Steve Jobs has passed away: Condolences Thread

trophynuts · Oct 5, 2011

Like many others when i first got a text on my phone telling me about this tonight i thought it was a joke. I quickly went to the internet/twitter/facebook....

This is a sad day for the Tech world. I will be the first to admit that i often hate on certain Apple ways. The fact is that is all opinion based. The real fact is that this man has done more for the Tech world than can be put in to words. We have lost a founding father in the Tech world today. Steve Jobs will be missed. We would not have half of the tech that we have now if not for him. I remember my first computer class of any type when i was in the 6th or 7th grade was on an Apple. In fact that was my first computer experience period.

R.I.P Steve

Frisco · Oct 5, 2011

Great courage emanated from Steve Jobs. Great cleverness and business savvy.

As others are saying, the man really did change the world of computing, especially hand held computing via smartphones and tablets.

RIP.. way too young to die.

kevincott · Oct 5, 2011

Steve Jobs' creativity/innovations made the world a better place.

RIP.

krouget · Oct 5, 2011

President Obama on the Passing of Steve Jobs: "He changed the way each of us sees the world." | The White House

RIP

NightAngel79 · Oct 5, 2011

A.Nonymous said:
Who else grew up playing Oregon Trail on an Apple II? Huh? You died of dysentery and enjoyed it.

Amen!!

+999999999

WOW, you really hit nail on the head player.......

ari-free · Oct 5, 2011

A.Nonymous said:
Who else grew up playing Oregon Trail on an Apple II? Huh? You died of dysentery and enjoyed it.

I played it in school...but it was on a Franklin Apple II clone
:eek:

Dahlen · Oct 5, 2011

R.I.P Steve. I am grateful that in the wake of his passing, we are able to mourn and pay our respects without classless remarks. Thank you Steve for all you did, and thank you all for keeping A.F a place I am proud to be a member of.

NightAngel79 · Oct 5, 2011

was an apple IIgs for me... sold that thing in '97 for 50 bucks.....

always wish i had held on to that

ari-free · Oct 5, 2011

You know why he was such a great marketer? Because he was personally involved with every detail of the design. He wasn't selling someone else's stuff. Everything was his baby.

Vihzel · Oct 5, 2011

Lets not forget...

Steve Jobs was also one of the founders of Pixar.

brute347 · Oct 5, 2011

I just read this is it true!?!?!?!?

IOWA · Oct 5, 2011

As we all know the news has spread across the internet like wildfire, and Steve Jobs death has been announced. Everyone that knows me here knows I'm anti-everything-that-is-Apple and Steve Jobs along with Apple. On the business side of things, I still don't like Steve Jobs, and his business "tactics". We all know that, and I'm not going to expand much further on that.

However -- the tech enthusiast in me loves Steve Jobs. He's the type of person I wish I could aspire to be like. While I read and drool over the latest tech bits, Steve Jobs was the guy making the news happen -- even before I was born. Steve Jobs went from zero to mega-CEO richer than most of us can ever dream of -- and he did it twice.

I can easily say Steve Jobs was the greatest tech titan of all time, even better than Bill Gates, Larry Page, Eric Schmidt, etc. Why? People loved him, and people loved to hate him. He was the pinnacle of success, the dream of every fanboy to be able to live in Steve Jobs shoes making people fall in love with a product over and over again even if it doesn't have the most features from a technical standpoint. If it weren't for Steve Jobs, personal computing wouldn't be what it is today. Without his push of the Apple and AppleII, it could have been easily another decade or so before we saw the likes of affordable home computing.

It is safe to say that without the iPhone, smartphones would have never hit the mainstream and things wouldn't be where they are today. I'd most likely still be using Windows Mobile 6.x and cursing over lost styli. Even though I have never bought an Apple product, and as of right now likely never will, I can say with confidence that Steve Jobs is just as responsible for the mobile boom in technology as everyone else combined.

May you rest in peace Steven P. Jobs. You will be sorely missed by your fans, and perhaps even more by your enemies.

IOWA · Oct 5, 2011

Vihzel said:
Lets not forget...

Steve Jobs was also one of the founders of Pixar.

One of the sides of him that I actually liked

And I thought he bought Pixar?

A.Nonymous · Oct 5, 2011

NightAngel79 said:
was an apple IIgs for me... sold that thing in '97 for 50 bucks..... always wish i had held on to that

You can buy an Apple IIGS for like $200 on ebay now that I look it up. Dang, I should buy one.

cds0699 · Oct 5, 2011

RoboMonkey said:
You don't have to be a fan to appreciate that the man did a lot for the computing world.

He will be missed.

I agree

RIP Steve Jobs.

Dahlen · Oct 5, 2011

Lucas started Pixar, Jobs bought it and ran with it, then sold it to Disney...I think that's how it went.

brute347 · Oct 5, 2011

Holly crap I just confirmed it he did die today 10/05/2011

He was a brilliant dude

A.Nonymous · Oct 5, 2011

He was still on the board of Pixar I think. He had a way of grabbing something that already existed and turning it into something great.

tbolt72 · Oct 5, 2011

R.I.P a great mind lost. Not a apple fan,but I respect his thinking and vision.

papa j · Oct 5, 2011

i know he was not a popular name on here but at this time my thoughts go to his family my thoughts are with them
R.I.P
STEVE JOBS

mak916 · Oct 5, 2011

Where would Android be if there was no Steve Jobs? Love him or hate him, he pushed the competition to be better and push harder.

cds0699 · Oct 6, 2011

IOWA said:
As we all know the news has spread across the internet like wildfire, and Steve Jobs death has been announced. Everyone that knows me here knows I'm anti-everything-that-is-Apple and Steve Jobs along with Apple. On the business side of things, I still don't like Steve Jobs, and his business "tactics". We all know that, and I'm not going to expand much further on that.

However -- the tech enthusiast in me loves Steve Jobs. He's the type of person I wish I could aspire to be like. While I read and drool over the latest tech bits, Steve Jobs was the guy making the news happen -- even before I was born. Steve Jobs went from zero to mega-CEO richer than most of us can ever dream of -- and he did it twice.

I can easily say Steve Jobs was the greatest tech titan of all time, even better than Bill Gates, Larry Page, Eric Schmidt, etc. Why? People loved him, and people loved to hate him. He was the pinnacle of success, the dream of every fanboy to be able to live in Steve Jobs shoes making people fall in love with a product over and over again even if it doesn't have the most features from a technical standpoint. If it weren't for Steve Jobs, personal computing wouldn't be what it is today. Without his push of the Apple and AppleII, it could have been easily another decade or so before we saw the likes of affordable home computing.

It is safe to say that without the iPhone, smartphones would have never hit the mainstream and things wouldn't be where they are today. I'd most likely still be using Windows Mobile 6.x and cursing over lost styli. Even though I have never bought an Apple product, and as of right now likely never will, I can say with confidence that Steve Jobs is just as responsible for the mobile boom in technology as everyone else combined.

May you rest in peace Steven P. Jobs. You will be sorely missed by your fans, and perhaps even more by your enemies.

Good post, well said.

joe71 · Oct 6, 2011

Mr. Jobs you will be missed, without you the Iphone would have never come along and without the Iphone, there would have been no need for the Android market, you were a creative genius and will deeply be missed by friends and foe's a like

p.s

Thanks for brining us the awesome movie toystory, Rest in peace

txwolf1980 · Oct 6, 2011

I agree whole heartedly. Love him (or his ideas) or hate him. He was a driving force in this industry. If it weren't for him, and by extension his company, Android wouldn't be what it is today.

trparky · Oct 6, 2011

Rest in peace, Steve Jobs. You will be missed.

You will forever be known as one of the greatest visionaries of the computer industry. Thank you for all of your contributions to making computing what it is today. You have truly changed the world.

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