That aside, not a big fan, but damn he accomplished a lot.

[EmOne]

"Jobs dropped out of Oregon's Reed College after one semester, although he returned to audit a class in calligraphy, which he says influenced Apple's graceful, minimalist aesthetic. He quit one of his first jobs, designing video games for Atari, to backpack across India and take psychedelic drugs. Those experiences, Jobs said later, shaped his creative vision."


So if you drop everything to backpack india and trip balls you can be the next steve jobs:fullofwin:

[Tim Budong]

Steve Jobs greatest achievement aside from being the visionary he is.
He managed to bridge the gap between techies and the general public.

[GC8]

rip... love the iphone

[TypeS]

RIP Steve

[essel]

sigh.. RIP Steve Jobs

[Manic!]

I own an Android :troll:

And the only reason you own a Android is Steve Jobs and that's the the only reason why I own a HP Touch Pad. HP would have never come out with a touch pad if it wasn't for Steve Jobs and the Ipad.

[shawn79]

as long as steve jobs was in charge apple would have been the dominate force in technology, now he has passed away google and android will take over

RIP

[dachinesedude]

Apple wouldnt be where it is today without him

RIP

[LSF22]

RIP Steve

I was never an Iphone or Mac user/fanboy but with the accomplishments he achieved and what he did for Apple, he has my utmost respect.

The world lost a true innovator today.

Condolences to his family.

[Gh0stRider]

Hot Sauce and Chronix, enjoy your points. :)

anymore shit from you 2 and your gone for good.

[Armind]

And the only reason you own a Android is Steve Jobs and that's the the only reason why I own a HP Touch Pad. HP would have never come out with a touch pad if it wasn't for Steve Jobs and the Ipad.

i understand that, i only posted that cause someone thought i was an apple fan boy lol

[Tim Budong]

Apple fanboys fear this day

Post Jobs Tech Era

[yamashek]

RIP Steve.

We have lost a great visionary.

[S1 S2]

RIP
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[Tim Budong]

Anderson Cooper is calling SteveJobs the modern Thomas Edison

[aikenluu918]

Wonder if SIRI saw this coming.. Great man, changed the world of technology. RIP

[Alatar]

RIP to one of the strongest and most influential CEOs (if not the most) of any company this century.

The products may not have been the most cutting edge, but the marketing and integration of the entire company was masterful.

A new day's starting, and it will be interesting to see where Apple goes from here.

[haha13]

rip

[KVG]

"i" will never be the same

[iwantaskyline]

Sent an email "RIP" to rememberingsteve@apple.com



from my Samsung Galaxy S2

[fobulaus]

Wow, what's with all the disrespect?

Steve Jobs was a visionary genius who loved what he did. He single-handedly revived Apple from nothing to the largest company in the world. Like his products or not, he has done some amazing things with Apple and Pixar. I've had my Macbook Pro for 2 yrs and I still love it more than any PCs I've ever used.

RIP Steve Jobs.

[N.V.M.]

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s720x720/296423_123129864459247_102938906478343_102789_1958 639631_n.jpg

[TOS'd]

Whos in on this?

[monkeywrench]

RIP to the visionary genius. From the marketing to the product itself, Jobs has made Apple what it is today.

[unit]

rip to one of the greatest innovators of our time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1R-jKKp3NA

[CP.AR]

RIP Steve,

I never liked your marketing and selling tactics. but without you, cellphones will still be a brick with some buttons on it.

[StylinRed]

Told you guys he already died they were just postponing the announcement


and yes he was a great ceo (shady one at that)/presenter but thats about it, im sorry to say to the fans, Bill Gates saved Apple by bailing them out Steve Jobs just led them as a CEO to great heights

wozniack ftw

[124Y]

R.I.P. Steve Jobs.
You will be missed.

[Psykopathik]

All our iPhone are belong to you.

R.I.P. Steve

[Manic!]

Told you guys he already died they were just postponing the announcement


and yes he was a great ceo/presenter but thats about it, im sorry to say to the fans, Bill Gates saved Apple by bailing them out Steve Jobs just led them as a CEO to great heights

wozniack ftw

You make it sound like being a CEO is easy. He was a lot more than you describe.

[JesseBlue]

truly sad day, not only because of anything apple related, but because he was a husband, dad, brother., human..

[b0unce. [?]]

Damn, RIP Steve

Although I was never a huge apple fan, you cant ignore the feats this guy accomplished.
Things only all of us can dream of doing

well put. rip steve

[Harvey Specter]

He was truly a visionary and hopefully his legacy will live on through future Apple products.

RIP Steve Jobs

[ImaBeast]

The reason why we have the technology we have today is because of Steve Jobs.

R.I.P

[AzNightmare]

wow?! wtf?? I thought this was some joke at first that had something to do with his resigning.
RIP :okay:

[Ludepower]

When did he die? Did they postpone this news after the release of the iphone4s yesterday? That's bad taste if they did.

RIP Steve. Took awhile for me to jump on the bandwagon but Im glad I did.
Clean, sleek, simple, revolutionary gadgets you gave us. Ipod, Iphone, Ipad.

[StylinRed]

You make it sound like being a CEO is easy. He was a lot more than you describe.

how did you glean "being a ceo is easy" ?

he was a lot more certainly but he wasn't godly like the fans want to portray him as

he was a great businessman & all that entails (and yes he also invented but he wasn't spectacular in this regard)


it sucks he passed away and its horrible he had to go that way rip

[keitaro]

http://i.imgur.com/18UqD.jpg

RIP Steve Jobs :(

[firebird79_00]

http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss336/firebird79_00/stevejobs.jpg

[fobulaus]

Told you guys he already died they were just postponing the announcement


and yes he was a great ceo (shady one at that)/presenter but thats about it, im sorry to say to the fans, Bill Gates saved Apple by bailing them out Steve Jobs just led them as a CEO to great heights

wozniack ftw

Seriously, what the hell are you smoking? How is he a shady CEO? What are you talking about? Sounds to me you know absolutely nothing about Apple and Steve Jobs.

Are you saying McDonalds and Coca Cola are successful because Warren Buffet invested in them?

You're one of those guys who hate Apple products because you are reluctant to change, and like the attention you get from dissing everybody around you for using an iPhone.

[Manic!]

how did you glean "being a ceo is easy" ?

he was a lot more certainly but he wasn't godly like the fans want to portray him as

he was a great businessman & all that entails (and yes he also invented but he wasn't spectacular in this regard)


it sucks he passed away and its horrible he had to go that way rip

He was one of the greatest if not greatest CEO of all times. The companies he founded had an affect on everything from cars to running shoes and almost everything we do in our lives.

[StylinRed]

Seriously, what the hell are you smoking? How is he a shady CEO? What are you talking about? Sounds to me you know absolutely nothing about Apple and Steve Jobs.

Are you saying McDonalds and Coca Cola are successful because Warren Buffet invested in them?

You're one of those guys who hate Apple products because you are reluctant to change, and like the attention you get from dissing everybody around you for using an iPhone.


i dont feel we should really divert this RIP thread anymore than we/I have
but if you don't know about the "shady" part you should read more :)

"reluctant to change" :lol



He was one of the greatest if not greatest CEO of all times.

i agree a great ceo/businessman like i said.....???

[BrRsn]

RIP steve


posted from my macbook :(

[PiuYi]

RIP to Steve Jobs

few things i didn't know before today:

- Jobs was born on Feb. 24, 1955, to Joanne Simpson and Abdulfattah Jandali, an unwed couple who put their first-born son up for adoption. Raised by Paul and Clara Jobs, Steven Paul Jobs grew up in California and displayed a keen interest in electronics from an early age.

-While Jobs was working at Atari, the company offered a bonus to anyone who could reduce the number of computer chips in its popular game Breakout. Jobs and Wozniak, who was working at Hewlett-Packard at the time, managed to eliminate a large number of them, which earned them a substantial reward.
Jobs, however, took a larger percentage of the cash reward, but did not tell his friend about the unequal distribution. Some say Wozniak was devastated when he learned later of the deception.

-In 1978, Jobs's first daughter, Lisa, was born — although initially he denied he was the father.
In the 1980s, he began the process of reconciling with his daughter — and learned of his birth parents.

[Jboii59]

RIP steve jobs

[fobulaus]

i dont feel we should really divert this RIP thread anymore than we/I have
but if you don't know about the "shady" part you should read more :)

"reluctant to change" :lol

i agree a great ceo/businessman like i said.....???

What? Because he did drugs when he was young? That's the shady part you're talking about?

I don't mind diverting this thread. I want to hear why you (and others) feel that Steve Jobs is such a horrible person that you need to trash him the day he passed away.

[WHEYsted]

RIP

[DC5-S]

Hahahahahah
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[Tim Budong]

twitter is becoming unstable
everything i read is about steve jobs

[noTirl]

RIP

[StylinRed]

What? Because he did drugs when he was young? That's the shady part you're talking about?

I don't mind diverting this thread. I want to hear why you (and others) feel that Steve Jobs is such a horrible person that you need to trash him the day he passed away.

drugs??? rofl

im talking about screwing over Wozniak, taking Gates bailout then going on an advertising campaign to kill msft and stalling collaborative efforts on cellphones so that he can get his iphone out and stealing patents and ideas and taking the issues to courts because he doesnt want to pay for them and manipulating the public into thinking they introduced something new and innovative when its not

etc etc etc


and trashing him?? no facts isn't trashing if you do something you should own up to it and expect everything to be talked about when remembering someone you dont gloss over things simply because a persons passed


and according to piuyi he was also a deadbeat dad


so that's all ill do at derailing this now so back to my last statement, do some reading (and if you try to dismiss it simply as "that's business" well u have questionable values)

[LiquidTurbo]

So many non-contribution zeroes in this thread.

RIP Steve Jobs. Even though we all saw it coming, still a shock.
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[shenmecar]

RIP Steve Jobs

[WHEYsted]

Seriously though RIP Steve Jobs. Thank you for all the wonderful products you brought us to make our lives easier, one of which I am typing on now!

[shawnly1000]

AC360 on CNN will have coverage of Jobs' passing as well as an interview with Steve Wozniak for those interested

[Brianrietta]

Well said Bill. RIP :(

[Lomac]

And the only reason you own a Android is Steve Jobs and that's the the only reason why I own a HP Touch Pad. HP would have never come out with a touch pad if it wasn't for Steve Jobs and the Ipad.

Not to derail this thread anymore than it already has, but tablets were around for ages prior to the iPad. The only reason why Apple was able to popularize the market was because of the iPhone. The general population was very aware of what the phone could do, so simply creating a larger version of it in the form of a tablet was merely a common sense step. I'm sure if Apple hadn't done it, someone else would have.

That said, RIP. Consider him a visionary or view him as a crook, he still helped push the envelope in terms of marketing (and, unfortunately, control over one's products). However, no one deserves to die of cancer.

[Tim Budong]

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqhr46trpa1qz9917o1_500.png

[N.V.M.]

So many non-contribution zeroes in this thread.


no shit. god damn RS schoolboys sitting behind their keyboards, waiting for their moms to call them to dinner.

[Tim Budong]

Westboro Church, biggest SCUM on gods green earth

http://cl.ly/3v2m1b1J1E3k1T2D1U07/Screen_Shot_2011-10-05_at_7.01.08_PM.png

[Coren]

rip steve jobs

i'm sure the cellphone world wouldn't have been as competitive without him and the iphone

[figure.09]

R.I.P
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[fobulaus]

drugs??? rofl

im talking about screwing over Wozniak, taking Gates bailout then going on an advertising campaign to kill msft and stalling collaborative efforts on cellphones so that he can get his iphone out and stealing patents and ideas and taking the issues to courts because he doesnt want to pay for them and manipulating the public into thinking they introduced something new and innovative when its not

etc etc etc


and trashing him?? no facts isn't trashing if you do something you should own up to it and expect everything to be talked about when remembering someone you dont gloss over things simply because a persons passed


and according to piuyi he was also a deadbeat dad


so that's all ill do at derailing this now so back to my last statement, do some reading (and if you try to dismiss it simply as "that's business" well u have questionable values)

I don't know much about Jobs personal life and how he treats his daughter, most people don't care, and that's not why he's respected.

Not totally sure how Steve Jobs "screwed over" Wozniak. Pretty sure Wozniak left the company on good terms to pursue his own ventures. Besides, I'm sure hes still an Apple shareholder making a crap load of money from their stock. The only thing I found on the internet is that Jobs won't write the foreword of his autobiography? Is that the serious offense you're talking about?

Trashing Microsoft - you mean the mac vs. PC commercials? They were funny and not far from the truth. Don't see anything wrong with them. Microsoft has stepped on far more companies than Apple ever will.

I don't think either of us are knowledgeable to differentiate who is infringing whos patten. Look at Microsoft Zune, HP Touchpad, Samsung Touch, etc etc.

[Razor Ramon HG]

Steve Jobs' biological father speaks of yearning to meet his son | Mail Online (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2031575/Steve-Jobs-biological-father-speaks-yearning-meet-son.html)

Interesting article for those that haven't seen it already.

[DanHibiki]

If it wasn't for Steve Jobs, the first Google phone woulda looked like this.

http://media.techeblog.com/images/androidlive_1.jpg

And I'm sure I'd be rocking a Blackberry right now if he didn't exist.

[Noizz]

The reason why we have the technology we have today is because of Steve Jobs.

:seriously:

That's a bit extreme... but definitely RIP

[Gh0stRider]

So many non-contribution zeroes in this thread.

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they have been dealt with. 96 pts issued out so far :fuckyea:

[Tim Budong]

wow u on a role LOL

[Spidey]

Seriously, what the hell are you smoking? How is he a shady CEO? What are you talking about? Sounds to me you know absolutely nothing about Apple and Steve Jobs.

Are you saying McDonalds and Coca Cola are successful because Warren Buffet invested in them?

You're one of those guys who hate Apple products because you are reluctant to change, and like the attention you get from dissing everybody around you for using an iPhone.

can't speak for that guy, but for me, I don't like Apple's marketing tactics, and annoyed at shit at how the Apple "minions" all judge everyone else who do not have an iPhone. I admit he was great at what he did and was very very successful. No one ever wants to hear about anyone dying.

What annoys me is people reacting like their dad just died though. Like, seriously?

[NSX]

RIP

Bought a Macbook Pro today too =(.

[unit]

can't speak for that guy, but for me, I don't like Apple's marketing tactics, and annoyed at shit at how the Apple "minions" all judge everyone else who do not have an iPhone. I admit he was great at what he did and was very very successful. No one ever wants to hear about anyone dying.

What annoys me is people reacting like their dad just died though. Like, seriously?

if you own a computer and a mobile phone, you have apple to thank in large for the way both of those devices are today.
ive owned an iphone once, but mostly had different phones. never been judged by apple "minions" for not using one. i think thats in your head.

[Meowjin]

after getting my social feeds bombed with RIP i put on my status "don't really care for some rich CEO dying" or something along the lines...

Now people think im incensitive >:|

The guy who invented this shit is a visionary and saved millions of lives but noone gives a shit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_rice

[dark0821]

RIP damn. -.- what a legend

[Lamboda]

R.I.P. Steve Jobs.

Although I don't know much about him I can only respect one thing only about him not to say that there aren't other great things that he's done, but I really admire his courage and his persistence to even continue working and living. This guy has had pancreatic cancer for the longest time and he still carries on trying to survive and make a difference. Burdening all the pain and suffering knowing that you only have so much time left and yet to make a difference. If that isn't respectable I don't know what is.

[CorneringArtist]

Westboro Church, biggest SCUM on gods green earth

http://cl.ly/3v2m1b1J1E3k1T2D1U07/Screen_Shot_2011-10-05_at_7.01.08_PM.png

WBC is one massive cult of irony. They hate EVERYTHING, including the country they live in. If they think "God Hates America", then why are they living in the US :fulloffuck:?

Anyways, RIP Steve Jobs. I didn't really like the iPhone, but your computers made elementary school fun.

[Manic!]

Not to derail this thread anymore than it already has, but tablets were around for ages prior to the iPad. The only reason why Apple was able to popularize the market was because of the iPhone. The general population was very aware of what the phone could do, so simply creating a larger version of it in the form of a tablet was merely a common sense step. I'm sure if Apple hadn't done it, someone else would have.

That said, RIP. Consider him a visionary or view him as a crook, he still helped push the envelope in terms of marketing (and, unfortunately, control over one's products). However, no one deserves to die of cancer.

Tablets were around for a long time but they were expensive (did I just say that about a non Mac product) heavy and ran a full OS. none of the reps that came into my store liked them. The ones I saw were from Fujitsu. He took products and and redesigned them for mass appeal. If It wasn't for Apple there is no way i would have a touch pad and most people would not even know what a tablet is.

[fobulaus]

can't speak for that guy, but for me, I don't like Apple's marketing tactics, and annoyed at shit at how the Apple "minions" all judge everyone else who do not have an iPhone. I admit he was great at what he did and was very very successful. No one ever wants to hear about anyone dying.

What annoys me is people reacting like their dad just died though. Like, seriously?

I feel it's completely reversed. I hear far more people bashing Apple products than the other way around. Apple "minions" would talk about how much they like their iphones, but that's far less annoying than "Why would you ever buy a Mac. Apple products are a rip off and they're pieces of shit".

And no, I don't own an iPhone.

[Spidey]

if you own a computer and a mobile phone, you have apple to thank in large for the way both of those devices are today.
ive owned an iphone once, but mostly had different phones. never been judged by apple "minions" for not using one. i think thats in your head.

no it's not in my head... I have friends that own iphones, and colleagues that do as well, it is the same story.. "you should get an iphone... it's the best... X brand sucks... ".

I actually think technology and social media is getting to a point where it is ridiculous. So no, I have no one to thank. I won't thank for seeing people with their heads down looking at their phone while crossing the street, driving a car, or at the dinner table.

[Meowjin]

I own a blackberry... everyone hates me.

[SpartanAir]

Just goes to show how you can have more money than God, but all the money in the world can't save you from a terminal disease.

We should take this time to reflect on how lucky we are to have our health, and our loved ones around us.

RIP Mr. Jobs.

[Spidey]

I feel it's completely reversed. I hear far more people bashing Apple products than the other way around. Apple "minions" would talk about how much they like their iphones, but that's far less annoying than "Why would you ever buy a Mac. Apple products are a rip off and they're pieces of shit".

And no, I don't own an iPhone.

I had nothing against Apple, until lately. Apple was "crap" when it was first established. The ipod definitely changed things for Apple and allowed people to open their minds to macbooks and mac stations. But like I said, I don't like how they run business, and for that reason, IM OUT.

[flagella]

RIP Mr. CVO (Chief Visionary Officer).

[Vansterdam]

RIP

preety interesting replies in this thread

[bigzz786786]

if you own a computer and a mobile phone, you have apple to thank in large for the way both of those devices are today.
ive owned an iphone once, but mostly had different phones. never been judged by apple "minions" for not using one. i think thats in your head.

umm i don't think apple's contribution to desktop computers was large in any way.

but i definitely agree that apple made a huge impact in the mobile phone industry, there technology led the way a long time before any other OS

steve jobs may have been a bit harsh when it comes to business, but that's what it takes to run a successful company. when it comes to family and friends, and charity i bet he had the biggest heart

i'm not a apple fan but i am definitely a steve jobs fan

[DanHibiki]

if you own a computer and a mobile phone, you have apple to thank in large for the way both of those devices are today.
ive owned an iphone once, but mostly had different phones. never been judged by apple "minions" for not using one. i think thats in your head.

Mmmm computers were in every household before Apple and Steve Jobs thank mostly in part by Windows and the boom of the internet.

[Hehe]

RIP.

I think it doesn't matter if you like Apple's product or not, Jobs truly had a vision on how to change the world. I think the Obama's comment summed up Jobs life pretty well

... brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it.

And I think Jobs has inspired many people on so many levels. I still find the speech he gave at Stanford amazing... "Stay hungry, Stay foolish."

[LiquidTurbo]

My favorites of his contributions.

A mouse. iPhone. Pixar. A GUI. A computer.

[MG1]

RIP Steve Jobs. He was around my age.


I've been a Mac User since the Apple IIe days. Boy times were tough then. Apple bashing by PC users, that is. I even have a Mac Plus with Wozniak's signature on the inside. Signatures of the design team were stamped on every Mac back then, but the one I have is signed with a pencil, LOL. Saw it when I had to clean the board.

[LiquidTurbo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft3oPgsCFbA

[Honyoung]

RIP

[dlo]

i think he died long ago but apple just didnt want to announce it, they built up tim cooks first, but sad notherless, never liked apple products, but RIP

[Delerious]

For all those 'great business models' and 'awesome business strategy', apple would be nothing if it wasn't for Bill Gates.

Aug. 6, 1997: Apple Rescued (http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2009/08/dayintech_0806/)

I hate apple and everything it stands for, but I'll reserve comments as to not cause the failstorm lol.

[LP700-4]

I think i know why they released the iPhone 4s instead of 5.

iPhone 4 Steve.

[XplicitLuder]

altho i never considered getting the iphone and prob still won't, i know it sucks to lose family members to cancer. My condolences go to them and may Steve create the iHeaven while he rests in paradise :okay:

[SkinnyPupp]

Another one added to the list of people who would still be alive and healthy had they followed science instead of quackery and starvation. :okay:

[LiquidTurbo]

Nevermind.

[SkinnyPupp]

Nevermind.
You don't know?

He had a very treatable form of cancer, and found out about it early enough that he should have lived a very long life. But he chose to treat it by switching to a vegan diet and "naturopathic" cures. It didn't work out, and he actually was very late in removing it with surgery. The tumor grew during the 9 months he tried to get rid of it with diet. He continued to eat a horrible diet even after having a procedure which already would have leeched his body of most nutrients to begin with. Then the rest of his body started failing. He continued to listen to his quacks, and died

RIP, one of the most brilliant marketers ever, IMO, but it looks like he was just as susceptible himself to listening to sales pitches. Maybe that's why he was so good at it?

[LSF22]

The Lost 1984 Video: young Steve Jobs introduces the Macintosh - YouTube

[LiquidTurbo]

The Lost 1984 Video: young Steve Jobs introduces the Macintosh - YouTube (http://youtu.be/2B-XwPjn9YY)

On Macintosh

"I don't think I've ever worked so hard on something, but working on Macintosh was the neatest experience of my life. Almost everyone who worked on it will say that. None of us wanted to release it at the end. It was as though we knew that once it was out of our hands, it wouldn't be ours any more.

"When we finally presented it at the shareholders' meeting, everyone in the auditorium stood up and gave it a 5-minute ovation. What was incredible to me was that I could see the Mac team in the first few rows. It was as though none of us could believe that we'd actually finished it. Everyone started crying."
– Playboy magazine 1985

[dangonay]

RIP Steve Jobs, the sun has set on your last PR#6.

[Tim Budong]

You don't know?

He had a very treatable form of cancer, and found out about it early enough that he should have lived a very long life. But he chose to treat it by switching to a vegan diet and "naturopathic" cures. It didn't work out, and he actually was very late in removing it with surgery. The tumor grew during the 9 months he tried to get rid of it with diet. He continued to eat a horrible diet even after having a procedure which already would have leeched his body of most nutrients to begin with. Then the rest of his body started failing. He continued to listen to his quacks, and died

RIP, one of the most brilliant marketers ever, IMO, but it looks like he was just as susceptible himself to listening to sales pitches. Maybe that's why he was so good at it?

THIS is where the press fails to pick up and share in order to sell stories. And if they do pick this up, they thwart and spin this as a pitiful story

I dont know where I stand amongst the fanboys between apple, android, windows all that crap. What I can say is this

I bet you most PC fanboys WONT EVEN ADMIT the bright spots on why APPLE is innovative until today.

[SupraMan604]

RIP

[threezero]

i think he died long ago but apple just didnt want to announce it, they built up tim cooks first, but sad notherless, never liked apple products, but RIP

on the other hand Jobs probably would have agree with the decision. He said in his standford speech that death is very likely the single best invention of life, its life's change agent to clear out the old. R.I.P Jobs hopefully Cook can continue his legacy

[CP.AR]

iSad

[Manic!]

My favorites of his contributions.

A mouse. iPhone. Pixar. A GUI. A computer.

The thing is except for Pixar Steve Jobs never invented those things. His genius was able to see the value in things and able to market them to the masses.

the first mouse - YouTube

Douglas C Engelbart, Inventor of the Computer Mouse - YouTube

[dyan]

RIP Steve.

[Sky_High]

R.I.P Steve Jobs

Guess he'll now be overlooking + managing iCloud..

[LiquidTurbo]

The thing is except for Pixar Steve Jobs never invented those things. His genius was able to see the value in things and able to market them to the masses.

the first mouse - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MPJZ6M52dI)

Douglas C Engelbart, Inventor of the Computer Mouse - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ7totFRh4g&feature=related)

Fair enough, but he still have 338 patents to his name.

[unit]

umm i don't think apple's contribution to desktop computers was large in any way.

but i definitely agree that apple made a huge impact in the mobile phone industry, there technology led the way a long time before any other OS

steve jobs may have been a bit harsh when it comes to business, but that's what it takes to run a successful company. when it comes to family and friends, and charity i bet he had the biggest heart

i'm not a apple fan but i am definitely a steve jobs fan

id say the mouse is a pretty big contribution

[SkinnyPupp]

id say the mouse is a pretty big contribution
Thank Xerox then

[Culture_Vulture]

I'm always the first one on the anti-Apple bandwagon, but there are two things that I never lost sight of:
1. The iPhone is pretty nifty at times, regardless of how much it costs.
2. Steve Jobs was a brilliant marketer. He lifted Apple out of the strut they were in and made it into one of the most profitable companies in the world.

While I don't particularly like Apple products, Steve Jobs certainly seemed to have his heart in them. RIP.

[Gt-R R34]

RIP - brilliant, brilliant man.

Just an FYI for those people that talks about microsoft owning apple. They owned @ their prime 18.2 million shares @ todays market value which would equal:

18.2M X 378.25 = Worth about 688M. sold in 2003 I believe. don't remember.

[fs604]

Rip Jobs :(

Look on the bright side.. Theres a new meme :)

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm210/franksiu/70e7edf6.jpg

[Vale46Rossi]

Rest in Peace

Steve Jobs


Thanks for everything.

[mb_]

RIP Steve Jobs.

Not the biggest Apple fan but I respect him for taking Apple where it is today. Made the technology world an interesting and exciting place.

[see.lai]

Wow, after doing research on him, he is one great person who is not afraid of following his own dreams. I respect that.

Only thing that I've owned from Apple is the iPod Touch 1st Gen. I hope Tim Cooks can lead this company. Hopefully, my next purchase will be an iPhone or Macbook Pro.

RIP

[DanHibiki]

I just watched almost all the keynote speeches on all of the new products they released (iMac, iPod, Nano, Mini, Etc.) and by far the most hype and build-up out of all of these was the first iPhone in 2007.

[HD] Steve Jobs - 2007 iPhone Presentation ( Part 1 of 2 ) - YouTube
[HD] Steve Jobs - 2007 iPhone Presentation ( Part 2 of 2 ) - YouTube

[LikeASir]

http://chzdailywhat.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/8dcafdcf-9968-4ede-abec-4d3f95ddec651.jpg

[JSALES]

RIP

[goo3]

Microsoft Co-Founder and Chairman, Bill Gates:

"Steve and I first met nearly 30 years ago, and have been colleagues, competitors and friends over the course of more than half our lives. The world rarely sees someone who has had the profound impact Steve has had, the effects of which will be felt for many generations to come. For those of us lucky enough to get to work with him, it's been an insanely great honor."

Microsoft Co-Founder, Paul Allen:

"We've lost a unique tech pioneer and auteur who knew how to make amazingly great products. Steve fought a long battle against tough odds in a very brave way. He kept doing amazing things in the face of all that adversity. As someone who has had his own medical challenges, I couldn't help but be encouraged by how he persevered."

Google CEO, Larry Page:

"I am very, very sad to hear the news about Steve. He was a great man with incredible achievements and amazing brilliance. He always seemed to be able to say in very few words what you actually should have been thinking before you thought it. His focus on the user experience above all else has always been an inspiration to me. He was very kind to reach out to me as I became CEO of Google and spend time offering his advice and knowledge even though he was not at all well. My thoughts and Google's are with his family and the whole Apple family."

Google Chairman, Eric Schmidt:

"Today is very sad for all of us. Steve defined a generation of style and technology that's unlikely to be matched again. Steve was so charismatically brilliant that he inspired people to do the impossible, and he will be remembered as the greatest computer innovator in history."

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook:

"Steve, thank you for being a mentor and a friend. Thanks for showing that what you build can change the world. I will miss you."

Yahoo Co-Founder, Jerry Yang:

"Steve was my hero growing up. He not only gave me a lot of personal advice and encouragement, he showed all of us how innovation can change lives. I will miss him dearly, as will the world."

Nokia CEO, Stephen Elop

"The world lost a true visionary today. Steve's passion for simplicity and elegance leaves us all a legacy that will endure for generations. Today, my thoughts, and those of everyone at Nokia are with the friends and family that he leaves behind."

Respect from the industry from ppl who care about it.

Engineers FTW.

Some of you gadget heads here need to step away from the internet and go for a walk.

[!SG]

RIP a visionary.

i dont use much for apple products, but seeing how apple's vision of user interface and interaction making the end user the most important piece of every product was what made their products stand out above everyone elses.

Love or Hate apple products, his and apple's vision changed how the interfaces of all electronic products today. May you be an andriod supporter, blackberry, or iphone, pc or mac, all great ideas stemmed from health competition and innovation.

I remember using mac's in elementary school, the simplicity of it and ease of use was mindblowing.

RIP a great visionary.

[Santofu]

Wow, RIP Steve Jobs!

[Mananetwork]

A man very few have met yet he effected us all!

[Boostslut]

I didn't think of this, but...

I guess an apple a day didn't work...

[StylinRed]

I didn't think of this, but...

I guess an apple a day didn't work...

well according to Skinny on how Jobs tackled his condition i guess it did work but not in the right way

[SkinnyPupp]

I remember using mac's in elementary school, the simplicity of it and ease of use was mindblowing.

RIP a great visionary.
Then you too can thank Xerox ;)
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[dangonay]

I've seen a lot of comments/articles online that Apple is going to go downhill now that Jobs is gone. I don't buy it, for two reasons.

First there's time-to-market. Steve doesn't wake up on Monday with an idea and on Friday it's released. Apple, like any company, would have a roadmap of what it wants to accomplish both in the near term and long term. Steve wanted certain features in the iPhone (for example) back in 2007 which still haven't been implemented because of the current state of technology. It's virtually guaranteed that whatever Apple releases in the next year or two (iPhone 5/6, Apple televisions, game consoles....) have already been well defined with the only thing left to do is work out production details and perform testing. In other words, Apple has a lot of Steve's ideas/vision that need finishing. Apple isn't going to run out of ideas next week now that Steve is gone. In a couple years they might, but definitely not in the short term.

Secondly, and more importantly, is how people react to a tragic event like this. When something like this happens people can do one of three things: fold, maintain the status quo, or rise up and excel. I tried to remember any event where a loss like this caused someone to fold - a company to die off or a sports team to lose and I couldn't come up with any (though I'm sure examples exist). However, I have heard of countless examples over the years where an event like this inspires people to go on to greater things (team sports is a popular theme where losing a teammate causes everyone to rally). I think this is a part of human nature as it's a common theme in situations like this. That is why I think Apple employees will, after a period of mourning, rise up with a new outlook at life and will do even greater things than they have, in memory of Steve.

Now well have to wait and see.....
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[mmmmmic]

Save Jobs -

iGrave ..

[MG1]

Now well have to wait and see.....


And, if he was such a positive influence on the people he worked with, Apple would continue to flourish even without him.

[SkinnyPupp]

I've seen a lot of comments/articles online that Apple is going to go downhill now that Jobs is gone. I don't buy it, for two reasons.

First there's time-to-market. Steve doesn't wake up on Monday with an idea and on Friday it's released. Apple, like any company, would have a roadmap of what it wants to accomplish both in the near term and long term. Steve wanted certain features in the iPhone (for example) back in 2007 which still haven't been implemented because of the current state of technology. It's virtually guaranteed that whatever Apple releases in the next year or two (iPhone 5/6, Apple televisions, game consoles....) have already been well defined with the only thing left to do is work out production details and perform testing. In other words, Apple has a lot of Steve's ideas/vision that need finishing. Apple isn't going to run out of ideas next week now that Steve is gone. In a couple years they might, but definitely not in the short term.

Secondly, and more importantly, is how people react to a tragic event like this. When something like this happens people can do one of three things: fold, maintain the status quo, or rise up and excel. I tried to remember any event where a loss like this caused someone to fold - a company to die off or a sports team to lose and I couldn't come up with any (though I'm sure examples exist). However, I have heard of countless examples over the years where an event like this inspires people to go on to greater things (team sports is a popular theme where losing a teammate causes everyone to rally). I think this is a part of human nature as it's a common theme in situations like this. That is why I think Apple employees will, after a period of mourning, rise up with a new outlook at life and will do even greater things than they have, in memory of Steve.

Now well have to wait and see.....
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That's all assuming he is more than just their marketing master.
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[Chronix]

I'd fail you a million times if i could. When you die ima be like

"LOL"

:stfu:

That aside, not a big fan, but damn he accomplished a lot.

See, the LOL was directed towards apple fanboys riding his dick to the grave. My first post which was conveniently deleted by the mod made it sound like I'm making fun of Steve Jobs which I am not but the transparency of retards following popular trends and gadgets.

[Gridlock]

If he was as good as everyone says he is, then is #1 job was not building a better phone. It wasn't designing a better computer. If he was that good, it was building a better team that can build a better anything.

If he succeeded, then they succeed.

Every indication was that he made building the culture at the company a top priority. Like their products or not, I think he succeeded in changing it fundamentally into what it is today.

[minoru_tanaka]

I've seen a lot of comments/articles online that Apple is going to go downhill now that Jobs is gone. I don't buy it, for two reasons.

First there's time-to-market. Steve doesn't wake up on Monday with an idea and on Friday it's released. Apple, like any company, would have a roadmap of what it wants to accomplish both in the near term and long term. Steve wanted certain features in the iPhone (for example) back in 2007 which still haven't been implemented because of the current state of technology. It's virtually guaranteed that whatever Apple releases in the next year or two (iPhone 5/6, Apple televisions, game consoles....) have already been well defined with the only thing left to do is work out production details and perform testing. In other words, Apple has a lot of Steve's ideas/vision that need finishing. Apple isn't going to run out of ideas next week now that Steve is gone. In a couple years they might, but definitely not in the short term.

Secondly, and more importantly, is how people react to a tragic event like this. When something like this happens people can do one of three things: fold, maintain the status quo, or rise up and excel. I tried to remember any event where a loss like this caused someone to fold - a company to die off or a sports team to lose and I couldn't come up with any (though I'm sure examples exist). However, I have heard of countless examples over the years where an event like this inspires people to go on to greater things (team sports is a popular theme where losing a teammate causes everyone to rally). I think this is a part of human nature as it's a common theme in situations like this. That is why I think Apple employees will, after a period of mourning, rise up with a new outlook at life and will do even greater things than they have, in memory of Steve.

Now well have to wait and see.....
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RIP Mr. Jobs
http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/293474_460s.jpg

[hpw912]

rip steve

[taylor192]

Siri told Jobs it was "time to go", so he did.

too soon? :whistle:

[BaBiE_Bee]

rip steve...

American director Steven Spielberg said: "Steve Jobs was the greatest inventor since Thomas Edison. He put the world at our fingertips."

[Tim Budong]

"There's an old Wayne Gretzky quote that I love. 'I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.' And we've always tried to do that at Apple. Since the very very beginning. And we always will." - Steve Jobs.

[.Renn.Sport]

outside of HK apple store LOL
http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/9247/pa067208.jpg

[spoon.ek9]

speaking as someone who has never owned an apple product his entire life, you cannot deny the impact he has had on the world around you. nit picking at whether he was the one who did it or not is irrelevant. he was the face of the company and it's leader.

RIP Steve Jobs

[taylor192]

Someone on another forum said it best:

A man doesn't just predict trends when he's in that kind of position? He sets them.

Now every iHipster eagerly awaits news of what next trend to follow.

[Yuffa]

RIP Mr. Steve Jobs

[LiquidTurbo]

RIP Mr. Jobs
http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/293474_460s.jpg

Actualy it's the other way around. The development of the iPad happened first, then decided to do iPhone.
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[AzNightmare]

^ That's what Sony does too.
Makes a console, then makes a smaller version shortly after.

[MG1]

EDIT: Deleted

There's no point in lowering myself to the level of some of the idiots who spew crap in this thread. This thread is about a great individual who has made a difference in this world. Not by the products his company has developed/introduced/marketed, but by the way he inspired the people around him.

[Drizzt Do'Urden]

Great, I don't give a fuck.

You're so cool with your I don't give a fuck attitude.. and dreamy..

Just kidding. Eat shit.

[will068]

This thread is about a great individual who has made a difference in this world. Not by the products his company has developed/introduced/marketed, but by the way he inspired the people around him.


He's this days Gutenberg. The first W3C servers were running on NEXT computers.

[keitaro]

101 magazine covers with Steve Jobs.

Kuo Design | Steve Jobs on Magazine Covers (http://www.kuodesign.com/pineapple/coverme/)

A man that has made a huge impact on the world.


[edit]
much respect from google as well. Found on their google page:
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6119/6218377406_2fd4eeeef6_z.jpg

[taylor192]

by the way he inspired the people around him.
Please read about how demanding he was to work with.

[MG1]

Please read about how demanding he was to work with.

Nothing wrong with that. People need to be pushed. Some flourish, some fold.


Union workers.................... nuff said.

[dangonay]

It's funny (no actually it's pathetic) to see comments here on RS and in tech blogs everywhere where people are trying to minimize Jobs contribution to the computer/tech industry. It's almost as if all the nerds are raging away trying to re-write history to reduce Jobs to a footnote.

Or they dig through his past looking for everything he might have done wrong to portray him as an evil person (as if their lives or the lives of other notable people are so perfect).

Only an idiot with no knowledge of computer history before Windows 95 (or outside of PC's) could claim that Jobs didn't have anything less than a huge impact on the computer industry as we know it today. And Apple haters claim Apple fans live in a "distortion reality field". Oh the irony.

[taylor192]

Nothing wrong with that. People need to be pushed. Some flourish, some fold.
I'm going to assume like most iHipsters you haven't actually done your own research and only know what Apple has told you. Lookup how demanding and ruthless he was to work with and why he was fired from Apple originally.

Jobs was important to the industry, no discounting that, yet not in the ways most are lead to believe.

[taylor192]

...
Without Apply fanboys there'd be no Apple haters. That's the irony.

[Excelsis]

Great, I don't give a fuck.

isn't this the guy who also said canucks suck :troll:

[MG1]

I'm going to assume like most iHipsters you haven't actually done your own research and only know what Apple has told you. Lookup how demanding and ruthless he was to work with and why he was fired from Apple originally.

Jobs was important to the industry, no discounting that, yet not in the ways most are lead to believe.

God, I don't know why I even bother replying to your posts............

[tonyvu]

Was never really an apple fan, but props to him on the iPhones and iPads.... those things are fun as hell when your bored :)

RIP Steve

[Jsunu]

I'm going to assume like most iHipsters you haven't actually done your own research and only know what Apple has told you. Lookup how demanding and ruthless he was to work with and why he was fired from Apple originally.

Jobs was important to the industry, no discounting that, yet not in the ways most are lead to believe.

He was important to Apple in the very least. The issue most people had with him was the fact that he was very strict with his vision of the company and what products HE wanted to push out. Prior to the iphone, touch screen phones were a novelty and not taken seriously. It was his persistance and draconion omnipresence that allowed the iphone/ipod/ipad to work. This was ultimately why he was REHIRED as a result.

In a way, Jobs dictated the trends that dominates the tech sphere, instead of watching trends form and following the emb and flow of the consumer market.

Sure he was probably and ass and hard to work with, but really who isn't when you are that high up in the corporate food chain. And really, is tacit to discuss his lack of importance or his moral character a day after his death??

[Razor Ramon HG]

A lot of my friends are retweeting this. Thought it was prety interesting.

Hong Kong Teen Designs A Worldwide Phenomenon Remembering Steve Jobs | AX3 | Global Asian Lifestyle + Pop Culture Webzine (http://ax3battery.com/2011/10/06/hong-kong-teen-apple-tribute/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter)

Backstory to the design of the Apple logo with the Steve Jobs silhouette (posted previously in other page).

Very touching tribute.
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[Drizzt Do'Urden]

Please read about how demanding he was to work with.

What does that have to do with how he influenced an entire industry? We're not remembering him for his humanitarian duties, we're talking about his great accomplishments within the tech world.

He most definitely was an ass, but he was an ass who brought Apple back from the brink of bankruptcy to being the 2nd most valuable company in the world. Not to mention he also revolutionized the personal music players, cell phones and computers.

I'm pretty sure if he had not been as demanding as he was, Apple would have died a long time ago.. and we would still be using a god damns stylus with our tablets.

[maxxxboost]

RIP. I heard about his death in class yesterday.

[taylor192]

God, I don't know why I even bother replying to your posts............

I don't know either, you are so often wrong.

[taylor192]

It was his persistance and draconion omnipresence that allowed the iphone/ipod/ipad to work. This was ultimately why he was REHIRED as a result.
You do know the timeline of when he was rehired vs the timeline of the iPod right? and that Apple didn't even fully design the interface of first iPod?

In a way, Jobs dictated the trends that dominates the tech sphere, instead of watching trends form and following the emb and flow of the consumer market.
I've already said this: he didn't predict trends, he set them. yet I do like your word of dictate better.

[taylor192]

What does that have to do with how he influenced an entire industry? We're not remembering him for his humanitarian duties, we're talking about his great accomplishments within the tech world.
Context.

I replied to someone that mentioned how "inspiring" he was by recommending they read about how he "inspired" his workers.

[Phat_R]

Steve Jobs.... Here's to the Crazy Ones - YouTube

[Raid3n]

truly sad day, not only because of anything apple related, but because he was a husband, dad, brother., human..

This

[r6kid]

rip jobs... but i still like my nexus s

[MWR34]

RIP.

[dangonay]

A lot of my friends are retweeting this. Thought it was prety interesting.

Hong Kong Teen Designs A Worldwide Phenomenon Remembering Steve Jobs | AX3 | Global Asian Lifestyle + Pop Culture Webzine (http://ax3battery.com/2011/10/06/hong-kong-teen-apple-tribute/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter)

Backstory to the design of the Apple logo with the Steve Jobs silhouette (posted previously in other page).

Very touching tribute.
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He did a fantastic job with that design. Amazing that people on RS would fail it. Seriously? Failing a friggin' picture? :rolleyes:

[MG1]

I don't know either, you are so often wrong.

:inout:

[Tim Budong]

He did a fantastic job with that design. Amazing that people on RS would fail it. Seriously? Failing a friggin' picture? :rolleyes:

exactly, this was a stroke of genius even though it wasn't meant for this sad occasion

[MG1]

He did a fantastic job with that design. Amazing that people on RS would fail it. Seriously? Failing a friggin' picture? :rolleyes:

Some may have just thought it was the apple logo and nothing more?

[Great68]

I've never owned or cared for apple products nor did I know the guy personally, so I'm indifferent to his death.

I'll give him an RIP though.

[Tim Budong]

I've never owned or cared for apple products nor did I know the guy personally, so I'm indifferent to his death.

I'll give him an RIP though.

This man breathed life back into PIXAR and brought us all those great films

Its not just APPLE

[Great68]

I dunno, he may have been CEO of Pixar but I think the greatness of those films came from the genious of the writers and animators that worked on them.

[EndLeSS8]

I can't believe it but I'm agreeing with taylor192

Steve Jobs was an asshole. I have zero Apple products and I intend to keep it that way for as long as possible.

steve jobs seems to really be an asshole - YouTube

this was taken at the grand opening of the 5th avenue apple store in new york city. a man in a wheelchair came up to steve jobs and asked for his autograph. jobs proceeded to tell him "no. sign it yourself" in an arrogant way. then when the man asked again jobs says "o, now lay on the guilt. start crying". finally the man told him that he had spent 25 hours on an airplane to get there and jobs caved. after signing he told the man to "go see the rest of the store". what the man had jobs sign was an original copy of a macworld issue with steve jobs on the cover debuting the original macintosh.

[Tim Budong]

I can't believe it but I'm agreeing with taylor192

Steve Jobs was an asshole. I have zero Apple products and I intend to keep it that way for as long as possible.

steve jobs seems to really be an asshole - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KscYtJH988E)

this was taken at the grand opening of the 5th avenue apple store in new york city. a man in a wheelchair came up to steve jobs and asked for his autograph. jobs proceeded to tell him "no. sign it yourself" in an arrogant way. then when the man asked again jobs says "o, now lay on the guilt. start crying". finally the man told him that he had spent 25 hours on an airplane to get there and jobs caved. after signing he told the man to "go see the rest of the store". what the man had jobs sign was an original copy of a macworld issue with steve jobs on the cover debuting the original macintosh.

Steve was probably high
HAH

[Mananetwork]

rip jobs... but i still like my nexus s

Do you apologies the same way? Say your RIP and leave it at that asshole!

[Manic!]

I dunno, he may have been CEO ofc but I think the greatness of those films came from the genious of the writers and animators that worked on them.

Originally Pixar was a high end computer company before Jobs bought it. Steve jobs took a 2 week screen play writing course when they decided to make films.

[dangonay]

Steve Jobs was an asshole. I have zero Apple products and I intend to keep it that way for as long as possible.
So then we can assume that products you own all come from companies where the CEO is a saint?
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[K-Dub]

Many of you can not seem to separate the man and the company. He accomplished great things, he did some not so honourable things, he worked his ass off, he had ideas and saw them through. He made our life on Earth easier, bringing people together through technology and all of the advancements others have been able to make from it.

In the end, he was still just another one of us, a human being, a father and a husband, who unfortunately passed away from cancer, and that deserves respect on the very basic level of humanity.

The dumbass comments in this thread show how naive, ignorant and cynical many of you are, and that's sad.

ps. not a fanboy.

[scottsman]

I'm going to assume like most iHipsters you haven't actually done your own research and only know what Apple has told you. Lookup how demanding and ruthless he was to work with and why he was fired from Apple originally.

Why would that be surprising? I would expect people in his position to be demanding and ruthless.

[EndLeSS8]

So then we can assume that products you own all come from companies where the CEO is a saint?
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I try to purchase from companies that I believe in, especially regarding expensive purchases.

I don't intend on ever owning a Volkswagen because of it's Nazi origins.

[LiquidTurbo]

I try to purchase from companies that I believe in, especially regarding expensive purchases.

I don't intend on ever owning a Volkswagen because of it's Nazi origins.

:facepalm:

[taylor192]

Why would that be surprising? I would expect people in his position to be demanding and ruthless.

Those at the top usually set the example for the rest of the chain. If the top is a rollercoaster of highs and lows, as an employee how long do you want to ride the rollercoaster? That's how good employees end up at other companies, and if you lookup some of the good people Apple has employed, you'll find them not at Apple anymore.

Pixar became successful cause of one man making animated shorts (not Jobs), the original iPod was mostly the work of another company, and even the latest iOS feature is a company Apple bought. Jobs didn't inspire these ideas, nor innovate them - he marketed them.

He was a marketing genius that developed a cult like following. That's an awesome accomplishment, yet not the one most credit him with.

[LiquidTurbo]

Someone tore down their Macbook and made this. lol.

http://i.imgur.com/QXmZr.jpg

[c3m]

I try to purchase from companies that I believe in, especially regarding expensive purchases.

I don't intend on ever owning a Volkswagen because of it's Nazi origins.

I would like to ask which company do you believe in? (I'm not trolling or trashing, i'm just curious)

Dont' get a BMW as well.
BMW's Quandt family acknowledges Nazi ties after new study (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/09/28/bmws-quandt-family-acknowledges-nazi-ties-after-new-study/)

[too_slow]

I try to purchase from companies that I believe in, especially regarding expensive purchases.

I don't intend on ever owning a Volkswagen because of it's Nazi origins.

I don't usually start flame wars on the interwebs, but are you fucking serious? If that's your logic, then why are you driving a fucking Japanese car?

[EndLeSS8]

I would like to ask which company do you believe in? (I'm not trolling or trashing, i'm just curious)

Dont' get a BMW as well.
BMW's Quandt family acknowledges Nazi ties after new study (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/09/28/bmws-quandt-family-acknowledges-nazi-ties-after-new-study/)

I have never bought or owned any BMW's, but it seems like Mr. Jobs had a preference for Mercedes-Benz

Steve Jobs still parking in Handicapped spaces (http://www.cultofmac.com/2613/steve-jobs-still-parking-in-handicapped-spaces-the-pictures/)

Steve Jobs is still parking in handicapped spaces at Apple, according to a new snap posted to Flickr.

Snapper Rana Sobhany spotted Jobs’ Mercedes SL55 AMG parked in a handicapped spot at the Apple campus over the weekend.

“Mercedes? Check. No license plate? Check. Handicap spot? Yep, this is Steve Jobs’ car!!!” she writes.

Jobs, of course, has a long history of parking in handicapped parking spaces at Apple. The reports go back years, and have recently been documented on Flickr.

Since 2006, Jobs’ car has been snapped in handicapped parking spaces at Apple at least five times. See the pictures after the jump.

Via ValleyWag.

Jobs drives a Mercedes SL55 AMG, a super fast, $130,000 sports car. Equipped with a supercharged 5.5 liter V-8 engine, the SL55 is the fastest Benz in America.

“Crack the throttle, and this posh heavyweight lunges forward like a shark that’s been invited to nibble a chunk of Britney Spears,” wrote Tony Swan in Car&Driver’s review. Curiously, it’s not the top of the line Merc: the $190,00 SL65 is. You’d expect Jobs to plump for the best.

Apple veteran Andy Hertzfled reports on his history of the Mac website, Folklore.org, that Jobs was constantly parking in the restricted spaces. “He seemed to think the blue wheelchair symbol meant the spot was reserved for the chairman,” Hertzfeld writes.

In a comment to Hertzfeld’s post, Dan Cochran, who worked at Apple, noted that one day someone converted the handicapped “wheelchair” graphic into the Mercedes logo.

“I thought it was hilarious but as I recall Steve didn’t find it particularly funny at all,” he notes.

Quipped former Apple executive, Jean-Louis Gassee, when he saw Jobs park in a restricted spot: “I never realized those spaces were for the emotionally handicapped…” (According to Wikiquote, Jean-Louis now says morally handicapped when retelling the story.)

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March 3, 2006

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January 13, 2007

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November 18, 2007

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March 26, 2008

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August 22, 2008

[K-Dub]

Mods, please move all this ^ crap into another thread.

[taylor192]

Mods, please move all this ^ crap into another thread.
Why? Are you adverse to remembering someone for who they actually are?

I recognize the truth hurts, yet please recognize it is the truth and not just random bashing.

[Gridlock]

How did he get away with no license plate?

[StylinRed]

He did a fantastic job with that design. Amazing that people on RS would fail it. Seriously? Failing a friggin' picture? :rolleyes:

Some may have just thought it was the apple logo and nothing more?

its prolly cuz its a repost in this thread

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqhr46trpa1qz9917o1_500.png

[Phozy]

So much unnecessary non contributing crap in this thread. :seriously:

[ecchiecchi]

WHO THE FUCK CARES WHAT STUPID THINGS HE DID OR HOW MUCH OF AN ASSHOLE HE IS. THE GUY IS FUCKING DEAD. ARE YOU GUYS NOT HAPPY ENOUGH?

SHIT. WOULD YOU GUYS BE HAPPY IF PEOPLE KEPT TALKING SMACK ABOUT YOU AFTER YOU DIED? WHO CARES HOW MUCH OF AN INSENSITIVE ASSHOLE HE WAS, HE CHANGE SHIT AND INSPIRED PEOPLE. LET'S LOOK AT YOU? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE THAT MADE A DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES? NOW DRINK A CUP OF SHUT THE FUCK UP AND MOVE ON WITH YOUR LIFE.

Stop being a bunch of whiny ass fags and don't post anything if you have nothing good to say at all.

[Alatar]

I try to purchase from companies that I believe in, especially regarding expensive purchases.

I don't intend on ever owning a Volkswagen because of it's Nazi origins.

Own anything by Hugo Boss?

[K-Dub]

Why? Are you adverse to remembering someone for who they actually are?

I recognize the truth hurts, yet please recognize it is the truth and not just random bashing.

Perhaps you should read this again. Was he not a human being? Did he not change things? He wasn't Hitler, Stalin, Saddam, or even fucking Bin Laden. He did good things, and sometimes we, as humans, err and make mistakes and do bad things. Does that make him any less than you? How badly must you use this internet to discredit his life and what he did?

Many of you can not seem to separate the man and the company. He accomplished great things, he did some not so honourable things, he worked his ass off, he had ideas and saw them through. He made our life on Earth easier, bringing people together through technology and all of the advancements others have been able to make from it.

In the end, he was still just another one of us, a human being, a father and a husband, who unfortunately passed away from cancer, and that deserves respect on the very basic level of humanity.

The dumbass comments in this thread show how naive, ignorant and cynical many of you are, and that's sad.

ps. not a fanboy.

So much unnecessary non contributing crap in this thread. :seriously:

WHO THE FUCK CARES WHAT STUPIDS THING HE DID OR HOW MUCH OF AN ASSHOLE HE IS. THE GUY IS FUCKING DEAD. ARE YOU GUYS NOT HAPPY ENOUGH?

SHIT. WOULD YOU GUYS BE HAPPY IF PEOPLE KEPT TALKING SMACK ABOUT YOU AFTER YOU DIED? WHO CARES HOW AN INSENSITIVE ASSHOLE HE WAS, HE CHANGE SHIT AND INSPIRED PEOPLE. LET'S LOOK AT YOU? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE THAT MADE A DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES? NOW DRINK A CUP OF SHUT THE FUCK UP AND MOVE ON WITH YOUR LIFE.

Stop being a bunch of whiny ass fags and don't post anything if you have nothing good to say at all.

I'm not a frequent poster as I used to be on RS, I rather sit back and read, but seriously..the attitude of some of you in regards to Steve Jobs is no worse than 4chan/reddit/misc.

http://cdn.revscene.ca/forums/images/smilies/seriously.png

[dangonay]

Why? Are you adverse to remembering someone for who they actually are?

I recognize the truth hurts, yet please recognize it is the truth and not just random bashing.
No, it's partial truth. As in people like you picking and choosing which aspects of his life you want to talk about, and then trying to define his entire life by those specific parts. Should I go back through all your comments on RS and pick out the really bad ones and use them to form a complete opinion of you?

Was Steve Jobs perfect? No. Did he have character flaws? Yes. Has he made mistakes? Lots of them.

You say the truth hurts. Well the truth is that Steve Jobs was a genius, an innovator, an inventor and a visionary. I guess that truth must really hurt people like you who still feel the need to bash Apple and Jobs even after he died.

[Outreach]

At the end of the day, people sleep.

[K-Dub]

Good riddance asshole!!

Quoted because you ninja edit'd it. :speechless:

[DanHibiki]

^lol I saw him edit it as well

[bing]

I have never bought or owned any BMW's, but it seems like Mr. Jobs had a preference for Mercedes-Benz

Steve Jobs still parking in Handicapped spaces (http://www.cultofmac.com/2613/steve-jobs-still-parking-in-handicapped-spaces-the-pictures/)

Steve Jobs is still parking in handicapped spaces at Apple, according to a new snap posted to Flickr.

Snapper Rana Sobhany spotted Jobs’ Mercedes SL55 AMG parked in a handicapped spot at the Apple campus over the weekend.

“Mercedes? Check. No license plate? Check. Handicap spot? Yep, this is Steve Jobs’ car!!!” she writes.

Jobs, of course, has a long history of parking in handicapped parking spaces at Apple. The reports go back years, and have recently been documented on Flickr.

Since 2006, Jobs’ car has been snapped in handicapped parking spaces at Apple at least five times. See the pictures after the jump.

Via ValleyWag.

Jobs drives a Mercedes SL55 AMG, a super fast, $130,000 sports car. Equipped with a supercharged 5.5 liter V-8 engine, the SL55 is the fastest Benz in America.

“Crack the throttle, and this posh heavyweight lunges forward like a shark that’s been invited to nibble a chunk of Britney Spears,” wrote Tony Swan in Car&Driver’s review. Curiously, it’s not the top of the line Merc: the $190,00 SL65 is. You’d expect Jobs to plump for the best.

Apple veteran Andy Hertzfled reports on his history of the Mac website, Folklore.org, that Jobs was constantly parking in the restricted spaces. “He seemed to think the blue wheelchair symbol meant the spot was reserved for the chairman,” Hertzfeld writes.

In a comment to Hertzfeld’s post, Dan Cochran, who worked at Apple, noted that one day someone converted the handicapped “wheelchair” graphic into the Mercedes logo.

“I thought it was hilarious but as I recall Steve didn’t find it particularly funny at all,” he notes.

Quipped former Apple executive, Jean-Louis Gassee, when he saw Jobs park in a restricted spot: “I never realized those spaces were for the emotionally handicapped…” (According to Wikiquote, Jean-Louis now says morally handicapped when retelling the story.)

http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/jobs-car.png
March 3, 2006

http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/jobs-car2.jpg
January 13, 2007

http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2042280931_cd407b3ee4.jpg
November 18, 2007

http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2364420801_7dac4537e2_o.jpg
March 26, 2008

http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/stevejobscar.jpg
August 22, 2008

looks like he took the spot that was really meant for you
:fuckthatshit:

[Lomac]

I try to purchase from companies that I believe in, especially regarding expensive purchases.

I don't intend on ever owning a Volkswagen because of it's Nazi origins.

Wtf?

[Mercy]

Why didn't his car have plates?
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[Meowjin]

good night sweet prince.

[BaoTurbo]

People started bandwagonning on facebook about steve jobs dieing and posting RIP like they have care, interest, or respect for steve jobs all this. Really? Before steve jobs most of you didn't give a flying fuck about what he has done, except that he is a boss and pushed iphones onto the market. Its like the stanley cup all over again

/rant
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[Razor Ramon HG]

Holy fuck, do you guys really have to use 50 something font instead of just bolding your text?

[SkinnyPupp]

It's funny (no actually it's pathetic) to see comments here on RS and in tech blogs everywhere where people are trying to minimize Jobs contribution to the computer/tech industry. It's almost as if all the nerds are raging away trying to re-write history to reduce Jobs to a footnote.

Or they dig through his past looking for everything he might have done wrong to portray him as an evil person (as if their lives or the lives of other notable people are so perfect).

Only an idiot with no knowledge of computer history before Windows 95 (or outside of PC's) could claim that Jobs didn't have anything less than a huge impact on the computer industry as we know it today. And Apple haters claim Apple fans live in a "distortion reality field". Oh the irony.
So basically you are saying Jobs should get more credit for Wozniak's accomplishments?

[Culverin]

He wasn't a good man. He was an influential man.
He knew business and marketing.

He has a horrible history of philanthropy.
He didn't use his money to help those in need.
He had a history of gray area stock

He was good for innovation, consumerism and capitalism.
He got stuff done.
He had a way of pulling innovation and turning it into something entirely different.


Those are the facts, they are all quite well documented.
I really don't get what you guys are bickering about.

[Culverin]

P.S.
I can respect him as a businessman and innovator.

I cannot respect him as a person.


But nevertheless, RIP.


Is that good enough for everybody?

[Meowjin]

P.S.
I can respect him as a businessman and innovator.

I cannot respect him as a person.


But nevertheless, RIP.


Is that good enough for everybody?

no

[Shades]

I try to purchase from companies that I believe in, especially regarding expensive purchases.

I don't intend on ever owning a Volkswagen because of it's Nazi origins.

I don't usually start flame wars on the interwebs, but are you fucking serious? If that's your logic, then why are you driving a fucking Japanese car?

I don't think EndLeSS8 likes you either because you've owned too many VWs. lol

[DanHibiki]

People started bandwagonning on facebook about steve jobs dieing and posting RIP like they have care, interest, or respect for steve jobs all this. Really? Before steve jobs most of you didn't give a flying fuck about what he has done, except that he is a boss and pushed iphones onto the market. Its like the stanley cup all over again

/rant
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riot time? :troll:

[goo3]

Sergey Brin - Oct 5, 2011 - Public
From the earliest days of Google, whenever Larry and I sought inspiration for vision and leadership, we needed to look no farther than Cupertino. Steve, your passion for excellence is felt by anyone who has ever touched an Apple product (including the macbook I am writing this on right now). And I have witnessed it in person the few times we have met.

On behalf of all of us at Google and more broadly in technology, you will be missed very much. My condolences to family, friends, and colleagues at Apple.

It's rather sad when you come on RS and see a bunch of grown men find a way to shit on someone who just died of cancer. There's a difference between the internet caricature and the person in real life, but it seems some of your eyeballs are too caught up in your computer screens. Like I said before, turn the computer off and take a walk.

The RS gadget heads (that's not a complement) want to portray Jobs as a liar, fake, swindler, etc. Sure, you can find examples of bad things he's done in his 56 years, esp when he was younger. We all grow over time, no?

OTOH, a competitor like Google can take a moment to step back and see the bigger picture of the type of figure he was for the tech industry and what he meant for Silicon Valley by placing a tribute to him on Google.com.

Bill Gates, Paul Allen, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Eric Schmidt, Mark Zuckerberg, and yes, even Woz have one opinion of him. RS gadget heads have an opposing one. Who are you gonna believe?

[goo3]

Eric Schmidt on Steve Jobs - Businessweek (http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/eric-schmidt-on-steve-jobs-10062011.html)


When I was still at Sun Microsystems, I visited him at NeXT—we did a bunch of deals with him. He was exactly the same way he was at Apple: strongly opinionated, knew what he was doing. He was so passionate about object-oriented programming. He had this extraordinary depth. I have a PhD in this area, and he was so charismatic he could convince me of things I didn’t actually believe.

I should tell you this story. We’re in a meeting at NeXT, before Steve went back to Apple. I’ve got my chief scientist. After the meeting, we leave and try to unravel the argument to figure out where Steve was wrong—because he was obviously wrong. And we couldn’t do it. We’re standing in the parking lot. He sees us from his office, and he comes back out to argue with us some more. It was over a technical issue involving Objective C, a computer language. Why he would care about this was beyond me. I’ve never seen that kind of passion.

...

It took enormous courage for Steve to go through the operations, the treatments—without violating his privacy, it’s just horrific what he had to go through. I think he made all the board meetings I was at. He was obviously ill sometimes, and sometimes he was fine. But Apple was his passion, along with his family. There was never any question when I was there as to his ability to do his job, and I just felt terribly sorry for him, as everyone else did, over what he was going through physically.

[Culverin]

Like I said. He knows marketing.

http://i.imgur.com/Y5Fvc.png

[Chronix]

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