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=Ll6KI...eature=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