RIP Steve Jobs

Drizzo · Post by **Drizzo** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 12:52 am

I'm not a big Apple fan, but this guy shaped and inspired some of the fields I find interesting.

It's a titanic loss for the technology world. He will be missed.

Broodwich · Post by **Broodwich** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 1:00 am

i poured one out of my latte for my homie

Xason · Post by **Xason** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 1:09 am

R.I.P.

SaiSoma · Post by **SaiSoma** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 1:19 am

sad day, very sad.

spideycw · Post by **spideycw** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 2:10 am

SaiSoma wrote:QUOTE (SaiSoma @ Oct 5 2011, 09:19 PM) sad day, very sad.

why?

Vortrog · Post by **Vortrog** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 2:20 am

The Apple home computer changed the world more than than apples 'i' products.

QUOTE Even though Jobs earned only $1 a year as CEO of Apple,he held 5.426 million Apple shares, as well as 138 million shares in Disney (which he had received in exchange for Disney's acquisition of Pixar). Forbes estimated his net wealth at $8.3 billion in 2010, making him the 42nd wealthiest American[/quote]

QUOTE After Bloomberg accidentally published Jobs' obituary in 2008, Arik Hesseldahl of BusinessWeek magazine noted that "Jobs isn't widely known for his association with philanthropic causes", compared to Bill Gates' efforts.[90] After resuming control of Apple in 1997, Jobs eliminated all corporate philanthropy programs[/quote]

yep, he was ultimately pretty worthless in my opinion.

EDIT: Spidey got in first with my sentiments.

raumvogel · Post by **raumvogel** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 2:23 am

All old tech has to die eventually

DasSmiter · Post by **DasSmiter** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 2:25 am

This is soon to turn into one of those threads

I'm saddened by his loss

ryujin · Post by **ryujin** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 3:09 am

My GF was like did you hear about the new i phone that came out today... a minute later I saw the news on yahoo or some @#(! and say to her: "wtf you tell me about the new iphone but not that jobs died?"

Terran · Post by **Terran** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 3:16 am

Vortrog wrote:QUOTE (Vortrog @ Oct 5 2011, 10:20 PM) The Apple home computer changed the world more than than apples 'i' products.

yep, he was ultimately pretty worthless in my opinion.

EDIT: Spidey got in first with my sentiments.

someone who doesn't give out freebies to others is a worthless human being? are you serious?
he created a bunch of products that lots of people obviously liked, that is far from worthless.