Steve Jobs, Apple co-founder, dead at 56

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Statement by Apple’s Board of Directors:

We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today.

Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve.

His greatest love was for his wife, Laurene, and his family. Our hearts go out to them and to all who were touched by his extraordinary gifts.

Steve Paul Jobs, February 24, 1955 - October 5, 2011

Apple.com states:

Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and inspiring mentor. Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple.

If you would like to share your thoughts, memories, and condolences, please email rememberingsteve@apple.com

MacDailyNews Take: Oh, how we’d hoped this day would never come. Steve Jobs changed our lives profoundly.

We deeply mourn the passing of Steven P. Jobs. We have all lost a true Renaissance man. Mr. Jobs made the world a better place while bravely fighting an insidious disease during the last several years of his life under much public scrutiny. While we hope he did all of this free of pain, we suspect otherwise. Add “courageous” to the long list of superlatives describing this singular genius.

We extend our deepest sympathies to his family and friends. Thank you, Mr. Jobs for everything you have given to the world.

Rest in peace.

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In 2009, following a liver transplant that he credited with prolonging his life, Steve Jobs said hoped that everyone would consider organ donation (video). For more information, in the US, please visit organdonor.gov. In Mr. Jobs’ honor, please consider giving the gift of life.

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Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes.

The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them.

About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They invent. They imagine. They heal. They explore. They create. They inspire. They push the human race forward.

Maybe they have to be crazy.

How else can you stare at an empty canvas and see a work of art? Or sit in silence and hear a song that’s never been written? Or gaze at a red planet and see a laboratory on wheels?

We make tools for these kinds of people.

While some see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.

427 Comments

    1. I am speechless. What a great man. We all were lucky to have lived when he did. He gave the world so much. And needless to say he will be sorely missed. We will never see his like again. Rest easy Steve and thanks so much! My condolences to his family and Apple.

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        1. Words cannot even come close to expressing his greatness, his challenge with such a deadly cancer, his love for and for what he has done to change the world.

          God bless you, Steve and my deepest condolences for both your family, personal and Apple.

        2. I had a feeling this would happen. At the event, the apple team seemed not too happy. I could see it.

          Tom Cook had it very difficult. Others too. It explains everything. I wish them and the family all the strength they can have.

          I was simply shocked. No words, just feelings… Strong feelings because i admire him.

          I am definitely gonna buy the (Walter Isaacson’s) biography of Steve Jobs.

        6. @mossman
          4S=For Steve. perfect.
          been sad the past few hours due to the news.. Your comment just made tears form.

          My other comment now buried in the huge thread here, but the picture above is now my lock screen on my iPhone.
          (my other comment said a different picture, the one above i think is a lot better)

        7. So true Jan. I thought something was weird when I watched the video of the presentation.

          RIP Steve and thank you. For everything. Apple fan and user since 91 and that will never change.

          Peace.

    5. How did he make it a better place?

      By uniting vastly different people for one solitary cause: Apple and all that it embodies.

      Though we disagree on an infinite number of issues, we all agree that life without Apple would be a bunch of dull, gray or tan pc boxes. Yuck!

      Free at last!

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    6. “The light that burns twice as bright burns for half as long…” Today is an exceptionally dark day for humanity as we have lost our brightest light. Rest in peace, Steve Jobs. Love and peace to your family.

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    7. I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something… Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. – Steve Jobs, June 12, 2005

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      3. Thanks, Fred. I want to remember that quote, and to use it to question myself the beginning of every morning starting tomorrow from here on out. It smacks of profound, thought-provoking words of advice. Another piece of inspiration that Mr. Jobs has provided to me (and everyone) in addition to his inspiring Macs and OS’s thru all these years.
        I wish I had bought a Next desktop when I could have. I still have my PowerBook 180 and remember fondly the graphics works I produced on his Mac 2 and the then new MacOS 7. So exciting to use.
        I will miss you, Steve Jobs. 55 feels way too early. I wish I could have known you.
        Fondly, Chip

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    8. Cannot believe this day. I’m really saddened and feel bad. People like Steve Jobs should never die.

      Thank you Steve, now you’ll live forever in our hearts.

      My deepest condolences go to family and friends.

      God be with you Steve Jobs.

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  14. He enriched the lives of so many. I hope the posters on many tech sites can keep respectful. Regardless of your tech love he was an inspiration to every American with his tenacity and vision.

    RIP Steve.

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    1. Steve Jobs has brought wonder and magic to me for the last thirty years. I’ll forever be grateful for the empowerment of his work. His dedication to truly awesome products, and his integrity, makes him stand alone away from all other leaders. I will miss him and his Camelot reign. Rest in peace, Mr. Jobs.

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  27. Truly an end of a great era. I may have disagreed with his politics but he will go down as one of the greatest capitalists of all time. He made all of our lives better and he will be tremendously missed.

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      1. Be petty if you want. A person can transcend their political beliefs and Steve Jobs did that. He didn’t wear his liberalism on his sleeve and he didn’t begrudge others their pursuit of the American Dream. He didn’t foment class-warfare or come by his wealth through crony capitalism but instead, honestly built an empire that is envy of the world.

        I deeply admire Jobs because he had the heart of a free-market capitalist and he didn’t let anyone stop him from achieving greatness.

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  34. This is one of the saddest days of my life. I have lost a brother, the world has lost the greatest technology wizard of all time. May you rest in peace … What else can I say to relieve my pain???

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  57. Last night I saw Cars 2 in 3D. In the credits, at the top of the ‘Thanks To’ list was Steve Jobs.

    Considering the joy and creativity Apple computers have given me for the last 20 years I also have to put Steve Jobs at the top of my ‘Thanks To’ list. What a remarkable man.

    Rejoice that Steve Jobs helped all of our lives and revolutionized the computer community.

    Enjoy the next life Steve. (^_^)/

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  58. Oh wow. I did not expect that today, particularly a day after all the speculation that Steve would make an appearance at the Let’s Talk iPhone event.

    If anyone is doubting the report, just go to apple.com.

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    1. Please no winers or losers.

      It’s immaterial how Steve passed away.

      What’s important is he got to say goodbye, unlike others he was able to complete his mission. I say it was a success.

      Thanks again, and for ever.

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  63. Condolences to Steve’s family, his Apple family and my fellow Apple devotees here at MDN for such a great loss.

    Good bye Steve. The only ray of sunshine is no more suffering.

    God Bless.

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  66. 🙁 Sad
    Yet so happy to know Steve Jobs through his Mac computer and iPhone & iPad and Pixar movies!!!!
    I’m glad I worked for Apple Store 🙂

    He ” stayed hungry ” through his work!

    Let’s pray for his soul as he truly is now in the iCloud…..

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  70. Very sad news. Steve was the Henry Ford of our generation and his vision will live on. He has instilled a culture at Apple that I believe will continue. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Steve’s family and the Apple employees. We share your grief.

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  85. A true visionary, a man who, over and over, changed the fundamental ways in which humanity goes about its business. A man whose legacy will be timeless and legendary.
    RIP, Steve. You did well. Thank you.

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  88. This is truly the loss of such a young incredible person.

    Although we all know our time will come, it’s never the right time. We should always try and leave this world a better place than when we arrived in it and I think Steve Jobs exemplifies that in more ways that one!

    We extend our deepest and warmest condolences to Steve’s family and his family at Apple.

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  92. Dear Steve,

    Thanks for changing the world. Don’t worry about us. Tim’s a great man.

    Also for those who think the leadership screwed the pooch on the iPhone 4S delivery, don’t worry Steve, the team’s hearts were heavy in your thoughts, as is ours.

    Unbelievable,

    Sleep peacefully my friend.

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  95. What a huge loss. You can be sure the iPhone 4S, iOS 5 & iCloud are all from Steve’s last work as will be the iPad 3 as well next Spring. I am very sad to hear this news. My prayers and blessings go out to all his family.

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    1. I was privileged to meet Steve when I drove Buckminster Fuller to Apple HQ for a cold call introduction of him to Steve in about 1978. Everyone dropped what they were doing and Steve was happy to give Bucky a personal tour of the place. I was a charter adopter of two Macintosh computers in 1984 allowing me to easily startup one of the first Mac Magazines, MacBriefs. Steve has been my hero and constant mental companion ever since. I’ll miss his presence in life a lot. But his presence in my life and in all of ours forthcoming will persist in all the great tools he’s made for us and which will continue to be made for us by the creative empire he has built and left us all to continue to cherish. His influences and legacy will never die. God bless his wife and children.

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  97. This is a very sad day for all of us. My thought got out to Mr Jobs family and all at apple. The god of tech has given us all the best of his mind and vision and the world has lost the a great person .
    RIP Steve jobs you will be miss by all .

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  98. This is one of the biggest losses in the history of humanity. Nobody changed the world like Steve Jobs did. Nobody in the modern history. This is a sad day for those who hope, who believe in hard work, honesty, and …
    I heard the news via NPR while driving and I felt like I was hit by a lightening. I wish strength to his wife and children. And of course to who follow SJ’s works. I will miss him forever. Even though I never met him, I feel like I lost someone who is very close to me. I am sure a lot of that feel like that. I think he has touched the lives of everyone in the modern world. What a day.

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  102. Farewell, Steve. Little did I know when I was in junior high snickering at the old “Macintrashes” in the corner of my history room that I would someday laud the company and its products as some of the finest I could ever hope to own. Thank you, Steve, for sharing your visionary talents with the world—and for daring to push boundaries no one else even thought of.

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    1. same.
      At least for me Steve joins a VERY select few people that i haven’t known personally hat have affected me this much upon their passing.

      not even sure i can even finish reading all the replies here tonight..

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  107. Breaking news.
    Heart-breaking news.
    Just saw this posted on another site, and I hoped it was an error.
    Steve Jobs and his team have done things that have altered my life and made work, play, and creativity, better and easier for me and those around me.
    Steve’s legacy will live on in the amazing and world-bettering products he helped produce, and the amazing company he created.
    I don’t know if a man can ask for more than to be remembered for his brilliant creations, as he moves beyond this world.

    May Steve’s family find comfort in knowing he no longer suffers and is beyond all worldly cares.

    Thank you, Steve Jobs.

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  109. Rest in peace, Steve. You were a true “artist” and genius at providing the world with phenomenal products. I pray that your philosophy and actions are taken as a lesson to the rest of the world (both private and business).

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  111. Very sad to hear this news. You can be sure the iPhone 4S, iCloud and iOS 5 are all part of Steve’s last contribution to our lives. And e iPad 3 next year will also be a part of Steve’s last work. My prayers go out to all his family. I mourn his passing with a very heavy heart.

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  113. I am kind of shell shocked, although in my heart I knew this day was coming soon- Steve would not have left Apple as CEO until he was no longer able to give his life energy to running the company.
    Such a bright, blinding star, able to spend only too short of a time on this earth to provide us all so many gifts before flaring out in a Super Nova to burn no more.
    – RIP Steve

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  115. So sad. I am surrounded by five Think Different posters in my home office. Time for one last poster, to join compatriots Feynman, Gandhi, Robinson, Henson, and the others. First among equals.

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  118. I don’t even know what to say. I’m in utter shock. We have lost the greatest inventor in modern times.

    Rest in Peace, Mr. Jobs. You made the world a better place. More than most realize.

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    1. To Steve P. Jobs, you were, and will always continue to be my hero. You changed my life. From the first time I laid my hands on my first personal computer, an Apple II in the late 70’s to today’s MacBook Pro, iPad 2 and iPhone 4 and all the things in between.

      Thank you for all you’ve done and for being Steve.

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  126. I’m overwhelmed with grief right now. Thanks for all the great stuff and inspiration. RIP Steve.

    Cancer fscking sucks, it’s robbed so many of our friends and family. EVERYONE please make a donation, anything you can to ANY of the great orgs fighting and searching for a cure. Make it in Steves name…

    Please..

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    1. The cure is for our society to not be the way it is. Cancer comes from so many places, for so many reasons and it will only get worse. Believe whatever you will, but I’m comforted by the Bible’s words of a time when “He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain” Our planet and our pain can only continue so long. That time has to be soon. Just my 2 cents.

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  130. I can’t believe I find myself actually having tears in my eyes for this moment. But this man changed my life for the better in so many ways. I walked around as one of his biggest fans. I am sure I am not the only person that feels this way.

    Steve Jobs is the Thomas Edison of our generation. His contributions to the world have completely changed the way we live our lives. He will be remembered in history books.

    There has not been a CEO of a company as important as Steve Jobs since Walt Disney. Geniuses!

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  133. What a courageous man to keep his dignity and still provide guidance amongst all the scrutiny and prying about his condition. I think it will be a few generations before we see another of his brilliance. Amazing capacity to blend technology and the arts and make it all more beautiful. What a shame. We’re all better off for sharing the planet with him.

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  136. Just learned about this as I went to the Apple site and saw his picture and dates in black and white …

    First thoughts recall the grateful dead song, he’s gone, like a steam locomotive rolling down the track, he’s gone and nothing’s gonna bring him back.

    He was an inspiration to those who would try to those who try to do things well in spite of overwhelming opinion to the contrary – Think Different, you will be remembered because you did.

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  139. In the words of Dr Seuss:

    Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.

    We have lived with a great mind and spirit among us, and we all got a chance to know him a little. It’s a little selfish to expect more.

    RIP Steve.

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  140. I can’t decide to reply with my iMac, iPhone or iPad. Job(s) well done. Don’t be sad. We should all accomplish so much. Be sad for those who dream much but accomplish little.

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  141. RIP Mr Jobs, you made my life easier, for the last 25 years of my life, everyday, one of the things you have created has been at the centre of my day. That’s weird… Your genius will be missed.

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  144. I am 16 and I have to say Steve Jobs is a huge role model to me and my hero. I love everything he did, he changed my life forever and I will never forget that. I wish I could have met him. Thank you Steve for all you did!

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  145. Steve, thanks for all you did for us. You’re fight, you’re conviction, your vision. May God guide your family, friends & your employees forever. Um forte abraco sempre.
    “have the courage to follow your heart and dreams…. Everything else is secondary”.

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  148. I’m gonna miss yah Stevie boy. Well done on everything you accomplished, your family, friends, co-workers and just everyone in general are extremely proud of what you have brought to society. RIP big guy, gone but not forgotten. 🙁
    Say hi to my grandmother for me 🙂

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  152. I am deeply saddened by his death. He has been an inspiration to me and I have made my living using his products for the last 20 years. His influence on my life has been profound and I will remain eternally thankful. May he rest in peace.

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  153. Steve, you are such a great guy and you changed my life in so many ways. Rest in peace knowing that you changed the world. You are a great guy and i had hoped I would get to meet you someday but now I can’t.. From the rest of the world to you… Thank you

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  157. What would Apple be with out Steve Jobs. He done slot for apple when he came back to apple after Apple bought Steve company Next and he changed Apple in a good way. We Apple fan boys will miss you. Rest in peace Steve.

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  161. The greatness of this leader can not be measured in words! He actually made technology IMPROVE this world and his impact in this world is beyond words… There are not many people you can say that about… RIP Steve and may your legacy live forever… LONG LIVE STEVE JOBS!

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  169. RIP Steve. What can be said? You’ve touched the lives of so many people without even knowing them and we have you specifically to thank for so many amazing, life-enhancing products.

    Some of my stuff:
    ][e, IIGS, Commodore 64, Gateway 2000 PIII-266, Powermac G4 Quicksilver, Powermac G5, iMac G5, Mac mini, MBP ’06, MBP ’07, MBP ’11, iPods (3G was my favorite, Shuffle, Nano), iPhone 1G, iPhone 3G, iPhone 4…

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  175. Rest in Peace Steve. You were an example, an inspiration, and a benefactor to all. The companies and the products you inspired really changed the world. I hope that those you trained can carry on the work you started.

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  177. Words can’t describe my sadness.

    Late morning I had time to watch yesterday’s Keynote video and I was very suspicious of the lone empty chair that kept coming into camera view with “RESERVED” on it in the audience. It just kept giving me a creepy feeling every time they showed it.

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    1. I had the same feeling about yesterday. The rest of the crowd seemed more subdued. Had the feeling something was amiss.

      Tragic loss for his family and Apple. God bless him, his family and Apple.

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  182. “Coffin that passes through lanes and streets,
    Through day and night with the great cloud darkening the land,
    With the pomp of the inloop’d flags with the cities draped in black,
    With the show of the States themselves as of crape-veil’d women standing,
    With processions long and winding and the flambeaus of the night,
    With the countless torches lit, with the silent sea of faces and the unbared heads,
    With the waiting depot, the arriving coffin, and the sombre faces,
    With dirges through the night, with the thousand voices rising strong and solemn,
    With all the mournful voices of the dirges pour’d around the coffin,
    The dim-lit churches and the shuddering organs — where amid these you journey,
    With the tolling tolling bells’ perpetual clang,
    Here, coffin that slowly passes,
    I give you my sprig of lilac.”

    W. Whitman, another great american

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  187. It brings a tear to my eye to hear of Jobs’ passing. He went way to early but he is getting deserved recognition on many websites and media outlets right now in light of the loss of such a creative genius.

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  189. “Think Different”

    Was my favorite motto. It was what made Apple, Apple. Steve Jobs was a true Renaissance man and a revolutionary. He had a talent for giving and creating and for pushing the boundaries others didn’t even realize.

    Thank you Mr. Jobs for all wonderful creations, for helping me establish my career, for helping me fight for my causes, for being a role model and inspiration, for creating a devoted community, for making my life better and for me being witness to a great man to come once in a generation.

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  190. From one of the two guys in a garage in C. CA , always a cutting edge delivery of style and technology from a 8chip floppy to the ipad2.
    I’m sure you’re changing the intake procedures up there as we speak. Always professionalism and COOL products.

    Thanks for your incredible contributions to civilization.

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  191. Gone too soon :I can’t believe the news…I know it would come but not this soon. We already lost Michael and now him. He really made the world a better place…I admire his passion.

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  192. The world has lost a bright, bright light with the passing of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs today. His amazing vision has truly changed the world in many wonderful ways and I will personally be eternally grateful for all the joy his creations have brought to both my personal and business life.

    Steve has always been my biggest business inspiration and I’ve tried to emulate many of Steve’s philosophies in my company. Rest assured, going forward, we will carry on the good works of Mr. Jobs!

    THANK YOU, STEVE!!!! LOVE YOU. REST IN PEACE.

    A very proud Apple user since 1986

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  197. Thank you, Steve Jobs, for creating and recreating a wonderful company. Thank you for showing that a company can make innovative products and still be profitable. Thank you for caring about design. Thank you for taking time to think of products from a consumer point of view, not only what we want, but what we need. Thank you for daring to make money by making good things. Thank you for caring about the progression of the technology.

    RIP Steve Jobs.

    Sympathy to his family and friends.

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  198. You taught me to believe and changed the world.
    May your family find comfort and strength in their faith and each other.
    Rest in peace Steve and give our best to all the other crazy ones.

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  211. Deeply sad now. Rest in peace, Steve. You will always live in my heart. Thanks for everything. The world is a better place because of your vision and tenacity. See you there, sooner or later.

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  212. About Steve Jobs…

    In my life, I’ve had only three “role models” outside of my family and friends. By the way, I have a great family, and great friends.

    Sometimes in life you’ll end up looking outside of that circle, or maybe a bigger circle will encompass you.

    I’ve been fortunate enough to have allowed the thoughts of George Carlin, Carl Sagan, and finally Steve Jobs to influence my life, although I’ve never met any of them in person.

    Steve Jobs, along with many others, is not gone. We’ve learned from him, we’ve tried to emulate him, and he’s truly changed the world.

    Let’s celebrate his life, not think about his death.

    -Marty

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  215. i have never felt technologically adequate, from being a 5 year old kid who had trouble adjusting his skates to a teen ager finding the carburetor on his vw beetle, but years ago when i jumped into the abyss and bought an apple computer i followed the printed page inside the box explaining the four steps to become a “user.”
    1. take computer out of box. 2. plug into the wall. 3. plug in keyboard (picture provided) 4. turn on computer.
    from that day forward i have considered myself technologically capable.
    thank you Steve Jobs and may you rest in peace, though based on your past, there will not be much rest but energized times for you and those in your new existence

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  218. I’m deeply saddened, and I wasn’t expecting this so soon.

    One the flip side, the turnaround of Apple under his leadership has got to be one of the greatest businesses stories ever. It’s a story that will live on in the business history books.

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  223. Steve taught the world that they didn’t have to accept plastic boxes of mediocrity, but could instead insist on quality workmanship and thoughtful elegance with a Human touch.

    I personally will never forget that and hope those of us who remain will always think, “There’s got to be a better way” when faced w/mediocrity elsewhere in our lives.

    Steve was truly an enlightened one.

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  224. The real measure of Steve is yet to be felt. He was an extraordinary human being. His mind took him places others never even dreamt about. His lasting contribution will be felt in the continuing impact of those whose lives he touched and who were inspired to reach beyond themselves. Heaven gets iPad 3 first.

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  229. May we all aspire to live and work in the world with such passion and integrity, and make our ‘dent,’ however small, as only we can.

    Rest in peace, Mr Jobs. It was a hell of a run!

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  233. What a great courageous flaming Beacon of Light to grace Earth. Steve Jobs, what a wild ride of joy you gave us. Your Life Review must have been the most amazing ever seen. And now Earth has lost an incredible inspiration and impetus for betterment, and Heaven gained a relentless Force For Good. Enjoy your Rewards and new journeys Steve! I love you forever. I will look you up on the other side and thank you again.

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  234. You have to wonder. Those who took the stage yesterday to announce the iPhone 4s had worked so closely with Jobs they had too know he was close to death. There hearts had to have been so heavy going on without there leader for the first time.

    RIP Steve

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  244. Amazingly sad considering he was a man I never even met but had an impact on so many things. I sit here writing this on my iMac surrounded by an iPad, iPod and iPhone – devices that have changed the way interact with technology and each other. I would say there will never be another one like him but I hope that’s just not the case. RIP Steve Jobs.

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  252. The first computer at my home was an Apple II my father allowed me to play with.

    Steve Jobs was a visionary, but a very practical producer who payed special attention to the human being as a fluid user. I hope this halt moment of reflexion will give us all the good will to understand the real problems and challenges we are facing today and will face tomorrow.

    Rest in peace Steve Jobs.

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  253. To all at Apple who knew and loved Steve Jobs, who worked with him and created amazing things for the rest of us:
    Thank You and our wishes for comfort and peace in your time of sorrow.

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  257. Dear Steve,

    We love you. We love your charisma. We love everything connected with you. Far away in India, I wake up with tears upon knowing you have left for heavenly abode. I cannot remain the same at all. Your thoughts, ideas, and beliefs have transformed us into doing something insanely for the world in our own way. Just like you have done to all of us.

    May God Bless You, as you rest in peace, forever.

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  258. It was wonderful that he already had so many well wishers give a constant barrage of thank-you’s after he resigned. Even then, it felt like what people would say when he died, but he was around to see and hear it. I am very happy that so many expressed so much gratitude to him while he was still alive.

    Now, the sadness is expressed for the rest of us. It is now our great loss. And the healing needed is for us and his family.

    Thank you, Steven Jobs.

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  259. Very happy he is released from his suffering. Very sad nonetheless. he is gone.

    Thank you Steve for reminding us what it means to follow your passion and joy. RIP.

    Deepest condolences to his family and close associates.

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  260. And just like the man himself would have done. The front page of Apple simply has his picture, name and dates. Simple, elegant, and to the point. Our world is a lot less bright without Steve. RIP, our lives have been blessed, and touched by a true genius who cared about one thing: the user.

    End of line. 🙁

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  262. As I type this with teary eyes, I remember my first Mac… 2004 iBook 14″ and how much it pleased me. Then 2 iBook 12″ for my girls, then thru 8 various iPods, and now a MacBook Pro 17″ and iPhone 4.. thru it all, no problems… unheard of. I love Apple for being great, easy and reliable. From the bottom of my heart, God bless you Steve Jobs and the loved ones you have parted from. I feel honored to have shared this small planet with a man such as you.

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  271. I just came aboard Apple a few years ago and have become a convert and folllowed the MDN news for over a year now. I have learned so much about Steve and the new Apple. My heart is so heavy with grief because he changed the world in a blink of an eye and to see such greatness fall to human ailments that we all must face one day is sad. He has inspired me and taught me things I never knew were possible or could be. Thank you Steve for being who you are and may your family have all the support during this trying time. I shed tears in the sun so a rainbow is always above you.

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  275. I am so grateful this man made full use of his gifts—and my, was he gifted! His style and manner of doing life and work will inspire the rest of us. And…he gives iCloud a whole new meaning. As I use it, I will think of him. Thanks Steve for passing by this way.

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  279. My life was forever changed when my high school girlfriend showed me her new Mac 512K in 1985. I later ran the Mac labs in college. This led to my first introduction to the NeXT, and I touched brilliance, I lived in the future.

    Steve’s creations gave my life passion, frameworks, integrity and needed income. i have worked on nearly every continent, including Antarctica.

    Thank you, Steve. Even though you were a dick tp me at NeXTWorld 1994. i owe you, Avie and Jonathan evetything.

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  280. I consider myself blessed to have shared in the brilliance that was your life. Your vision was truly an inspiration to all. Your gave us something to behold. You brought wonder to our lives. We will miss your vision. We will miss your inspiration. We will miss you. Thank you for all you did to make the world a better place. The lord awaits you Steven Paul Jobs. Go rest in peace.

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  281. Numb and heartbroken. Thank you Steve. You have given us more than we could have ever imagined. We are forever in your debt.

    (And true to his incomparably remarkable nature, he gave us just “one more thing” yesterday before his death — perhaps his most profound contribution — the start of true, modern AI.)

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  283. It is a sad day for Steve’s family and those of us who came to respect the profound changes he made in the lives of all of us with his incredible vision. We will miss you. Rest in Peace.

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  284. I can’t believe I feel this emotional about someone I never knew.
    My heart goes out to his family and close friends.
    The world has lost a genius, a visionary and is lessened for it.

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  285. i had a dream that one day I’ll meet him, ask him if I could touch him in real. One of my sweetest dream is over. I’m sad and speechless. I wish it’s just a nightmare, I would wake up soon!! But I guess it’s harsh reality. Thanks Steve. We’ll remember you till the end of time!!

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  287. I am going to sign the part of my license saying I accept being an organ donor. Someone else did that, and it have Steve that extra time, here on earth. That is the closest way I can thank him for all the great he has done.
    His dream of Siri has been realized, and I believe the city approved the new facilities for the “home” for the offices. I wish he could be here long enough to see these, and how they will shape us in the near future. Yet, I think he already knows.
    Rest in peace mr Steve Jobs, you’re with God now, and the suffering for you is now over.

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  288. May u find eternal warmth in God’s loving embrace as we continue on so very grateful for everything you’ve given us. I love u, Steve Jobs, and so does the world. Thank you, God, for this beautiful gift that we all shared and lost far too soon.

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  289. I have been an Steve fan for so long. He and the products he created very much shaped who and what I am today. I bought my first Mac in my last years of high school a mac 128. I entered University with an eye towards engineering but determined it was not for me. I left school and started simple desktop publishing work, that became a 25 year career in graphic design.

    I spend each and every day with my Mac being as creative as I can. This will be remembered as one of my very sad days.

    Will miss you and the inspiration you brought every day – may peace be your eternal blessing Steve.

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  290. When I see pictures of Steve’s house, I can’t help but think about the excess’ of most multi-millionaires, and Billionaires homes, and how classy and humble Steve was to have such a modest yet beautiful home. More than enough for most.

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  291. He redefined things. Took them and elevated them to new heights that convential wisdom had deemed impossible. From computers, to music players, to smartphones, and too many things to mention in between. And now, one more thing: Steven P. Jobs has redifined going out on a high note.

    From me and so many others… Thank you. May you challenge the world in your next life just as much as you have during this one.

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  295. Apple, can you please make the Siri voice sound like Steve?
    There’s no one voice that better personifies Apple than Steve.

    Steve, iPrey to see you in iHeaven.
    I am sure you’ll make it even better.

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  296. Apple knew it since yesterday. I think Steve forced himself to edure until watching Apple keynote with Tim on commands and after he decided everything and Apple was ok he left. My grandpa died exactly the next day my sister got married. He was very ill, but he wanted madly to see her married, and he did. Steve did the same, he saw his child, Apple, in goog hands.

    Steve, I’d like to believe there’s another world, some kind of hope for souls like yours after death and you be there, inventing some method that Just Works to communicate
    with us without middle(wo)man. Thank friend.

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  298. iPhone 4S(teve). I am getting a iPhone 4S for the memory of Steve P. Jobs (RIP). I will keep it for the rest of my life. For a memory of the man and because the inside of the phone is the best it could be, at this time in phone history. I am confident of it because he helped produce it.

    I walk by Steve at a Macworld convention several years ago in San Francisco, I was so proud to own Apple Products. I am a fan boy and have helped 100s if not thousands of people come to love the company and it’s products over the last 30 years. But most of all the company’s philosophy. The way Steve made us think and consider the possibilities in our own lives. That we should do better, be better. No, be the best we can be at any given time in our life!

    I was in the military and lived in the Azores, Portugal. I requested leave so that I could come back to the USA to purchase the first Macintosh computer. I loved the smiling Mac face that greeted you at start up and the chime of course. I said, “Man this computer is going to change the world.”

    I knew then in time it would be the best and biggest company on earth. When Steve was fired from Apple a dark period set in. I supported Apple then. And when he came back I was so excited. Like a young boy in candy shop with my new iMac. Bondi Blue iMac. At Steven’s death my father sent me a message on our iPhone(s). He said, ” Ever so often God produces an individual so visionary so great that they transcend being a human being. All I can say is, Amen.

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  299. Steve – we first met in 1984, when I was 13, and since then –
    We have gone to school together, learned together, partied together, explored together, graduated together, worked together, laughed together and had children that played together,
    now you leave us…
    but you will not be forgotten.

    Steve Jobs you have certainly made the world a better place, Thank You!

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  303. I, like many others today, are saddened by the passing of Steve Jobs. I never had the privilege of personally meeting Mr. Jobs but his company, and the products he personally helped design over the years, touch my life on a daily basis and will continue to do so far into the future. Mr. Jobs was a visionary and an innovator that literally helped make the computer personal. Rest In Peace Mr. Jobs and thank you very much for making my life a more creative and a more productive one; you will be missed.

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  305. The last time I found myself cut up about the death of somebody I never met was when John Lennon died.

    Steve, you changed the way I use technology, and thus changed my life.

    Rest in peace.

    Micro Me (A grateful Mac user since 1985)

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  307. I lost a close friend today. He never met me or knew me. And I never met him. But he let me play with the toys he created and I soon knew enough about them to help others that used them and loved them as much as I did. I ended up with a career that was more fun than work. So I have to say he was very good to me. I’m grateful to God for the time we’ve had – may his inspiration carry on to others. He was one of America’s greatest industry leaders. Peace be with him and his loved ones.

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  308. If there ever was a REAL LIFE YODA, it was Steve Jobs. The man was a living legend and an icon. He was our modern day Benjamin Franklin and the greatest CEO of the past century. God bless his wonderful soul may he rest in eternal peace 🙁

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  315. Thank you Steve for everything. I was a late switcher, having suffered Windows through college. I know now what a difference a man can make to my computing experience. May your children, Apple, Mac and your legacy live on long after you.

    You died knowing that you created nirvana for us computer users here on Earth. Goodbye Steve, and God bless.

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  318. What a waste. He was still so young. He achieved great things but could have gone on to do more. He brought vision, beauty and excitement to the drab world of technology. What a sad sad day. Rest in peace, Steve. We loved you.

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  321. The grief feels physical. The more i read, the worse it gets. Haven’t felt like this since Lennon died. What an incalculable loss. Andy Inhatko said it beautifully: “Yesterday, I lived in a world with a Steve Jobs in it. Tonight, I don’t.”

    And that… hurts.

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  323. So.. very.. sad..
    Thanks Steve, for all you did for Apple. We know that it was your nature, and you put yourself into the company, your own passion. You were clearly in the job that you were made to be in, that you enjoyed the most, where you excelled the best. R.I.P.

    As much as we hope that Apple will continue the way you want it to, I don’t believe it’s possible. Steve’s genius is unique. That doesn’t mean Apple is going to fail, and many great people, who supported Steve’s vision are still there, producing insanely-great work.

    I think Apple will evolve now, become something a little different, but I also believe that the ethos and passion that Steve injected back into this ‘baby’ will continue, that everyone there will look at what they’re creating and ask the same questions that Steve would, before deciding if it’s the right product or service, the kind that changes the way we use computers, that ultimately change the world..

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  324. “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 others’ 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. …. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.”
    – Steve Jobs, commencement address 12 Jun 2005, Stanford University.

    Thankyou Mr Jobs for hanging out with your mate Woz in the garage and coming up with an incredible machine that changed the world. If it wasn’t for you guys I would never have gotten into computers in first place. Thanks for making the world an amazing place. Sleep in peace.

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  325. Thank you Steve for sharing the magic we all felt in the early days of personal computers and the potential they offered for the future.
    . . . and for your help in shaping that potential into reality.

    Rest in Peace

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  326. Good Bye and Rest in Peace, Steven P. Jobs.
    Your visions of a better world with products and devices that changed both lives and the world in which we live will be both forever remembered.
    Your life, light, visions and contributions toward the future will be missed.

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  327. A great loss that we all feared but this man achieved so many things in his life…One of the most explicite example of the way a genius can change the way we live.
    Peace for you and for your family Steve.

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  328. As much as it may have been expected, it’s still a total shock. My eyes have been tearing up for hours. I worked for Apple from the release of the nano through the first iPad. In that time I received a total of one personal email from him, three words in length. And yet, despite that near total lack of contact with the man, I am shaken as though I lost a relative. Some of his fans deified him, something I’ve always detested, but in reflection it may not have been so crass a thing for them to do. After all, when man first faces a power so mighty as to reshape the world, is our first instinct not to think of such things as the work of God? But alas, man he was, as was sadly proven today. The world lost a powerful agent of change today to the most powerful change agent of all. You will be missed.

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  331. Steve – You made my life better, and happier, and more productive, and lots more fun. For nearly 30 years, you and your team brought joy and excitement to my life and to relatives and friends, and to so many people all over the world. I have so many happy memories around your great company Apple through my life. I have never met you, but I will always miss you and think of you in the years ahead. I send my deepest sympathies to your family, friends, colleagues, employees and loved ones.

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  335. Dear Steve, wish you an eternal rest. You’ve left us a tremendous legacy and passion for Innovation. I’m sure i speak for anyone who had the opportunity to live Apple products. RIP Steve Jobs.

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  336. Steve inspired the world and showed us the future. Perhaps his greatest achievement is yet to be shown: that he’s left a legacy that will now continue to do these things. What a towering triumph of all that one can achieve in so short a time! May he rest in peace.

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  337. The world is a lesser place today.

    One of the great visionaries of our time has passed.

    Apple products have always made me happy somehow. Just thinking about the fact that he was in the world and working away making insanely great products made me happy. His keynotes were better than any movie.

    I never met him personally but I met him every time I sat down at my computer, or used a killer app on my iphone, or watched a podcast on my Apple TV, or gave a presentation on my iPad.

    I haven’t cried for a long time, but I cried today.

    Jack Arends
    An avid Mac User for over 20 years
    Yokohama, Japan

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  340. How absurd that a 42 year old man can lay in bed crying like a baby because he’s just heard that a man he’s never met, the CEO of a company in a far away country, has died.

    And yet that’s what I did.

    I am able to do what I do in my working life because of what you gave the world, Steve. Thank you so much.

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  341. I’d like to take a minute to share a fond memory that many of us can remember.
    Every time Mr Steve Jobs would be unveiling a product or feature that he was particularly proud of, especially after saying his famous ” and there’s one more thing” which would make crowds go viral with applauds.. the sheepish smile that would creep up on his face. It always reminded me of a young kid, proud of something real big he did, a bit shy but very proud of his accomplishments.
    It’s not ground-breaking memory, but I still hold on to it because it reminds me how he was like one of us. How he is one of us.

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  342. Steve Jobs: A class act, second to none.

    The brightest light on earth just went out.

    Thank you Steve for lighting the world in every respect and measure.

    Privileged we were to have shared you, your vision and the journey, privileged we are to have your achievements, exemplary human contribution and inspiration with us forever.

    What a loss.

    Shine on you crazy diamond.

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  344. Yes, thanks to Steve Jobs–Mac people are different and often insanely weird and foolish. I’m proud to be among them (having fallen in love with LISA) –and hoping we all make,at least, small dents. In tears, trying to smile because it happened

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  345. I remember when Steve came back to Apple in 1997. I thought at the time, that obviously Apple would benefit. But who could imagine the the amazing innovation from the imac, OSX, ipod, iphone, and ipad. He built an empire that will continue his legacy far into the future.

    I imagine that every decision that is made in Cupertino is preceeded with the question of “What would Steve think of this?” Apple will be fine, but the world is a lesser place.

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  348. There are no words.

    The Macintosh and Apple and, ultimately, Steve Jobs changed my life and the world, in so many ways it’s impossible to describe or calculate.

    A sad, sad day for our little planet.

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  349. Having been an avid Apple-fan for the last 20 years, the news of Steve’s death has saddened me tremendously. The biggest surprise however was that my two sons, aged 9 and 11, felt the loss as well. They really res

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  351. The world is a lesser place, starting today. And I’m not sure it is necessary or appropriate to include “Apple co-founder” in your headline. We all know who he was and he was certainly larger than any one monicker.

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  352. I never had a male figure in my life to look up to. Someone to inspire me, or guide me. Purely by example, Steve did all of that for me. I still can’t really type this without crying. Goodbye, Steve, and thank you. The rest of my life will be different, because your life was different.

    Can you see the dent yet? 🙂

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  354. I remember when I first touched a Apple computer, I was 12 yrs old in Jr High. I was fascinated that this little tv and typewriter would communicate with each other and create pictures I was making with a X & Y pattern of commands to pixels.

    Years later my parents purchased a computer and it was a IBM. I was consistently frustrated over the experience and thought, why is this so difficult. I would spend more time trying to solve a problem before I could even start to do the function I was there to do. After complaining about my experience , I had a few people tell me “Buy a Mac”. Then I thought, oh yea, those computers we had in Jr. High. I remember those. I also remember I spent my time on them being creative and not a scientist. So a little while later I got my first Apple Mac computer.

    Right away it was a breath of fresh air. Everything worked. Everything was easy. Not only was it a enjoyable experience, I helped me express tons of creative things with it. It was soon after I got this computer that headlines of the newspapers would read “Apple getting closer to bankruptcy”. I thought, this can not happen. Not now. Not a company that finally made something that made sense to me. It was around this time that Steve Jobs came back to Apple and saved the company from completely failing and falling apart. I was amazed that one person could come back to a company that fired him an took the company over and made it successful again, for a second time.

    I not only was a huge Apple fan, but I was having admiration for this Steve Jobs guy. I started watching his keynote speeches and they resonated with me. First off, he didn’t dress up and he ran a company. If you know me, I don’t like to dress up. I feel like ties are the most uncomfortable thing ever. Here is the leader of this company, doing a keynote in jeans and a black turtleneck. Then when we spoke, he spoke with passion, something I can relate to. When you have passion over a idea, the thought process is almost as fun as the fruition. It is as-if the journey is just as enjoyable as the destination. I saw that in Steve Jobs and I has that same trait.

    I would sit and listen to every word Steve said during those keynotes. I would listen closely to what he said and what he didn’t say and put the pieces of his speech together. While a guy who didn’t always tell you flat out the next product they were going to release, if you listened to his speech you could almost fill in the blanks with information he said. It was fun to watch his keynotes and then anticipate the next product.

    I was amazed on how well Apple marketed it’s products and got consumers to feel they needed something verses they wanted something. This is a very important distinction. Steve’s passion is really what sold the World on Apple products. When someone is passionate at telling you something, they will trump every situation.

    After watching these mastermind, build and build and build Apple up to a respectable company again and after purchasing his products and feeling happy with each purchase, I decided to buy stock in Apple and tell others of my great experience.

    I began to really admire Steve Jobs. One guy. He started Apple computer, built up Pixar, majority stock owner of Apple, ABC, PIXAR and Disney. How many people can say that? Only Steve Jobs. He helped define a great MP3 player in the iPod. Finally put logic into a cell phone with the iPhone. Created another hit with the iPad. Saved the music industry by developing a way to distribute music (prior to that, everyone was stealing it). Made tons of great computers. Made an amazing operating system, that makes our lives easier and better. One thing the world should thank Steve for is that he made the world better and easier.

    Steve Job was a inspiration to me as I see so many similarities to myself. He was a control freak, I am a control freak.. and not because of a ego.. but because the attention to detail IS that important and it MUST be done right! He was not motivated by money, while a great business man and knew how to make the business money, he drew a $1 salary from Apple. I understand his view point on that, it’s more enjoyable to build the businesses wealth, because it helps more than just one person. Money never motivated me and still doesn’t, but as a business man I know how to make money. I share that view point with Steve. I liked how he diversified his investment of his time between various businesses and divisions of Apple to help it thrive. It is how I learned and understood vertical integration. My company, NTD World, is a vertical integrated company. Apple a vertical integrated company in many aspects.

    In life, we all come across various people who inspire us. Steve Jobs inspired me in so many ways. I always tell people that if you are ever questioning why we are here, the answer to that is “to accomplish”. Accomplishments are never taken from you. Money can come and go. Fame or popularity can come and go. But accomplishments are with you for eternity. Even long after you pass on. It is truly my main motivator. And when I think of Steve Jobs, I think accomplished.

    Thanks Steve for the great products and inspiration.

    Richie Hofherr

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  355. It’s hard to put into words feelings of the heart. Even though we never met, i’ve known you through your work. You are the last Titan. And as much as I, we, need you with us, God needed you more. Rest in peace Steve.

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  357. Usually, I never ever post anything here due to the technological and political arguments and bickering that frequently pop up here but today is different. I feel a deep hole in my heart today. I’m compelled to write something. What exactly I don’t know.

    As many here, I personally never knew Steve Jobs. However, his passing made me feel like just lost a best friend or member of my family. I’ve been a Macintosh user since 1987. I started as a Computer user before the Apple computer but it never really connected with me. My dad owned a computer. Man was that thing a mess. He was always opening it up and fiddling around with it. Me, I had no interest in computers at that time. I am an artist so at that time the art programs sucked. So, I went on my way oblivious to ways of computing.

    That was until I entered college. I joined the college newspaper as a staff artist. That’s is when I came into contact with my first Apple computer, a Macintosh SE. Seeing what that little computer could do was a revelation for me. I can draw on a computer. Sure it was pixilated in the beginning but came out to be something awesome.

    Even though, I came into Apple products after Steve departure from the company before his return, I always thought that Apple products where for those people that never got into thrill of building a computer from scratch or knew or understood what a motherboard was or the purpose of RAM or DRAM. He brought the unobtainable to those who never knew they needed it. Steve really did get it. He knew that technology should be shared with everyone and be easy to use. Not hoarded amongst the ultra rich or super intelligent.

    Now an area has come to an end. Steve is gone, but he is always with us in the products that we use everyday. If it weren’t for Steve and Apple there would be no PC mouse, Lisa or Lisa II, Apple II, or NeXt. Pixar wouldn’t be what it is now. He dreamed up the Mac, iMac, Mac mini, iPod, iTunes, iPhone, and iPad with style that straight from the future.

    Thanks Steve for dreaming of the future and bringing us into it.

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  358. Steve Jobs will live on in the new amazing products, as yet unknown to us, that will be released over the next 10+ years. It will be a long time before apple releases a product not conceived, or at least fostered, by him. Look forward to what apple does next even more, as every announcement they make will, for a second, bring him back to life as you see the manifestation of a long gone vision.

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  360. Tonight, I’m working on some marketing for a play my friend is putting on. It’s unique in that, there is no stage, and no live actors. No, the audience is allowed to roam around a house and listent to dialogue that’s been recorded by MP3, so you can listen to it on your MP3 player. It’s called “Corridors: A PodPlay” A podplay. A PODPLAY. And on that poster, is a little iPod icon I designed that sits next to those words. I took a break to visit MacDailyNews and I click on this article and read all the comments. Unbelievable. His influence is unescapable. Thank you Steve. Thank you for saving Apple. Thank you for inspiring me with my first Power Mac G3. Thank you for letting me watch you take this company and this world so high, that we could start believing in possibilities and start challenging the status quo. And that we could do it ourselves. God bless you, Steve.

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  361. O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done;
    The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won;
    The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
    While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring:

    But O heart! heart! heart!
    O the bleeding drops of red,
    Where on the deck my Captain lies,
    Fallen cold and dead.

    O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
    Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills;
    For you bouquets and ribboned wreaths—for you the shores a-crowding;
    For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;

    Here Captain! dear father!
    This arm beneath your head;
    It is some dream that on the deck,

    You’ve fallen cold and dead.

    My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;
    My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;
    The ship is anchored safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;
    From fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won;

    Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!
    But I, with mournful tread,
    Walk the deck my Captain lies,

    Fallen cold and dead.

    by Walt Whitman

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  362. fu_k!

    anyone who says less is f’d.
    this is the worst news for this generation.
    who gives a toss if anyone other public figure dies, politicians, lawyers, doctors, false geniuses, big fat loud uncivilized monsters like ceo steve Ball_ _ _ or Dull Dell, but why should always the good guys die young–to become legends?!

    LOVE:
    no matter if you hated or didn’t get iSteve or not, your other favorite products were all touched by his genius DNA.

    DEFYING:
    no man in history has brought a firm from brink to stratosphere.

    GENEROUS:
    no man has given as much joy & careers, jobs & smiles as much as this guy. so those who pretend Billy Gates of Hell invented philanthropy are blind: unlike Bill or other philanthropists who put up their plaques for recognition on hospital entrances etc, Steve was man enough not to advertise his name – hence a true philanthropist! otherwise it’s just for capitalistic reasons.

    CARING:
    no corporate manager was ever so involved. sure, michael dell was but he didn’t care about every nuance of his products. in his dream he would never buy his own products. all steve did was perfected. if the God is in the Detail, iSteve was the iGod, as he, was Think Different’s biggest “Crazy One” who changed the world just because he thought he could & would & did, wasting no hour thinking small. now that is a real man. machos are insecure whimps. Steve was probably the most confident man alive, defying gravity. screw the status quo. who the f’k are governments to choose what is right?!

    UNGREEDY:
    you still think Steve did it for the money?
    no one knows what causes cancer. it’s stress-related. life-style related.
    some say Steve was so intense or tyrannical to have his way, that angry energy caused cancer. well, he had to fight the idiots that never get it! fight the status quo, fight the music industry (that still is ungrateful for him having saved them from piracy or bankruptcy), fight the cell phone providers’ cartel etc. always fighting for the rest of us mortals, the masses, not the few. so, if he was crazy enough, different enough from us, yet enabled us all, whether we used his products or any other that all are touched by his gene, then, we should be more appreciative! unless, of course, we’re so blind & stupid, we’re not worthy to use his products or derivatives i.e. CA’s Baptist church protesting his funeral because Steve taught us to sin & talks to the iDevil?!

    Steve never did it for the money. just for the challenge achieving dreams & the love of quality touch in your hands & heart, soothing the soul. the fact that Apple, not he, since he always took a symbolic salary of just $1, since he was not the richest billionaire but could easily have been, is richer than Exxon selling gas that every person in the world needs vs luxury, is the astounding superhuman effect Steve had on the world, and testament that Apple not Steve, was the ultimate example & success story of Capitalism. Steve was not a capitalist in the Machiavellian sense. his sheer success was a natural progression, an organic economical principle: produce insanely great products, that speak for themselves, like German engineering, intrinsically self-propagating sales through social networking (modern word-of-mouth advertising) & viral momentum.

    SILENT:
    Steve reigned in silence. he was apolitical. he just did what was necessary. screw rules. they are meant to be broken. in that sense he was also the Freest man alive. his Dreams were never nightmares. he just worked at them.

    GODLY:
    shame he won’t see the MotherShip campus. once it’s built in 2015, maybe they’ll erect a Rio-like huge cross for the iGod in its central garden for generations to migrate & visit & celebrate true human genius.

    INVENTIVE:
    and yet so many people don’t let it be, let him rest. they still argue that he didn’t invent shit. that he copied from Xerox Parc, that mp3 players existed before iPod etc. they just don’t get it. just like the 100s of companies that copied him for 30 years and still can’t reach his mojo. inventing has nothing to do with being 1st. who cares who invents what 1st. what matters is what you make of it. Xerox Parc invented gui/mouse/laser…but had no clue what to do with it. Apple/Steve always made everything ubiquitously simple. that simplicity is very sophisticated, much harder to derive to than complicating products. that is the Art of Steveness, mixed with the wholesome Gestalt theory of integrating all hardware & software through seamless, transparent code.

    his genius is the Creativity, Materialization, Simplificaiton, “Consumerization” of practicality in complex products or solutions.

    ALIVE:
    iSteve/iGod died.
    physically!
    his spirit, passion, vision,
    should influence the rest of us mortals for decades to come.
    we should’ve cryogenically frozen his brain & heart.
    his soul will remain around though.

    MILKY:
    it’s so shocking the news.
    so sad.
    like many i was numb.
    i only woke up,
    or rather released the immense emotion,
    that we built up for 30 years of loving him & his products,
    after the most revealing video,
    somehow made available on YouTube.
    the world’s best ever, most effective,
    sublimely worded human ad ever scripted,
    was Apple’s 1999 Think Different ad,
    which aired with Richard Dreyfuss’ voice,
    but the original was with Steve’s voice!!
    SEE it http://j.mp/rsAv8Z

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