I wasn’t awake ten minutes this morning before I learned that Steve Jobs had died. I was never truly happy with Apple products — too expensive, not expandable enough, not complex enough to satisfy my geek soul — but even long before the iPhone, they had a major if indirect impact on everything I did.
Goodbye Steve. The world will miss you… and not just that part that own shares in Apple Computers.
Well, without the Mac, the GUI as we know it might have languished in a Xerox advanced-research lab. Also the Apple II was one of the few early micros that scared IBM into making PCs. 🙂 (The Apple II was also a good geek’s computer, that was because of Woz though.)
My first computer was an Apple // and I remember those days fondly.
I worked as a service tech at an Apple dealer as well so I saw things from both sides of the fence including Jobs’ dark side and the things he did that hurt Apple to the point that he was ousted in ’87. He returnes ten years later but I also believe he did a lot a maturing in those years and was a very different person than he was in ’87 which was a good thing for Apple because if he hadn’t changed, there is no way he could have accomplished all that he did.
I think he knew he didn’t have much time left. He’d been battling cancer for seven years, had a liver transplant two years ago, and had taken several medical leaves from Apple since then. How else can you explain his seemingly sudden decision to step down as Apple’s CEO and retire only a month ago?
I think it’s sad that he died at such a young age and my thoughts and prayers go out to his family.
On the other hand, he lived the kind of life that most people can only dream of: he found a way to do what he loved. I’m sure that let him live longer than he would have otherwise. I’m also sure that he made up for the shorter time with quality.
Yeah, I’m amoung that group too as I enjoy the work I do. I also believe that no one should have to settle for a job they don’t like. Sure they may have to do such a job for a time but it should only be a stepping stone to the job they really want and will enjoy.
No one should have to settle for a job they don’t like, but many people — perhaps even most — still do. Though I’ve seen indications that that might be changing.
Yeah, for us, we lost CEO of Apple and the lead designer of the Mac, the iPhone, and the iPad. For three people though, they lost a father.
I believe he had four children, not three.