[Vettezuki]

“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” - Steve Jobs : February 24, 1955 - October 5, 2011

Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address ...

[Leedom]

I read a few articles today about him and he is impressive. He took Apple from a ho-hum in the late 90's and helped turn it into a $322 billion company. RIP.

Without Apple, my life would not be as enjoyable and I would not be able to do my job as well.

[Vettezuki]

Originally Posted by Leedom

I read a few articles today about him and he is impressive. He took Apple from a ho-hum in the late 90's and helped turn it into a $322 billion company. RIP.

Without Apple, my life would not be as enjoyable and I would not be able to do my job as well.

He was critical to the original founding of Apple. Wozzniak was/is a genius tinkerer, but Jobs was a natural entrepreneur who saw and knew what people needed and wanted. I'm not an Apple fan boy really, (though they obviously make brilliant hardware and software), but Steve Jobs was one of the greatest entrepreneurs of all time. Period.

[Leedom]

It was not just Apple but Pixar as well. How, after he returned to Apple, he helped make the company he started into one of the richest through a down economy is amazing.

They make products in my mind that people should make. products that might be more expensive but are quality and not just cheap throw away shit. I know some people who go through PCs every 2 to 3 years. My old MAC was in service for 8 years and old required a few system re-installs. Only reason I retired the thing was because I wanted a faster computer, not because it stopped working.

[Vettezuki]

Originally Posted by Leedom

It was not just Apple but Pixar as well. How, after he returned to Apple, he helped make the company he started into one of the richest through a down economy is amazing.

They make products in my mind that people should make. products that might be more expensive but are quality and not just cheap throw away shit. I know some people who go through PCs every 2 to 3 years. My old MAC was in service for 8 years and old required a few system re-installs. Only reason I retired the thing was because I wanted a faster computer, not because it stopped working.

Yep, and when was booted from Apple the first time, he started Next, whose technology formed much of the launching point for the modern Apple era. So, Apple, Next, Pixar, Apple. Pretty impressive.