Too soon kid, too soon. That kind of joke is welcome on Sikipedia, not the EscapistPaladin Forever said:Apparently there has also been a hiring freeze at Apple. When questioned about this, a spokesperson simply said that there was no more Jobs at apple.
Proof that Job's brilliant marketing techniques work. He isn't anything like you call him. He took what was already long there, polished it, repackaged it and sold it like he made something out of this world. And you know what? Craptons of people fell for it completely, which is a huge accomplishment in it's own right. Vile, and it leaves a bad taste in my mouth, but a big accomplishment nonetheless.MercurySteam said:Same here. I despise MacBooks and the iMac but iPods and iPhones are completely different for me. Steve Jobs was the father of modern portable media players and revolutionized portable devices with the miniature-micronisation of electrical components that all iPods and iPhones have in them.
I feel the same way.imnotparanoid said:Im surprisingly upset about this, and I hate Apple, I guess he was just a good person.
Isn't doing this sort of thing on a thread mourning someone's death considered trolling?ike42 said:To everyone who says you hate apple products for their incompatibility (walled garden) but respect Steve Jobs, you should note that this entire scheme grew out of Jobs personal ego. He was not a good human being and he helped to shape the trademark and patent trolling that has overwhelmed the technology industry. So I am not sorry he's gone, rather relieved. Trolls are trolls and should not be mourned.
No, it's not because I didn't make the post to piss people off, just to share an opinion that was not previously stated in the thread. The thread was not created to mourn him as you say, but rather to discuss his death. Read the article, it doesn't say post here to mourn, people are just doing that. I say the guy had a negative impact on the world and guess what, most of my friends do too. Deal with it rather than calling me a troll.Delock said:Isn't doing this sort of thing on a thread mourning someone's death considered trolling?ike42 said:To everyone who says you hate apple products for their incompatibility (walled garden) but respect Steve Jobs, you should note that this entire scheme grew out of Jobs personal ego. He was not a good human being and he helped to shape the trademark and patent trolling that has overwhelmed the technology industry. So I am not sorry he's gone, rather relieved. Trolls are trolls and should not be mourned.
Regardless of his practices, he set up a huge corporation that provided both jobs and a large scale social interactions (much in the same way that any company with a large following would do). His decisions also helped establish his various competitors (meaning he's also responsible for several other large scale social groupings) and shape how computers and other devices would evolve. No matter what you think of him, it would be very hard to imagine just what the world might look like without him.
Therefore, I'd like to say this: Rest in Peace, Jobs. I never knew you personally, and I can't really say I was that fond of you from what I heard, but you followed your dreams and lived how you wanted up till the end and I respect you for that as much as I respect the impact you had on my life without you ever really meaning to.
He didn't make anything, he bought the tech.Cowabungaa said:He did make the first commercial GUI-interface, that was innovative.