Author Topic: Wow, Steve Jobs is dead! (Read 32529 times)

madelaide · « **on:** October 05, 2011, 19:28 »

I've just arrived at my hotel, turned on the TV and... Wow! Schocking news. Not that I like anything Apple, but the first mouse I've ever used was in a Mac.

jbarber873 · « **Reply #1 on:** October 05, 2011, 19:56 »

It's a shame that someone who contributed so much to the modern world has died so young. Steve's passion for excellence is an example that is rarely followed. I suppose "not liking anything apple" must mean something, but it's very typical of this site that anything american gets a backhanded slap as a reflex action. Well, I liked everything apple. Apple computers have been at the core of my business since the 80's, and I've never failed to be delighted and amazed at what they can do. If the rest of the computer industry didn't have Apple to chase, we'd still be using command line instructions to execute commands. Steve Jobs led that race, and the world of innovation has lost it's leader.

Carl · « **Reply #2 on:** October 05, 2011, 20:02 »

He will definitely be missed in a big way, but his legacy will live forever.

gostwyck · « **Reply #3 on:** October 05, 2011, 20:09 »

Quote from: jbarber873 on October 05, 2011, 19:56

It's a shame that someone who contributed so much to the modern world has died so young. Steve's passion for excellence is an example that is rarely followed. I suppose "not liking anything apple" must mean something, but it's very typical of this site that anything american gets a backhanded slap as a reflex action. Well, I liked everything apple. Apple computers have been at the core of my business since the 80's, and I've never failed to be delighted and amazed at what they can do. If the rest of the computer industry didn't have Apple to chase, we'd still be using command line instructions to execute commands. Steve Jobs led that race, and the world of innovation has lost it's leader.

I'd agree with most of your sentiments but the highlighted bit is utterly ridiculous. Essentially if you don't 'like' Apple (more likely do like Apple but don't like paying their absurd prices) then your alternative is Microsoft. Last time I checked ... Microsoft were an American company too. Which is the most popular and favourably reviewed microstock agency on this forum? That'll be Shutterstock, pretty much the only 'American' microstock offering. What is it about 'Americans' (like YOU) that they automatically think the entire world is against them?

cathyslife · « **Reply #4 on:** October 05, 2011, 20:24 »

It isn't a surprise, but it is a shame. I started using Apples in the late 80s, and have ever since. I am a Mac, and will always be. And whether you are a Mac or a PC, you can't deny that he was one of the leaders of the computer revolution. As Apple continues to be.

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #5 on:** October 05, 2011, 20:38 »

Very sad news - as mentioned, not unexpected, but a big loss to anyone who's hooked on technology.

I used a Mac (the original) in 1984 when my company got one to review from Apple and the guy they gave it to wasn't all that into computers and let me take it home for a week if I promised to give him the update on what was good & bad.

I was hooked and not long after bought my own Mac - thinking of that system with the tiny screen and single floppy disk drive and no fan makes me chuckle, but even with its limits, what you could do was amazing.

I had a long chunk of time with PCs from 1990 to 2008 but since then have been back in the Mac universe. I really hope that we continue to see great and innovative products and design from the post-Jobs Apple

jbarber873 · « **Reply #6 on:** October 05, 2011, 20:39 »

Quote from: gostwyck on October 05, 2011, 20:09

Quote from: jbarber873 on October 05, 2011, 19:56
It's a shame that someone who contributed so much to the modern world has died so young. Steve's passion for excellence is an example that is rarely followed. I suppose "not liking anything apple" must mean something, but it's very typical of this site that anything american gets a backhanded slap as a reflex action. Well, I liked everything apple. Apple computers have been at the core of my business since the 80's, and I've never failed to be delighted and amazed at what they can do. If the rest of the computer industry didn't have Apple to chase, we'd still be using command line instructions to execute commands. Steve Jobs led that race, and the world of innovation has lost it's leader.

I'd agree with most of your sentiments but the highlighted bit is utterly ridiculous. Essentially if you don't 'like' Apple (more likely do like Apple but don't like paying their absurd prices) then your alternative is Microsoft. Last time I checked ... Microsoft were an American company too. Which is the most popular and favourably reviewed microstock agency on this forum? That'll be Shutterstock, pretty much the only 'American' microstock offering. What is it about 'Americans' (like YOU) that they automatically think the entire world is against them?

I guess I was a little taken aback that the very first comment about Steve Jobs death was a comment that sneered at his legacy- " not that I like anything apple". In one sentence, a tribute and an insult. I prefer to celebrate his accomplishments.

Sadstock · « **Reply #7 on:** October 05, 2011, 20:40 »

Sad news. He revolutionized much of our lives. Imagine how different the world would be if Apple never was. MS would not have had such a talented foil to work against and the whole industry might have gone in different directions.

When I got home I turned on the TV and was shocked to see that Jobs was dead. CNN and MSNBC were discussing Jobs' legacy while Fox was interviewing somebody who was saying that the upcoming U.S. election was really about weather or not somebody like Jobs could be successful in America today or would the government stifle such a person.

Something like this that shocking to many around the world is an interesting event, because everyone can project what they want into it, or turn it into a political football.

FD · « **Reply #8 on:** October 05, 2011, 21:37 »

Quote from: jbarber873 on October 05, 2011, 19:56

If the rest of the computer industry didn't have Apple to chase, we'd still be using command line instructions to execute commands.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_graphical_user_interface#Xerox_PARC

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The Xerox Alto (and later Xerox Star ) was an early personal computer developed at Xerox PARC in 1973. It was the first computer to use the desktop metaphor and mouse-driven graphical user interface (GUI).
It was not a commercial product, but several thousand units were built and were heavily used at PARC, other Xerox facilities, and at several universities for many years. The Alto greatly influenced the design of personal computers in the following decades, notably the Apple Macintosh and the first Sun workstations.

Steve Jobs was 18 in 1973. His main achievement, IMHO, was computer animation with Pixar and his superb innovation marketing skills.

Smiling Jack · « **Reply #9 on:** October 05, 2011, 22:04 »

Although I work with a PC computer there is no denying that Jobs had the vision that brough the personal computer to the world. It was because of what he started , i can do things on my own computer that use to take a room full of plotters and machines to do. He though "outside the box" and had the passion and the "stick-to-ism"to bring about what all the experts said wasn't possible. though Jobs and Gates where rivals where cut from the same cloth. It was their competitiveness and visions that brough us so far so fast.

Smiling Jack

travelstock · « **Reply #10 on:** October 05, 2011, 23:39 »

I think this deserves to be posted again - for anyone who hasn't seen it before, very worth watching:

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

Graffoto · « **Reply #11 on:** October 06, 2011, 00:23 »

I'm typing this on a Mac Pro.... oh wait, I just got a Facebook update on my iPhone.
Anyway, as I was saying I'm on my Mac and... oh, my 7 year old just grabbed my iPad to show off his school project to my wife.

OK, I was about to say; He will be missed.
Rest In Peace Mr. Jobs, you earned it.

sharpshot · « **Reply #12 on:** October 06, 2011, 00:37 »

Quote from: holgs on October 05, 2011, 23:39

I think this deserves to be posted again - for anyone who hasn't seen it before, very worth watching:

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

That was great. From what I've read the operation he had to remove the pancreatic cancer was about as major as it gets. He achieved such a lot after that. I was also never an apple fan but he really turned the company around. They went from a company that was heading for the rocks and had become a joke to perhaps the most innovative and well liked in the technology sector.

He was a great sales person, tablets were going nowhere before he presented the iPad, now they look like the next big thing.

lagereek · « **Reply #13 on:** October 06, 2011, 01:20 »

Pancreatic carcinoma, is unfortunately one of the very few cancers that can not be cured, even if you detect it in time and after a diagnose, most peeople have 6-10 months left. Its a killer. Even so Steve fought it for some 5 years I believe.

Im a Mac guy, have always been and used Mac, ever since the incredible Ridley-Scott TV commercial back in the 70s. I will miss him.

zager · « **Reply #14 on:** October 06, 2011, 01:26 »

Thank you Steve!

sharpshot · « **Reply #15 on:** October 06, 2011, 01:56 »

Quote from: lagereek on October 06, 2011, 01:20

Pancreatic carcinoma, is unfortunately one of the very few cancers that can not be cured, even if you detect it in time and after a diagnose, most peeople have 6-10 months left. Its a killer. Even so Steve fought it for some 5 years I believe.

Im a Mac guy, have always been and used Mac, ever since the incredible Ridley-Scott TV commercial back in the 70s. I will miss him.

After watching an interview, I knew Chris Rea had the same pancreaticoduodenectomy that Steve Jobs had. I just did a search and was amazed to see he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 1994. He's another incredibly inspiring person. Having been through lots of surgery that would kill most people and having to put up with the horrible side effects, he's carried on working and has been really prolific in recent years, doing what he loves. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Cancer-Nearly-Killed-Me-Saved-Me-Chris-Rea-Reveals-122913.shtml

fujiko · « **Reply #16 on:** October 06, 2011, 06:40 »

It's a very sad day. RIP.

Perry · « **Reply #17 on:** October 06, 2011, 07:14 »

Quote from: AttilaTheNun on October 05, 2011, 21:37

Quote from: jbarber873 on October 05, 2011, 19:56
If the rest of the computer industry didn't have Apple to chase, we'd still be using command line instructions to execute commands.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_graphical_user_interface#Xerox_PARC
Quote
The Xerox Alto (and later Xerox Star ) was an early personal computer developed at Xerox PARC in 1973. It was the first computer to use the desktop metaphor and mouse-driven graphical user interface (GUI).
It was not a commercial product, but several thousand units were built and were heavily used at PARC, other Xerox facilities, and at several universities for many years. The Alto greatly influenced the design of personal computers in the following decades, notably the Apple Macintosh and the first Sun workstations.

Steve Jobs was 18 in 1973. His main achievement, IMHO, was computer animation with Pixar and his superb innovation marketing skills.

Sorry, but no other than Steve Jobs REALLY saw the potential (especially for the home users) of the graphic interface. Even Edison did not invent the light bulb, but he made it better.
Steve Jobs did not invent mp3 or hard drive or pocket-sized portable devices, but he did put them all together (with his team) and presented us iPod.
The genius of Jobs was to create things that combine something familiar and something new, and machines that had a FEEL.

"When Reagan was president we had Johnny Cash, Bob Hope and Steve Jobs. In Obama's America, no Cash, no Hope and no Jobs."

i.R.I.P. Steve Jobs

Microbius · « **Reply #18 on:** October 06, 2011, 08:00 »

Quote from: Perry on October 06, 2011, 07:14

Sorry, but no other than Steve Jobs REALLY saw the potential (especially for the home users) of the graphic interface.

I think you mean Xerox, but then history is always written by the winners.

cathyslife · « **Reply #19 on:** October 06, 2011, 08:11 »

Quote from: Microbius on October 06, 2011, 08:00

Quote from: Perry on October 06, 2011, 07:14

Sorry, but no other than Steve Jobs REALLY saw the potential (especially for the home users) of the graphic interface.

I think you mean Xerox, but then history is always written by the winners.

That might be true, but I don't see a Xerox computer sitting on anyones desk.

Perry · « **Reply #20 on:** October 06, 2011, 08:17 »

Quote from: Microbius on October 06, 2011, 08:00

Quote from: Perry on October 06, 2011, 07:14

Sorry, but no other than Steve Jobs REALLY saw the potential (especially for the home users) of the graphic interface.

I think you mean Xerox, but then history is always written by the winners.

What exactly was Xerox's offering for home users?

ProArtwork · « **Reply #21 on:** October 06, 2011, 08:32 »

Quote from: Perry on October 06, 2011, 08:17

Quote from: Microbius on October 06, 2011, 08:00
Quote from: Perry on October 06, 2011, 07:14

Sorry, but no other than Steve Jobs REALLY saw the potential (especially for the home users) of the graphic interface.

I think you mean Xerox, but then history is always written by the winners.

What exactly was Xerox's offering for home users?

Printers!

Microbius · « **Reply #22 on:** October 06, 2011, 10:33 »

Quote from: Perry on October 06, 2011, 08:17

Quote from: Microbius on October 06, 2011, 08:00
Quote from: Perry on October 06, 2011, 07:14

Sorry, but no other than Steve Jobs REALLY saw the potential (especially for the home users) of the graphic interface.

I think you mean Xerox, but then history is always written by the winners.

What exactly was Xerox's offering for home users?

I guess the answer is the first graphic interface which was imitated by both Microsoft and Apple.

Microbius · « **Reply #23 on:** October 06, 2011, 10:34 »

Quote from: cclapper on October 06, 2011, 08:11

Quote from: Microbius on October 06, 2011, 08:00
Quote from: Perry on October 06, 2011, 07:14

Sorry, but no other than Steve Jobs REALLY saw the potential (especially for the home users) of the graphic interface.

I think you mean Xerox, but then history is always written by the winners.

That might be true, but I don't see a Xerox computer sitting on anyones desk.

That's what I mean by "the winners"

Perry · « **Reply #24 on:** October 06, 2011, 10:48 »

Quote from: Microbius on October 06, 2011, 10:33

Quote from: Perry on October 06, 2011, 08:17
Quote from: Microbius on October 06, 2011, 08:00
Quote from: Perry on October 06, 2011, 07:14

Sorry, but no other than Steve Jobs REALLY saw the potential (especially for the home users) of the graphic interface.

I think you mean Xerox, but then history is always written by the winners.

What exactly was Xerox's offering for home users?
I guess the answer is the first graphic interface which was imitated by both Microsoft and Apple.

If I remember correctly, you could have bought a house (or at least a car) for the price of one Xerox computer. Doesn't sound home use to me...

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Author Topic: Wow, Steve Jobs is dead! (Read 32529 times)

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