Steve Jobs

[SuggWillSugg MBE]

Has died.


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

Had cancer, so sadly not a big surprise.

Massive loss, Without him there would be no iPod's let alone the other things apple created with him in charge. iPhones etc.

RIP

[@MacPhlea]

Steve Jobs turned the traditionalist view that 'form follows function' on its head and we shouldn't forget that he also helped create Pixar without whom we would not have the delights of the Toy Story trilogy.

Thankfully Apples biggest asset, Jonathon Ive, remains alive and well so we should continue to see ground breaking design for a few years to come...

RIP

[Barry Scott]

I disagree MacPhlea. The design is nothing next to the work Jobs did. Before Jobs returned Apple were floundering. Steve Jobs created NeXT which became the OS on his return to Apple. He's the brain behind Apple's innovation and recent strength. Sure the stuff looks good, but it also works good and was built on strong principles of function championed by Jobs.

A good speech of his.

[leefer]

Sad day,we tend to remember movie stars etc but he was on a par with the great industrialists of the past....his knowledge and ideas created jobs and wealth.
Must have been a tough last few years because he knew what was coming for a fair while.
To keep things together a sporting hero of mine Graham Dilley the England bowler/batsmen died yesterday aged 52,overshadowed by Botham in THAT great Ashes series he played a massive part and was a fine all rounder in the Stuart Broad mould i would say.

Both fine men in there fields...R.I.P.

[Ginginho]

When I heard he had died, iWept.

[@MacPhlea]

I disagree MacPhlea. The design is nothing next to the work Jobs did. Before Jobs returned Apple were floundering. Steve Jobs created NeXT which became the OS on his return to Apple. He's the brain behind Apple's innovation and recent strength. Sure the stuff looks good, but it also works good and was built on strong principles of function championed by Jobs.

A good speech of his.

I'm not belittling Jobs contribution to Apples success in anyway and agree it was floundering before he returned but the point was that, on his return, jobs 'discovered' Ives locked away in a room full of previously ignored products.  He knew that form and function worked hand in hand and that was/is the difference with Apple products - they challenge the traditionalists views of what 'things' should do and look like and combine them to make ground breaking products that people 'desire' rather than just need; which is why people like me have a house full of Apple products and ditched PC's years ago.

[STFC4LIFE]

R. iPeace

[Peter Venkman]

RIP Mr Jobs

I went to a seminar hosted by him and Sir Clive Sinclair back in 1985 when I was starting out in my computer career and I was at University, he was a visionary, he had ideas that we all though would never come to fruition.....they did, and he was a nice bloke too, well back then he was.

Doesnt change my feelings on his more recent products though which iDespise.

[Paolo69]

To keep things together a sporting hero of mine Graham Dilley the England bowler/batsmen died yesterday aged 52,overshadowed by Botham in THAT great Ashes series he played a massive part and was a fine all rounder in the Stuart Broad mould i would say.

Both fine men in there fields...R.I.P.

Big shame about both. Remember watching Dilley bowl when i was a nipper. An all rounder he wasn't though i don't think, which makes his Ashes heroics all the more remarkable.

[Samdy Gray]

There would be far fewer fan boys in the world without Steve Jobs.

Whilst I've never been a personal fan of his, I admire that he's probably one of the biggest forces that contributed to the level of innovation we have in consumer electronics today.

[jonny72]

I went to a seminar hosted by him and Sir Clive Sinclair back in 1985 when I was starting out in my computer career and I was at University, he was a visionary, he had ideas that we all though would never come to fruition.....they did, and he was a nice bloke too, well back then he was.

I watched a video recently of his first appearance at an Apple show after his return to the company in 1996. He said where he saw things going and where he wanted them to go and he pretty much described the MacBook Air and iCloud perfectly, it was kind of spooky just how spot on it was.