Steve Jobs Has Died

[Neino Ranatos]

And so dies a great man. I personally am not the biggest Apple fan, but I do respect Jobs' genius in some of the innovations he has port forward. Sleep well, Steve. You earned it, and we wish you well.


Off-topic:

Spoiler: Do not open this unless you have a -really- good sense of humor

Somewhere, probably in Secret Batman Cave #48792...Bill Gates is laughing his ass off.

 

[Tales of Golden Sun]

I reeeaally don't care.
I know, he died, he's 56, it's sad, but thousands of people die every day and few of those people have achieved as much as Jobs has. A little kid in Africa dying of hunger before even having a chance to achieve anything at all is, to me, much sadder than the death of someone with a life to proudly look back on.

 

[smudgey]

I'm amazed how upset people are about this. He made some innovations in the fields of computing, then became more widely-known for being the CEO of one of a company that prides itself on selling overpriced shit to morons. I really don't believe this bullshit about him being some great visionary innovater. A very intelligent and driven man, sure, and we could do a lot worse than to have a few more Steve Jobses walking around today, but seriously, I'm amazed at the pedestal people have put him on. I mean, people seem even more sad about this than about the multitudes of other tragic deaths that occur every year. I'm not gonna be "that guy2 who prides himself on repeatedly insulting others by assuming the worst about their intelligence and pointing out all the other tragedies that occur day-by-day, I know you all know about that stuff and feel strongly about it too, as any decent human being should. But seriously, all this worldwide sadness for a man who helped the field of Personal Computing develop before then making obscene amounts of money selling gadgets for way more than they were worth via an incredibly unethical company that constantly pushed for more restrictive copyright laws?

The death of the man himself is a tragic, tragic event and I wish only the best for his loved ones as they try to get through this difficult time without someone who they held dear. I just want to make that absolutely clear. But I don't think we should be extolling him as some kind of wonderful genius. Some of this shit happened on his watch:

http://www.cracked.com/article_18377_5-reasons-you-should-be-scared-apple.html

And let's not forget the oft-repeated arguments against the sort of prices they charge for their products, as well as some of the insane and ridiculous hype surrunding them.

Not saying he's a bad person, but he's certianly not the sort of guy a whole load of strangers should be mourning. I have no doubt that his loved ones deserve sympathy and comfort and that his death is nothing other than tragic. After all, a man lost his life. I'm just trying to bring up these points because I feel they're worth discussing.

Sorry if I offended anyone by bringing this shit up so soon, in a thread about his passing, no less.

He was the Henry Ford of our time. Henry Ford may not have invented the motor vehicle, but he did revolutionize the motor vehicle industry. Jobs was the modern equivalent.

I'm baffled why people still use "price" as a motive to attack Apple, as well as "hype". The aim of damn near every business is to convince more people to pay more for their products. If you can actually pull it off, you must be doing something right. It's not even like they're the only ones doing it, so where's the hate for Sony Vaio laptops? Or Bang and Olufson products? Or Mercedes Benz?

 

[Singularly Datarific]

Rest well, Steve. May your work outlast you far beyond the immediate moment.

 

[magicmonkeybars]

Apple is a cult and Steve Jobs was their God.
He might be dead but he won't soon be forgotten.

 

[Rayne870]

im not really up on what he contributed outside of apple, but i was never and apple fan and Jobs died way too young, and I keep hearing about the other stuff he's done. He has my respect, so RIP Steve, and keep on with the awesome keynote speeches (never once bought apple but i liked those presentations a lot).

 

[Tireseas_v1legacy]

A man who in thirty years revolutionized computers several times and brought about the idea of "Geek Style." Say what you want about Apple, but Jobs has touched every person who has visited this site and far many more.

May you rest in peace, you crazy, crazy CEO...

 

[Alphakirby]

Im surprisingly upset about this, and I hate Apple, I guess he was just a good person.

Yeah,it's strange isn't it? Even if you hate Apple with every fiber of your being,you still have to feel bad. I honestly consider Apple on my Top 5 Companies out for cash because of the iPad and the trend of adding a single feature to their device and rereleasing it (An exaggeration obviously)

Yet I can't really say it's a GOOD thing,he died and he did make some things that people consider revolutionary,you really can't be happy about someone like that dying.

I hear he died of cancer which further adds wood to the fire.

 

[Nfritzappa]

He was one of the coolest geeks ever. He will be missed.

 

[MercurySteam]

Jobs was an absolutely brilliant marketeer who knew how to play the masses, he made Apple rose from the ashes with that skill. Technological pioneer? Barely, at least not the previous decade or so. He did make the first commercial GUI-interface, that was innovative. That and he made Pixar happen. Thumbs up for that.

He was a visionary, and that rare insight is what made many people sad when his death left a large hole in the industry.

 

[viranimus]

Well, im surprised the thread has been mostly civil.

And apparently the guys over at Google are quite happy about this.

Spoiler

Source: http://deals.woot.com/sellout

 

[DarthFennec]

Im surprisingly upset about this, and I hate Apple, I guess he was just a good person.

Pretty much this.

I don't like Apple. I don't agree with their business practices at all. But this guy had a vision for the future, and he had a passion for what he did, and he chased that until the very end, and if there's anything I can respect in a man it's that.

 

[Wintermoot]

never really cared about him and I think all the things he did are getting a bit overblown by the media(with the exception of making the home computer possible and the invention of the iPod he didn't do anything innovative). Still sad to see a man die in his 50,s.

 

[smudgey]

I didn't say those were good either. But you don't see anywhere near as many people idolising the brands. But yeah, I'd still attack either company because of that. Why did you assume wouldn't? why, in your eyes, does THEIR bad behavior make Apple's similarly bad behavior OK?

And then there's that whole ethics issue. Y'know, about Steve Jobs being extremely aggressive towards his own customers?

Plenty of people idolise those brands, especially in Sony's case. I know people who damn near refuse to buy electronics that don't have a Sony badge on them. Fanboyism isn't exclusive to a single company, it's a human condition. And you talk about bad behaviour, and Jobs being extremely aggressive to his customers, could you provide some examples?

 

[Rblade]

next to an edison, einstein, curie and stein room among others. My university now has a jobs room. Nerds stick with nerds.

I'm not sure if he belongs in that exact list but if you have played a key role in both apple and pixar it's hard to deny you had an amazing impact on the way we enjoy our media

 

[Strazdas]

I guess an apple a day doesnt keep the doctor away afterall.
It is sad that a man has died of course, but thats about all i cna say about him.

 

[Cowabungaa]

Jobs was an absolutely brilliant marketeer who knew how to play the masses, he made Apple rose from the ashes with that skill. Technological pioneer? Barely, at least not the previous decade or so. He did make the first commercial GUI-interface, that was innovative. That and he made Pixar happen. Thumbs up for that.

He was a visionary, and that rare insight is what made many people sad when his death left a large hole in the industry.

I just don't like the vision he propagates; to profit from the ignorant with shiny looks and marketing speeches.

 

[ThunderCavalier]

Am I the only one who thinks that is ridiculousness to claim that he has improved the world to the better? I mean, come on. He may was a visionary, but in the end, he just improved a really tiny bit of the world for even an tinier part of the people, and even then he just solved a tiny bit of those make up problems we have in our luxury lives by making our UIs better or helping digital downloads on their way. You know what would have been a real thing to improve the world? If he had chosen to thread those workers at foxcon a bit better, maybe share a half percent of apple yearly turnovers and be a example for social responsibility of cooperation and success, instead of pushing his workers into suicide. I don't really care for Jobs or Apple but his biggest accomplishment was to sell shiny things to people who didn't have anything better to do for their money. No loss for the majority of the world.

Understandable. He truly isn't some kind of revolutionary.

But for what it's worth, he's done a lot more regarding the innovation of technology and whatnot than many other people have in their lifetimes. At the very least, we should show him some respect for that. ... Or at least have the courtesy not to picket his funeral.

 

[Mr.PlanetEater]

Im surprisingly upset about this, and I hate Apple, I guess he was just a good person.

Same here, I guess I just feel a deep respect for the man who managed to make it so I could carry my entire musical collection in my pocket. He truly was a great visionary who tried to make the most absurd concepts practical.

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.

Pray tell, do you happen to carry around your entire musical library in your pocket? Do you own a phone that is essentially a miniature computer? If you answered yes to either of those, then you ought to show a bit more respect for the death of the man who made that possible/viable.

I do realize you can hate Apple, in fact I loathe Apple. But I still feel saddened at the death of Steve Jobs, because he was one of the greatest visionaries and innovators of the techworld, and without him, who knows how different things might have been.

 

[FamoFunk]

Im surprisingly upset about this, and I hate Apple, I guess he was just a good person.

First poster summed me up. He was a very clever Man, he knew what he wanted and what he was doing. For that, I respect him.