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RIP Steve Jobs
« on: 06 October 2011, 01:54:40 »
Whatever your position on the existence of Apple,  respect is due to the man and he will be much missed i feel....     he'd earned a break, but helluva way to take it....   


Farewell Mr Jobs,  thanks for the gizmos , entertainment, and the elegance and push you brought to the tech world in all your enterprises.


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Re: RIP Steve Jobs
« Reply #1 on: 06 October 2011, 07:16:55 »
Didnt get much of a retirement did he!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15193922
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Re: RIP Steve Jobs
« Reply #2 on: 06 October 2011, 07:27:50 »
That was incredibly quick :(
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Re: RIP Steve Jobs
« Reply #3 on: 06 October 2011, 09:20:50 »
Very sad  :(

Love or hate his products, he made a massive impact.
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Re: RIP Steve Jobs
« Reply #4 on: 06 October 2011, 09:26:06 »
Very sad at such a young age.
I love apple got the pc , phone, pad, pod its great stuff  :y
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Re: RIP Steve Jobs
« Reply #5 on: 06 October 2011, 09:30:29 »
To be honest, he didn't look too well when he was on tv announcing his retirement.....
He has certainly left a legacy though.
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Re: RIP Steve Jobs
« Reply #6 on: 06 October 2011, 10:06:13 »
Aye - as Max says, whatever you think about the current Apple products (yes, yes, we know, TB ;)) without people like Jobs it's entirely possible the 'home computer' revolution might never have happened (I'm thinking of folks like Sir Clive Sinclair et al, there, too)..
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Re: RIP Steve Jobs
« Reply #7 on: 06 October 2011, 10:18:32 »
RIP Steve, you brought us many gadgets we didnt need  :'(
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Re: RIP Steve Jobs
« Reply #8 on: 06 October 2011, 18:23:54 »
Every industry needs people capable of pushing through alternative ideas in order to make progress. For that, he has to be applauded.

Remember, he's had some dogs as well - NeXTstep for example.  And Lisa - technically brilliant (in its time), if a tad sluggish, but an utter commericial flop.

I suspect he will be remembered for the last 5 or 6 years - the iDevices. Traditional computers and laptops, crApple haven't really made inroads into, despite all Microsofts failures, but gayPod/Pad/Phone were/are revolutionary (in that they worked and were usable at launch).
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Re: RIP Steve Jobs
« Reply #9 on: 06 October 2011, 18:31:06 »
He did something right, at one point Apple had more cash reserves that the US Government!  :o
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Re: RIP Steve Jobs
« Reply #10 on: 06 October 2011, 18:47:32 »
Quote from: tunnie on 06 October 2011, 18:31:06
He did something right, at one point Apple had more cash reserves that the US Government!  :o
I think even I have more cash reserves than the US Government - my biggest debt is fairly modest, and is too the Woolwich Barclays ;D
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Re: RIP Steve Jobs
« Reply #11 on: 06 October 2011, 18:55:09 »
as i recall,  NeXTstep laid the groundwork for OSX.... and then WebObjects, which turns out to have been rather useful for Apple (Apple Store, itunes Store, and Mobile me all relied on it)  so , not a complete waste,...   


he's been responsible for pretty much everything since the iMac G3,  it's rather more than 5-6 years....    15 years more like....    and i would say he WILL be remembered for that other stuff like original iMac,  clamshell iBook,  and so on.... 
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Re: RIP Steve Jobs
« Reply #12 on: 06 October 2011, 19:04:08 »
Quote from: MaxV6 on 06 October 2011, 18:55:09
as i recall,  NeXTstep laid the groundwork for OSX.... and then WebObjects, which turns out to have been rather useful for Apple (Apple Store, itunes Store, and Mobile me all relied on it)  so , not a complete waste,...   


he's been responsible for pretty much everything since the iMac G3,  it's rather more than 5-6 years....    15 years more like....    and i would say he WILL be remembered for that other stuff like original iMac,  clamshell iBook,  and so on....
I know, more or less, what he's responsible for. My point is that he will be remembered for the iPod onwards ;)

The Macs are niche products, always have been, likely to always will be.
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Re: RIP Steve Jobs
« Reply #13 on: 06 October 2011, 20:55:24 »
Quote from: TheBoy on 06 October 2011, 18:23:54
Every industry needs people capable of pushing through alternative ideas in order to make progress. For that, he has to be applauded.

Remember, he's had some dogs as well - NeXTstep for example.  And Lisa - technically brilliant (in its time), if a tad sluggish, but an utter commericial flop.

I suspect he will be remembered for the last 5 or 6 years - the iDevices. Traditional computers and laptops, crApple haven't really made inroads into, despite all Microsofts failures, but gayPod/Pad/Phone were/are revolutionary (in that they worked and were usable at launch).
A phone that works...it's all anybody wants. I think Nokia where quite helpful to Mr jobs in a way.

If it wasn't for Nokia, I would never have bought an iPhone or then an iPad. I was given an iPod once. It was ok, but I would never have bought one myself.

Rip Mr Jobs, let's hope they burry the flash ban with him.
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Re: RIP Steve Jobs
« Reply #14 on: 06 October 2011, 21:09:52 »
Quote from: chrisgixer on 06 October 2011, 20:55:24
Rip Mr Jobs, let's hope they burry the flash ban with him.

But what was it you said about people wanting things that work? ::)

I reckon he did well to survive pancreatic cancer that long. Announced in 2004. 56 is no age to die, though. :(
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