Steve Jobs has died.

[jar_e]

I'm not gonna lie, its kinda creepy how quickly Apple had a memorial up on their website...I guess it was no surprise he was on his final days.

RIP, definitely a huge impact on our modern world and electronics.

[Regorium]

The world lost an incredible visionary.

RIP.

[chemgear]

Originally Posted by jar_e

I'm not gonna lie, its kinda creepy how quickly Apple had a memorial up on their website...I guess it was no surprise he was on his final days.

I would imagine that most major newspapers/news outlets have prepared summaries/sources they can draw from when people die. His poor health would have only ensured it was updated recently.

[Jbo]

A man that changed the world and how we do so much

RIP

[3 Justin 3]

As an entrepreneur, this is a terrible day. He is used in so many of my examples in my entre classes because of what an excellent entrepreneur he was. He is Apple and made it into the powerhouse company it is today.

Very sad day for everyone.

[MelBridgeman]

Not really a suprise, but man way to young. RIP Steve you were a trail blazer

[Flames0910]

"I want to put a dent in the universe."

56 years old. Unreal.

[The Goon]

The story of his health decline/stepping down from work almost perfectly mimics the passing of Jack Layton a few weeks ago.

One of the great inventors of our lifetimes. His innovative thinking will be missed.

[pylon]

RIP

Posted from my iPad

[kirant]

After Layton, this really isn't a surprise.

I suspect they're successor will take similar paths. They have way too big shoes to fill and the decline after will make them look even more incredible.

[browna]

Originally Posted by jar_e

I'm not gonna lie, its kinda creepy how quickly Apple had a memorial up on their website...I guess it was no surprise he was on his final days.

RIP, definitely a huge impact on our modern world and electronics.

I thought there would've been some mention of him yesterday during the presentation from the new guy as a passing of the torch, but I guess not, probaby, as I am guessing again, that things were near the end, or even very near the end at that point and everyone on the inside knew that and didn't want to bring any attention to that.

Definately did things his way in his career, in leaving Apple the first time, and then coming back to save the company a few years later and go on to change a lot of things in the tech world and beyond.

I believe he has a biography coming out about his life that he fully participated in, and has been in the works for a couple years...if I recall it was planned for the US holiday season, so that will fly off the shelves even quicker now as people try to understand him and his ways.

[endeavor]

Incredibly sad news

RIP

[schteve_d]

I don't know why but the inevitability of our mortality always hits me when someone like him - a man with 8.3 billion dollars dies at only 56.

He sure seems to have been a really neat guy. He changed a lot of things that we now take daily for granted, if I recall correctly the mouse is one of them. He touched an awful lot of people whether they realize it or not.

Rest in peace Mr. Jobs.

[KTrain]

This quote from his Stanford University Commencement Address always struck a cord with me:

Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle.

http://news.stanford.edu/news/2005/j...bs-061505.html

[Barnes]

RIP

[opendoor]

Originally Posted by fotze

I wonder if they took the Market cap of Apple and put it toward cancer, it would even cure it?

Just a reminder that death can make us her bitch anytime she chooses.

I've thought that for a while relating to Jobs. Here's a billionaire who had the entire world and any medical advance at his disposal, but even with all that sometimes you just can't beat cancer.

[d_phaneuf]

Originally Posted by fotze

He made pixar?

he bought it I think 6 years after it was created and took it to the heights it is at now

[opendoor]

Originally Posted by fotze

He made pixar?

Pretty much. He bought the computer graphics division from Lucasfilm in the mid '80s and eventually teamed up with Disney to make animated movies.

[zamler]

Originally Posted by fotze

He made pixar?

He made it what it is today, but the assets etc. were originally purchased from Lucas films IIRC. ....beaten to it...

I still remember seeing a NeXTStep based machine for the first time, I was blown away by it. Far ahead of its time. Steve Jobs was a genius IMO, he had an eye for what the future would look like, and then set out to create that future. Amazing man I have always greatly respected him.

edit - if anyone wants to read about NexTStep, worth the time. Many GUI features we take for granted were first seen on it.

[Kjesse]

Its a sad thing. One poster here called Steve Jobs a genius. Another a visionary, and yet another controversial. Apple's press release announcing his death said he left the world in a better place.

I agree with all the above.