“I’m typing this week’s post on my new iPad 3G — truly a marvel of imagination, technology, and tenacity,” Pallotta writes. “It’s amazing not just because of the technology itself, but because of all the work building partnerships over the years that went into making it what it is — the negotiations with record labels and movie makers that made iTunes possible, enrolling Time magazine and countless others in its promise, and the nurturing of the network of app developers that helped make the thing the mind-boggling device that it is”
Pallotta writes, “Now, Steve Jobs was thrown out of the company he created. He has waged a fierce battle for his life against pancreatic cancer. He has stared deeply into the abyss of despair one feels when their dreams have been crushed and seem to be gone forever. I may be wrong, but I have to believe that at some point, using his own iPad and measuring the true distance he had come to make it real, Steve Jobs must have found himself crying.”
Full article- recommended – here.
A man with no tears is no human.
im sure he crys daily tears of joy watching the downfall of microsoft..
“More Human Than Human.”
I personally believe that the number one driving force behind Steve Jobs is his goal of defeating Microsoft. While others may occasionally get in his way (Google, RIM, etc.) the ultimate destination is: Mac OS = 50.1%, Windows 9 (or whatever) = 49.9%. I think that this motivation started when Bill Gates said to Steve, “You can’t win.”
I’m positive he feels this way. I can see it in his face.
Lord Jobs. How many more ways are there to say it?
@Wingsy
I totally agree… Now I want to go watch Silicon Valley
and a true zen master lives here and now
@Wingsy
“I personally believe that the number one driving force behind Steve Jobs is his goal of defeating Microsoft.”
I respectfully disagree. I believe he wants to create great products that actually make life easier. I believe this was the original dream that he had and one that continues to drive his desire for perfection. “Good enough” is not in his vocabulary. He wants to be proud of his work.
However, beating M$ is definitely icing on the cake!
@Wingsy
You don’t understand. Desktops are the past, even laptop computers are going to be niche products in a few years. Think about it this way.
Each 10 years or so you get to see things change radically.
1970-Mainframes
1980-Command line monochromatic computers
1990-Mouse/GUI
2000-Laptop Revolution
2010-Cloud/Mobile computing
2020-?
So Jobs is not attempting to win a battle fought back in the 1990’s, he is strategically positioning Apple in the “What is next” revolution. Relevance is what is important. In 20 years call it Mac or call it whatever, if Apple is still relevant, then they have won.
I highly doubt SJ has as his goal, the defeat of MS. I can’t imagine him even spending any time thinking about that. Why would he? He clearly has as his goal the creation of products and processes that can make our lives better. That’s a full time job and I imagine infinitely more satisfying a challenge than thinking about MS. There’s no time to waste on the useless inertia of other companies. Probably why so often you see such brief one-liner answers from him; he doesn’t have any interest wasting brain time on trivialities or inertia. MS will defeat itself through its own inertia; and already is.
SJ came from the part of a generation that believed it could change the world and make it a better place. That’s old-world America. Too many CEO’s today believe looting the world and “crushing the competition” is their mission in life. Which is why you see them so unable to compete with SJ and Apple.
Since they can’t loot or crush Apple, what you see Adobe doing now is going to become a more and more common theme; if you can’t loot or crush, employ government muscle so you can. They’re like a pack of scavengers snarling and tearing at what Apple has created and left behind. Meanwhile SJ is looking into the future; looking ahead and what he and his team can do to make the world a better place….
Steve Balmer must have found himself crying when got his iPad.
@ Tyrell Corp.
You win the award for best pop culture reference of the day!
I just wanted to make sure you knew that someone got your joke.
“I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I’ve watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain. Time to die. “
@doc e
Eloquently said. It rankles me when SJ is falsely characterized. You put it really well.
Absolute drivel
@ Wingsy
I don’t agree (about Microsoft). Apple is already the winner, because Apple has become the most relevant tech company in the world. Microsoft may still make a lot of money, but they are mostly irrelevant these days compared to Apple.
Besides, Apple and Microsoft are not direct competitors (except in some relatively minor ways like Zune vs. iPod and Office vs. iWork). Apple profits primarily from selling hardware; Microsoft from selling software.
So here are the ways Apple primarily competes (with the world).
Media players – Apple wins with iPod, by a huge margin.
Mobile phones – You know the story…
Tablet computers – You will know the story…
Music retailing – Apple is #1. And this one is not even one of Apple’s “core” profit centers. Same with the other parts of the iTunes Store, including the App Store. No one has anything close for selling electronic media.
High-end PCs – Apple wins with Mac, with something like 90% of the dollars spent on PCs costing more than $1000. Apple probably makes the majority of the PROFIT in the PC industry.
PCs in general – They don’t have to get to “50.1%” Mac OS X market share to win this one. If Apple can get to about 25%, they will probably be the #1 PC maker in the world in unit sales.
So… Apple is already the winner in most ways. And nowhere does it require “beating Microsoft.” Steve Jobs knows this and has moved Apple way beyond IBM (original “big brother”) or Microsoft.
@ Doc e. Ditto your comment. Well said.
Dan, you sure your real name isn’t Danielle?
Exactly what doc e said: great post.
Money and success are a by-product of what Apple does.
Typed from my iPhone.
MS versus Apple. Apple won. They won a long time ago when DOS was replaced with Windows. MS became the company it became and delivered the products it did because of Apple. Apple was always Microsoft’s bigger brother, who’s lead it followed and sometimes achieved more reward for.
Steve Jobs versus Bill Gates. Not only is Bill Gates winning, but he’s lapped Steve Jobs. Apple can continued to take over entire industries and be the first to break a trillion dollar market cap. That’s great for Apple, but Bill Gates has already been there and done that as a captain of industry. He’s moved on, not just through philanthropy but actually putting his talent to use to improve the world in other ways. Not that I don’t respect or admire Jobs, and not that I want him to retire or pursue other things in life, but if both were to die today, Bill Gates would be remembered more over Steve Jobs in the future. Jobs has a long way to go to change that.
“A man with no tears is no human.”
I only cry during ‘Undercover Boss’… man that show kills me.. and Rocky movies of course
So it’s a bunch of cry-babies make the world go round, eh? … I can live with that!
(nice post Ken1W, cheers)
@macslut
What has Bill Gates ever created? Everyone knows he stole Windows from Mac, and I think he bought off someone else who created some spreadsheet and word processing software for Office. All he has done is evolved these products and milked them for more than what they are worth. Is that good business? To some it may be.
But I think people will remember Steve Jobs even more because he actually changed things. He created and revolutionized industries.
Macintosh, Pixar, iPod, iPhone, iTunes, App Store, iBooks, iPad, etc., etc., etc.
@Michael S.
“What has Bill Gates ever created?”
A company called Microsoft. That company has sold the software that has operated most of the personal computers in the world as well as many of the servers to date. Pretty much all major corporations run their Office suite. You can go on and on with this.
Sure, we get it. Microsoft sucks, they stole every thing, blah, blah, blah.
In comparing who’s name will more people recognize 25, 50, or 100 years from now, it’s too early to tell. Note, I didn’t say Bill Gates already won, but he’s waaaaay further ahead of Steve Jobs and will “win” unless Jobs catches up in putting his name out there in a meaningful way. People will remember Apple, not so much Jobs. That has historically been the case, with the big exceptions being major philanthropists…especially those that retired from their industry and took a lead in philanthropic endeavors instead of just passing away and leaving a donation.
To put this in perspective, despite the Billions that Bill Gates has already donated, the Gates Foundation has an endowment of over $33 Billion. Steve Jobs has a net worth of $5.5 Billion.
And…Bill Gates has been active with this for 16 years now.
Again, I’m not suggesting Jobs hasn’t already been giving, nor that he should divert his time, energy or investments. I have total respect and admiration for him. However, 100 years from now people may remember Apple, Pixar, the Mac, the iPhone, etc… and maybe not even recall a single product from Microsoft, but as it stands now, people would remember Gates’ name far more than Jobs.
@ Mac-nugget
“Each 10 years or so you get to see things change radically.
1970-Mainframes
1980-Command line monochromatic computers
1990-Mouse/GUI
2000-Laptop Revolution”
Mouse/GUI 1990???
The Macintosh was released in 1984 and the Lisa before that (1983). The work on it started in 1978… Don´t make me explain it to you… oh, well, maybe I have to: They introduced the (commercial) use of Mouse/GUI.
It makes me wonder… You are a decade off or so – which would be proper – for someone with a windows background
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I have the HTC Incredible on Verizon. Its very good. Not an iPhone but getting close and I get much better coverage, call quality, and reliability with Verizon. Apple needs to get the iPhone on Verizon and other carriers.