RIP Steve Jobs.
Posted by: Tony Lockhart on 05 October 2011
On the day his new phone comes out with just a better camara in it.
Sad news.
The man was a walking medical history book.
He would of gone years ago if he didnt have the money to pay for second hand pre-loved parts and the massive cost that went with it for the cable dressing..
Love him or hate him?
He was one in a million the likes of will never be seen again in my life time.
Thats the three over with.
Jansch/Lilly/Jobs,
May they all RIP.
Stu
A great entrepreneur, RIP Steve.
RIP
"When you're a carpenter making a beautiful chest of drawers, you're not going to use a piece of plywood on the back, even though it faces the wall and nobody will ever see it. You'll know it's there, so you're going to use a beautiful piece of wood on the back. For you to sleep well at night, the aesthetic, the quality, has to be carried all the way through."
Steve Jobs, 1985
Expected but sad, this man brought a new aesthetic to computers and software.
RIP Steve.
Even though we knew it was going to happen, it is still a shock when it's announced - great products, great presenter and revolutionary thinker: my first desktop computer Apple II, the original Macintosh, NeXT, Mac OS X, iTunes, iPhone and iPAD are but a few of the great things Steve brought to world and I have enjoyed using over the years: computing products that just worked and did what the consumer wanted. Even my mother uses an iPAD now.
One of the best speakers I ever had the privilege to hear.
RIP Mr Jobs - song long and thanks for the fish.
End of an era.
Maybe this can offset the detractors of this thread:-
On another version in white writing is a simple:
iMourn
Bearing in mind the original origin of the bitten apple symbol that seems an odd image to me.
Anyway, sad news if not unexpected. Will Bill Gates be as lamented (whenever he reaches his demise) I wonder? Has probably 'changed the world' more than Jobs, and his latter philanthropy is to be applauded.
Jobs seemed more able to create a brand cult, as well as the striking products hence the great personal response to his death perhaps. He also seemed to be respected and liked by his employees and peers which is no mean feat.
Bruce
Just read the wikipedia page on Job's life and was astounded by the timeline.
Apple was losing money when the acquired NeXt and Jobs in 1996. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2004. So he had only 8 or 9 years of feeling great, both in his rise to the top of the business world, and in his personal health. Very sad.
He should also be remembered for what he did to get the Pixar studio going -- "cartoons" were never quite the same after Toy Story (1995)!
I think history will judge him mostly favorably, but his elimination of corporate philanthropy at Apple from 1997 on will also be remembered.
Hook
3 Apples that changed the world
"1 that Eve ate, 1 that fell on Newtons head and 1 that Jobs built"
Nicked from facebook via twitter.
RIP Steve!
Will Apple continue with the same level of innovation, without him?
I was thinking about Julian Vereker last night, and how the torch was passed to Paul Stephenson. With Paul's leadership, Naim is as innovative as it ever was.
Let's hope Apple can do the same.
Dave
Just saw a piece RT'd by Jon from here a quote caught my eye:
"he (Steve) knew what to give a shit about"
I like that thought.
Bruce I don't understand your reference to the original origin of the Apple logo.
Rob J seemed clear enough that it didn't have any other meanings ,only the urban myths that have grown up afterwards.
I'm not sure if the origin of the apple logo was genuinely associated with the death of Alan Turing or if that is an 'urban myth'. If not the story is persuasive enough that it remains an association for me and just seemed a slightly unconfortable juxtaposition in the image posted.
It is probably just me that thought this-sorry if I offended.
Bruce
No offence taken.
I didn't know any of this until this afternoon, it would appear the bite was introduced to give the apple scale and not be mistaken for a cherry. Seems the Turing link is indeed an urban myth.
I know we can't post links here, but Google "Steve Wozniak speaks to the Associated Press Thursday morning about Steve Jobs".
Wozniak really sums up well how important Steve Jobs was to both him (as entrepreneurs starting their company in a garage) and the world. Fascinating, and very touching.
Dave
It tends to be manufacturers links mainly that get chopped, information links are looked on more favouably it seems.
Howard, let's see if you are right! 
Check this out, a touching commentary by Steve Wozniak about Steve Jobs: (click on link)
“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.” — Steve Jobs, during a Stanford commencement ceremony in 2005.
Apple would be nothing without Jonathan "Jony" Ive, CBE (born February 1967) is an English designer and the Senior Vice President of Industrial Design at Apple Inc. He is the leading designer and conceptual mind behind the iMac, titanium and aluminum PowerBook G4, G4 Cube, MacBook, unibody MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iPod, iPhone, and iPad