Steve Jobs - Dead at 56

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Sad news. I'm typing this on one his "babies".
 
I don't know what to say. This is a tragedy. Sad Mac avatar is even more apt now. I will always remember Steve for his vision and tenacity.
 
I can only reiterate what I said on the org...
RIP Steve.

My general dislike of apple is no secret. However, Steve Jobbs has to be given credit for what he accomplished with the company, taking it from the relative underdog it was to the titan it is now takes smarts, passion, skill and balls. The man made technology "cool". Let's face it, portable media players, tablet computers and smart phones all existed before the iPod, iPad and iPhone but nobody can deny that the latter have become the yardstick by which all other devices in said categories have become measured.

Likewise, NeXTStep was cool, MacOS was atrocious. Nobody really remembers, or more likely wants to remember MacOS before OSX and even though I don't really like the latter I'd be disingenuous to suggest it isn't the ideal OS for many people. So, under his tenure operating systems became "cool" for a lot of people too and again OSX has become a yardstick for many.

On a personal note, having lost several close relatives in only a short space of time to particularly aggressive forms of cancer, my condolences go to his family and friends. And yet, to live as long as he did after his particular diagnosis was again, pretty remarkable.

I don't envy his successor. Whoever has to step up next for apple has pretty big shoes to fill.
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I prefer the old Apple which was Woz driven openess of hardware and systems.

Having said that I understand the need to drive away from the hobbiest mentality and into ubiquoty is something natural in history and would come to computing. Jobs succeeded here and a more closed ecosystem is kind of the necessary answer.

The future is indeed different and unknown. Apple has lost a driving factor. There will be no more Jobsian Apple. The spirit may live on for a few years. Personalities will change it. Likewise, Bill Gates hasn't run Microsoft for a while. He's still around to fall back on, though it's unlikely to do so. We now have some big figures of innovation which are gone from industry. The future is indeed different and unknown.

It's going to be a bumpy ride but I do look forward to what is to come.
 
I liked Jobs' attention to detail. I wish more people would put more effort into aesthetics like he did. That's what I'll remember him for.
 
Glaucus said:
I liked Jobs' attention to detail. I wish more people would put more effort into aesthetics like he did. That's what I'll remember him for.
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If you read some of the books on Jobs life this also seemed to be very disliked at times. Imagine a motherboard team redesigning an entire motherboard not for better quality or stability but to make it prettier. OUCH!
 
What's funny is that he was a poor dresser. And those circular style glasses were tacky and didn't really suite him. But he knew a good looking appliance when he saw it. I wonder if he got lots of chicks?
 
I don't think he got lots of chicks. He seems too focused. Though it's certain Tim Cook doesn't.
 
"chicks"? really?
I heard he had a fling with a famous singer ..... (Joan Baez?)
but all that pales compared what what he accomplished.
 
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