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Postby BigTruck » Wed Oct 05, 2011 7:08 pm

http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2011/ ... mpaign=rss

A man who brought a lot to the world.
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Re: Apple CEO passes away

Postby Fozzer » Wed Oct 05, 2011 7:16 pm

Oh no!

That came as a big surprise to me.
I knew he was very poorly, but I didn't know that he was so close to death!

He was recently on stage showing Apple's latest products.

Being a dedicated 8-bit Computer programmer myself, I followed Bill Gates and Steve Jobs closely ever since the 1970's.
I shall miss him!

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Re: Apple CEO passes away

Postby Apex » Wed Oct 05, 2011 7:57 pm

We've lost someone who made a big difference in the world and moved us forward.  We all owe a lot to Steve Jobs.  He will be missed.
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Re: Apple CEO passes away

Postby alrot » Wed Oct 05, 2011 8:20 pm


A man who brought a lot to the world.


I agree with this   :( It took me also by surprise  :o
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Re: Apple CEO passes away

Postby RaptorF22 » Wed Oct 05, 2011 9:59 pm

This came as a big surprise to me too. :-/
I know Steve Jobs has had a huge impact on my life(I'm typing this with an iPod Touch), and he has helped shape the modern computer industry into what it is today.
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Re: Apple CEO passes away

Postby ozzy72 » Thu Oct 06, 2011 5:29 am

I thought my colleague was joking when he told me this, this morning!
Whilst not an Apple fan I can't deny Jobs did do a lot to change the electronic world and how we interacted with computers (his pinching the GUI idea from Palo Alto still being one of the greatest heists in history to not be made into a movie) ;D
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Re: Apple CEO passes away

Postby machineman9 » Thu Oct 06, 2011 6:03 am

I'm sure there is a Steve Clone out there somewhere... I mean, he learnt to clone most of his products  :-X ::)

But no, I never really liked Apple products and I don't think I would ever buy one; the fear of being out dated so quickly puts me off. It would be interesting to see how the company develops. Sure, he wasn't with Apple for a while this year, but given a year or so I think we will see some big changes. Hopefully the new products will be slightly more customer-upgrade friendly, but they won't have the same genius behind them.


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Re: Apple CEO passes away

Postby hyperpep111 » Thu Oct 06, 2011 6:42 am

That was a revolutionary man. Tablets, Smartphones and even computers might never have been as good as they are now. Apple has It's up's and downs like everything else :-/. But It also changed the way we had tech :o 8-). RIP Steve :'(. The new guy better do a good job. P.S It's good to have control of what comes in and out but apple needs to loosen the grip a little.
And Steve Jobs had the same Birthday as me :-X :D
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Re: Apple CEO passes away

Postby pete » Thu Oct 06, 2011 11:56 am

Steve was a HUGE contributor to our world.
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Re: Apple CEO passes away

Postby ozzy72 » Thu Oct 06, 2011 1:03 pm

God obviously feels Steve's needed up there

I'm guessing He was getting p*ssed off with app problems on his 4S and called the expert...
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Re: Apple CEO passes away

Postby BigTruck » Thu Oct 06, 2011 2:02 pm

God obviously feels Steve's needed up there

I'm guessing He was getting p*ssed off with app problems on his 4S and called the expert...


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Re: Apple CEO passes away

Postby expat » Thu Oct 06, 2011 5:14 pm

God obviously feels Steve's needed up there

I'm guessing He was getting p*ssed off with app problems on his 4S and called the expert...


Angry Birds wouldn't load...


That or he was a bit ticked that it had no 4G.......

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Re: Apple CEO passes away

Postby beaky » Thu Oct 06, 2011 7:15 pm

A brilliant life, and a brilliant vision. Others had thought of smaller, more ubiquitous computing before, but he was one of the few willing to try to make it practical. Did a very good job of it, too- it's a shame he did not have more time to do even more.
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Re: Apple CEO passes away

Postby machineman9 » Fri Oct 07, 2011 5:56 am

God obviously feels Steve's needed up there

I'm guessing He was getting p*ssed off with app problems on his 4S and called the expert...

This popped up on Facebook literally minutes ago  ;)
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