RIP Steve Jobs 1955 - 2011

[Tony]

RIP Steve

 

[15outland]

It is quite the shame, but I don't own many of his iDevices, only iPod and iPad...

 

[Bioern]

I dont own a single Apple product nor do I plan to have one in the nearer future but still I feel he has contributed a lot to modern computing thoough some people are really exaggerating his meaning.

R.I.P

 

[Altoids]

Steve Jobs was arguably one of the best Consumer Geniuses of our time. He was just 8 years older than me so I've lived through his legacy and it has been a wild ride. The first computer I worked on (in high school) literally looked alot like this: my Home Page Pix1 (1" paper tape to save/load your program, and a roll of paper for the printout... no monitor). When I sit and think of the advances we've seen, it still blows my mind.

The reason I called Steve a consumer genious and not a computer genius is that he really wasn't the technological guy behind his products, he paid others to do that. He came up with the idea and was unforgiving with what he wanted (yes, he probably would have been a bear to work for). In the end, he re-invented products into what we absolutely must have before we even knew we needed it.

I've never been a huge fan of Macs and probably will never use them regularly, but I very much respect the man that took Apple to where it is now. Apple will probably continue to be a large force in the consumer products that he helped create for a decade, maybe even more... but I don't see them having the forward vision that he brought to them unless they find someone that literally thinks like he did...

R.I.P. Steve Jobs - you will be missed.

 

[Xerox]

Ive had my arguments against apple and their products.

But there is no denying that Steve Jobs was a genius

may he rest in peace.

 

[ZenLulz]

Thanks Steve for all contributions you've done.
We will miss you.

R.I.P