Steve Jobs, RIP.

[Octane]

www.apple.com/ (http://www.apple.com)
www.apple.com/stevejobs/ (http://www.apple.com/stevejobs/)

:(

H

[Omaroo]

I still can't believe it... :(

I've attributed a good deal of my business and personal successes over the years to his company and technologies. He will be missed.

RIP Mr. Jobs

[DavidTrap]

An amazing talent.

Let's just home the company is bigger than just one man.

DT

[jjjnettie]

Tears are flowing. :(
way too young......

[Ric]

Sad to see him pass away

RIP Steve

[Exfso]

Yes a sad day indeed. Damn Pancreatic Cancer, nearly 100% death rate. Pretty sure that was what got him. :(

[TrevorW]

It doesn't matter how rich you are, life is an uncertainty, so make the most of it, I didn't know the man, his good or bad points but he has left behind his mark on society.

[Brundah1]

Thanks H for the heads up,

With Pancreatic cancer, the end is predictable unfortunately. We have lost three close friends to this traumatic end to life in recent years.

My first contact with personal computers accurred in the early 1970s and yes it was with an Apple II, then an apple II+. But Steve's greatest impact on me was the night at Brisbane Computer show when I met the Apple Lisa (c.1983 ) - I was spellbound again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll6KIStyZyA&feature=related

So much promise for too much money - but it became the pioneer of the GUI in personal computers it led the way to Macintosh, Microsoft Windows and beyond. The sad part was this period also led to Jobs leaving Apple.

But once Jobs returned to Apple, his innovation again, eventually put Apple back to the top of its market segments.

With pioneers like Jobs and Gates no longer driving innovations, its questionable whether we will again see individual genius visually driving innovations in the market place.

Its interesting that all my children (and soon my grandchildren) now use Apple products for personal computing and communication.

Across more than two generations, the world has definitely benefited from Steven Jobs genius and evolving vision.

RIP Steven Jobs

[gregbradley]

What an amazing guy.

Greg.

[Satchmo]

Wikileaks have apparently released a number of documents today showing he had HIV/ AIDS. Questionable timing for sure.

I'm not a fan of Apple products but he certainly had an impressive career and built up an amazing company - his passing is indeed a sad occasion.

[gregbradley]

Oh Mr Wikileaks is suuuccchh a nice person.

Greg.

[spacezebra]

I agree Chris, I cannot believe it!

Its been such a sad year.

Petra d.

[Octane]

That's been around since January 2009. And, Wikileaks also said at the time that they suspected the documents were fake.

H

[Satchmo]

So why release new documents on the day of his death if they think they are fake?

[GeoffW1]

Hey,

My personal feeling is, let's stay on track here, can we ? :(

Steve Jobs himself was a towering figure in IT, once or twice in a generation.

Apple the Company, well, that might be another thing, especially in Oz, but Jobs the innovator, what a loss.

[Octane]

Mark,

I've just visited 3 mirrors and can't find the documents (at least on the front page, where I assume they would be shown).

H

[icytailmark]

he was the core of Apple RIP you changed the industry forever

[dugnsuz]

Been using Apple products since '92.
Steve Jobs has left behind an amazing legacy of innovation.
I hope Apple continues to be the exciting company it is today thanks to Steve's influence.
RIP

[Satchmo]

Humayan

Yes , I was relying on Twitter feeds and I guess some people are doing Google searches and finding old Wikileaks articles and thinking they are new. I cant see anything on Wikileaks either so I do apologise for not checking sources.

Mark

[stephenb]

wow. This is sad indeed :(

Whatever you think about the company, the products, or the man, Steve will go down in history as an individual who changed the way we think, use and appreciate technology and technological advances in the early years of the 21st Century.

Jobs, Wozniac, Gates, Ballmer. For me at least they are the founding fathers of the modern computer age.

The Apple website H has provided links for is so beautifully presented.

And that bloody panreatic cancer :mad2::mad2::sadeyes::sadeyes:

Doug and Chris, I too have been using Apple products for a long time (Macintoshs, Lisa!) and I wholeheartedly agree with your sentiments.

RIP Steve Jobs.

[lacad01]

Sad day indeed, he was quite the visionary :(

[Zaps]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc

That was 2005 and I was still on the faculty. Steve and I spoke at length about a variety of issues, and he never failed to cut to the heart of whatever was being discussed.

Years before I worked with Steve and Woz and, at the time, thought it was sheer hell, but I'd give anything to be able to revisit those days. At least Woz is still with us and willing to accept 'phone calls.

Goodbye Steve, and thanks for everything.

[Fox]

As a dedicated Apple user since the original 1984 Macintosh, I am really saddened to hear of his passing. He had extraordinary vision and insight into how we interface with digital technology, and his solutions were, and hopefully will continue to be, pure genius.

I could use, but HATED personal computers, until the Apple Macintosh came along. The iPhone showed how beautifully you can make complicated technology accessible to just about anyone. Of all the digital devices I have, I use my iPad the most, in fact it goes about everywhere I go.

One of my sisters cannot use a computer; any computer including the Mac is too complicated for her. But she took to the iPhone without any problem.

I know two blind girls who say their iPhones are a godsend for blind people because of the in-built software accessibility options. And now the iPhone 4S with Siri voice control promises even better things for them.

We will miss you Steve, and I thank you for everything you've given us.

[Mick]

RIP Steve...:(

http://youtu.be/DrBw2cXWZS8

[kustard]

A sad day :(

The Apple legacy will last thanks to his insight.

[Brundah1]

Its great that we can review and value the contributions these pioneers made to our contemporary electronic lives.

Some remember a book called the Third Wave. Perhaps Steven Jobs and his peers were the leading edge of that third wave.

Like Newton, John Harrison, James Watt, Brunel, Faraday, Tesla, Otto, A.G.Bell, etc. all new technology has visionaries and innovators.

Jobs is special, he remained a leader of IT innovation for nearly four decades. Sinclair and others were significant early innovators, but nobody has remained such a powerful force in one field of innovation for that long.

He had his failures, but I hope history will treat him well.

We should remember John Harrison too at this time. He was also a life long pioneer and innovator whose time keeping innovation and influence on navigation spans 300 years to the current GPS system.

Of course without an accurate CPU clock our personal computers, mobile phones etc., would also not work!

Dava Sobel's book "Longitude" is a great read:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longitude_%28book%29

[stephenb]

Yes Harrison and Sinclair. I did think of Sinclair when I made my list earlier in this post but failed to update my post.

To repeat what I said on my Facebook page this week.... I believe I am fortunate to have lived in an era that has gone from seeing an Apollo Lunar Module with guidance computers with a capacity of 12k of RAM that only just made it to the lunar surface, to handheld phones that you can watch real time HD footage of a Space Shuttle dock with a space station.

And in between be a part of the rise of personal home computers from large grey boxes down to the thickness of a paperback. Today's technology in general still fascinates me to no end.

In honour of Steve and also carrying on my tradition of tinkering in the shed on a Saturday while listening to the Science Show followed by The Goon Show (no Goons anymore :(), I am pulling apart my iPhone 3 for no other reason but to see what's inside. Just amazing. I'm holding the main board in my hand now!