Apple reporting that Steve Jobs is Dead

[Gamma4815 4]

Apple has reported to the media that the former long time CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs, has died.

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/business&id=8380577

http://www.apple.com

Under Steve Jobs, Apple radically changed the way technology is involved people's daily lives and his contributions will surely be missed.

RIP Steve Jobs.

  Edited October 6, 2011 by Gamma4815  

[Barbarossa 51]

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  Edited September 8, 2012 by Barbarossa  

[Larks2242 251]

This is truly a sad day, lost one of the brightest minds in marketing, How will this affect Apples stock?

[Indiana Joe 1,750]

How will this affect Apples stock?

I knew his health was failing but this was rather sudden. R.I.P. indeed, Steve.

  Edited October 6, 2011 by Indiana Joe  

[x493x 446]

Wow, that's surprising.

[Samness 104]

Apple will never be the same...

[Rymac91 15]

Since nobody seems to recall, the company has been running with Tim Cook at the wheel since August when Steve Jobs stepped down as CEO, and Steve also took medical leaves with Tim Cook running the company for a significant portion of the last few years. While his death is a serious thing, it's not going to effect the overall performance of the company.

Back on topic, I find this news incredibly saddening as he has influenced a lot of the tech I use and has made significant changes to the way we all use technology in our daily lives. He will be missed.

[hym 358]

Okay, that didn't merge together exactly like I had thought it would, but nevertheless, I did combine both of the Steve Jobs threads.

As for the news and the future of Apple, we will have to see what comes in the next several years. Steve Jobs is the reason Apple is relevant today. It may be possible to sustain things as they are without him at the helm, but that is very debatable.

[_marsh_ 1,117]

Goodnight sweet prince.

His work for Samsung will be missed.

Also, you guys realized he left the company a while ago right?

[Easy Bakes 253]

Only officialy left in August, but has been reclusive since January.

but its really not that big of a surprise is it?,considering his ill health for the last few years.

He survived 7 years after pancreatic cancer.

RIP Steven Jobs.

Hope the guys you left in charge dont run the thing off a cliff.

[nathanthemayor 1,261]

This is a sad day. A person who started a technology revolution will be remembered.....

[Odainsaker 2,133]

Wow, most of us know the shaved-headed Steve Jobs of today's resurgent Apple, replete with iProducts for iEveryone. Some of us, however, may remember the younthfully headstrong and long-haired Jobs domineering over a different era of innovation:

Always the visionary showman splashing the covers of the consumer journals (gosh, I think I still have those issues!) and flaunting the sclerosis of IBM, too late did he realize and acknowledge that other Pirate of Silicon Valley poised to prevail...

True titans of technology!

  Edited October 6, 2011 by Odainsaker  

[Meg 368]

Our introduction to Apple Macintosh, back in 1984. It was shown once, during the superbowl that year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhsWzJo2sN4

Those of us who saw it live were wondering what the heck that was all about.

R.I.P Steve Jobs

[angel_of_rivers 6]

R.I.P. I always admired how he brought the world forward by making us see things in a new way...

[Eʟᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ 273]

Truely, the world has lost a technological innovator. A man and visionary who will be remembered for a huge contribution to the modern-era technology boom.

Rest In Peace, Steve.

[Vercetti 3]

I feel sad that his gone. A few of my mates are sad too about his death. Born in 1955 and passed away today 6th october 2011. I may not own any apple products. But I might be getting a Ipod touch for xmas. But the good thing is they found someone to take his spot. He named this wonderful company after his favourite food. (Apple)

He invented many things. Without some of his things there would be no Itunes stone. Ipod, Iphone etc. Steve Jobs done a lot for us. Alot of people were fans of him and a few seasons ago he appeared in the Simpsons something about Mypod.

He was famous, Popular, Rich. and now his gone. How is his family going to go through life knowing his gone forever. If I lived with him I would be pretty

upset. And i'm sure his four kids will miss him very much too.

Steve you were a great guy. We loved your apple products from square 1. To know. As we say goodbye to a great person. We will never forget what he did for us.

RIP Steve Jobs

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

A creative voice is stilled. In the recent press he has been compared to Henry Ford. Requiescat in pace.

[DavidB_ 83]

R.I.P. Steve, your legacy will never be forgotten... (including the machine that I am typing from)

I've just remembered, I've been casually re-lotting this Apple Store BAT. I ought to speed it up, as a fitting tribute to one of the world's greatest innovators.

  Edited October 6, 2011 by DAB_City  

[x493x 446]

R.I.P. Steve, your legacy will never be forgotten... (including the machine that I am typing from)

I've just remembered, I've been casually re-lotting this Apple Store BAT. I ought to speed it up, as a fitting tribute to one of the world's greatest innovators.

That would be a great SC4-style tribute.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

I've already posted in this list, but I note that Steve was only 56. I remember the first apple machine with a GUI, and it was astonishing. "Only the good die young." - common saying.

[DavidB_ 83]

I've already posted in this list, but I note that Steve was only 56. I remember the first apple machine with a GUI, and it was astonishing. "Only the good die young." - common saying.

My father's got two old Apple II computers, the original Macintosh (a distant grandchild of which I am typing on!) and many more old machines. It's a shame that he has died, I have heard that the same (or a similar) pancreatic cancer that he recovered from in 2004 has struck him again? One news website (I can't remember which) showed a picture of him at the end of August, and I was shocked. He has seemed to age 30-40 years in the space of a few months!

R.I.P.

P.S. Your quote reminds me, although I am too young myself to know precisely... Ayrton Senna, Elvis Presley, Elizabeth Sladen, Amy Winehouse particularly, to name but a few.

  Edited October 6, 2011 by DAB_City  

[Meg 368]

So those people from Westboro Baptist Church used an iPhone to tweet that they must picket his funeral. Apparently God created the iPhone so they could tweet that Steve Jobs is in hell. [link]

Are these people hypocrites, irrational, or just plain stupid?

Never mind . . . don't answer that . . . Let's just laugh at the irony of it.

[TekindusT 3,809]

Requiescat In Pace, Steve Jobs.

It's so sad to see that such a visionaire, such an inspirational person is gone. Even though I'm not a hardcore Mac user, I admire Steve Jobs, admired his work. I admired how he went over the hurdles in front of him, specially during his university period (I also got a rocky start there until I finally settled in another degree) and built an empire. Obviously, he hasn't been alone in Apple; but its innovative thought has pushed the company and the entire world to a whole new stage.

I'm sure I've leart a thing from him, which I put in practice always I have to: his product introductions style. I try to replicate his style (short and clear sentences, emphatizing words, walking on the stage...) when I have to give a presentation or a speech, and this has helped me a lot to be a better speaker. Some of my fellows and friends panic when they have to speak in public, I don't, I even have fun; thanks to him.

  Edited October 6, 2011 by TekindusT  

[Easy Bakes 253]

So those people from Westboro Baptist Church used an iPhone to tweet that they must picket his funeral. Apparently God created the iPhone so they could tweet that Steve Jobs is in hell. [link]

Are these people hypocrites, irrational, or just plain stupid?

Never mind . . . don't answer that . . . Let's just laugh at the irony of it.

wonder if they realy want to mess with a bunch of tech geeks.

Picket his funeral and go home to find all their systemes hacked.

not that i would condone those types of actions.

  Edited October 6, 2011 by Easy Bakes  

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

So those people from Westboro Baptist Church used an iPhone to tweet that they must picket his funeral. Apparently God created the iPhone so they could tweet that Steve Jobs is in hell. [link]

Are these people hypocrites, irrational, or just plain stupid?

Never mind . . . don't answer that . . . Let's just laugh at the irony of it.

Anyone see the recent Supernatural episode during which the WBC got their just desserts from "god"?

I reserve a special place in my private hell for people like that. It involves pits of flaming tar, and pushing rocks up hill, forever while being coated with it and razor sharp feathers. Healing occurs routinely.

[Merlin of Flyote 8]

isad

A true visionary, took Apple from strenth to strenth. RIP

  Edited October 6, 2011 by Merlin of Flyote  

[Indiana Joe 1,750]

So those people from Westboro Baptist Church used an iPhone to tweet that they must picket his funeral. Apparently God created the iPhone so they could tweet that Steve Jobs is in hell. [link]

Are these people hypocrites, irrational, or just plain stupid?

Never mind . . . don't answer that . . . Let's just laugh at the irony of it.

Anyone see the recent Supernatural episode during which the WBC got their just desserts from "god"?

I reserve a special place in my private hell for people like that. It involves pits of flaming tar, and pushing rocks up hill, forever while being coated with it and razor sharp feathers. Healing occurs routinely.

God; not these people again. If Gandhi had recently died, I suppose they would have protested his funeral too.

[Easy Bakes 253]

Dont think they ever made it to Norway for the shooting victims funerals, So i dont see them showing up for Mr Job's. Just shooting thier mouths off.

again

edit:

In fact All i can find is stories about WBC intending to go to Norway

the day after the tragedy,nothing more after wards.

  Edited October 7, 2011 by Easy Bakes  

[x493x 446]

Protesting at a funeral just seems wrong. Leave the ones who loved the dead person to mourn in peace then you can protest all you want afterwards.

[Keder 116]

It is a sad, sad day at apple because of his death and Apples Technological breakthroughs won't be the same with out him.

R.I.P Steve Jobs