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[gungrave17]

yup, we do, i remember when ipad 2 was coming out, and i went to the mall, and i passed by an apple store, and i saw a huge line up, suckers wanting to buy ipad 2

[Matches Malone]

That's a pear.

[Advocate]

But on a more serious note, if you go read the history of Apple and Steve Jobs, it is amazing. When you hear about entrepreneurs and such, he is the definition of it.

You have this company that really is not about inventing new products as much as looking at attempts of other products and making them much better. iTunes, iPhone, iPad, Mac, etc. These are not new products. There were pay download sites, there were smartphones, there were tablets, their were computers. But Jobs saw them in a different way.

And the way he promoted his company, as a marketer is something to really admire. When you have places like Wal-Mart forcing down the worth of everything and companies only relying on being the cheapest, he did the opposite. When you use a Mac product, the customer experience is the most important thing.

I think his only issue is his cult of personality. He developed one so strongly around himself, that he made himself as big as his company. Now that he is leaving, it is a major concern that Apple will not be the same company it was before.

[The Headliner]

I think most iProduct users would stare at you blankly if you said the name Steve Jobs.

Or anything else for that matter, but that's beside my point.

[Advocate]

I think most iProduct users would stare at you blankly if you said the name Steve Jobs.

Or anything else for that matter, but that's beside my point.

Investors know who he is though, and that is pretty important.  I mean this is a man who took the stock of the company from $10 a share to $500.  He was on pace to make the company as large as Exxon Mobile. 

Thing is, when he was fired from the company, it went downwards.  When they brought him back, he revitalized it.  He has always been the creative core of the company (no pun intended).

[gungrave17]

In August, Apple CEO Steve Jobs resigned from his post, saying he "could no longer meet [his] duties and expectations as Apple's CEO." Today the tech company announced that Jobs has died.

 
Steve Jobs introducing the iPhone 4 last year. (Credit: James Martin/CNET)
"Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being," the company said in a statement. "Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor. Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple."

The company also invited people to share their thoughts, memories, and condolences in e-mails sent to rememberingsteve@apple.com.

Apple's board of directors released a separate statement about Jobs' death, saying, "Steve's brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve. His greatest love was for his wife, Laurene, and his family. Our hearts go out to them and to all who were touched by his extraordinary gifts."

Before stepping down as CEO, Jobs took three medical leaves of absence from Apple in recent years due to a string of health problems. Upon his latest leave in January, Jobs said he was turning over the company's day-to-day operations to COO Tim Cook. After Jobs resigned, Cook was appointed the company's new CEO. However, Jobs was to stay involved with the company in the role of chairman of the board.

Job was 56 years old.

[The Headliner]

Fair play to the guy, I didn't consider the iPod and iPhone to constitute "making the world a better place" but they casually mentioned on the news this morning that he invented the computer mouse. He deserves to be better remembered for that.

[Matches Malone]

Damn, just damn.

[Advocate]

Fair play to the guy, I didn't consider the iPod and iPhone to constitute "making the world a better place" but they casually mentioned on the news this morning that he invented the computer mouse. He deserves to be better remembered for that.

I do not think the comparisons to Einstein are credible.

But I think one thing that really bumbs me out is that the world is just so negative now with the economy and business.  No one wants to take risks and be creative.  He laughed in the face of everything and just kind of seemed to keep morale up for so many. 

[Hazzy]

Fair play to the guy, I didn't consider the iPod and iPhone to constitute "making the world a better place" but they casually mentioned on the news this morning that he invented the computer mouse. He deserves to be better remembered for that.

I don't think the iPod and iPhone are his only contributions to technology, or the mouse, although I think they are part of it. He was a big hand in revolutionising how we use computers. Obama put it best I think when in his statement he said it's a tribute to Steve Jobs that so many people read about his death on a device (mac, ipod, iphone, ipad...) that he developed and created.

"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. Stay hungry. Stay foolish."
Stanford University commencement address, June 2005

[Fan]

His greatest accomplishments are linked to Pixar obviously. RIP.

[Advocate]

Fair play to the guy, I didn't consider the iPod and iPhone to constitute "making the world a better place" but they casually mentioned on the news this morning that he invented the computer mouse. He deserves to be better remembered for that.

I don't think the iPod and iPhone are his only contributions to technology, or the mouse, although I think they are part of it. He was a big hand in revolutionising how we use computers. Obama put it best I think when in his statement he said it's a tribute to Steve Jobs that so many people read about his death on a device (mac, ipod, iphone, ipad...) that he developed and created.

"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. Stay hungry. Stay foolish."
Stanford University commencement address, June 2005

Exactly, he helped popularize personal computers, and iTunes, and such.

But it is how he looked at everything differently and made them better.  He did not invite the smart phone, or the PC or the operating system or the tablet.  But he made them a lot better.  His aim to simplify all processes helped lead to the computer systems that we have today.