It is a sad, sad day.

[FluffNStuff]

Steve Jobs, Thank you for Darwin! It was your greatest acheivment, and it turned me from a MAC hater to a MAC fanboy!

[stealthyman]

Well said man...well said

[3xK]

Well... on one side a brilliant inovator, with the gold finger (anything he touched is gold - apple and pixar). And a very hardworking person, because he risked his live several times for constantly standing on radiation.

On the other side he was a mean tyran. He didnt want to move the apple (assambeling) production to the US, because he would have to give more pay to people. He had billions of money, but he refused to give the poor chinese people more than 100$ payment per month. Alot of the chinese workers did a suicide, then he finnaly raised their payments a little bit. He made people feel bad and made them cry.

Either way... R.I.P.

iFan

[ExperimentNebulaCore]

R.I.p man

[Ebalere]

Oh, sweet bro. Everyone else found it funny -_-

Cool story bro.

1) Lost my grandmother two years ago to pancreatic cancer, same as Jobs.
2) Lost someone else close to me due to cancer, just last year.
3) Joking about anyone dying, especially due to cancer, especially during Breast Cancer Awareness Month? Tacky.

Pardon me if I think your joke was terrible. Go have some people close to you die due to various cancers and see if you dig jokes about people dying because of it.

Have a swell forum day.

Well, I've lost a fair share of friends and family to cancer. I wasn't joking about jobs or cancer or even death for that matter. It was a shot at Apple, so take it how you want to.

Moog, check my attachment. You will LOVE it. Excuse me for trying to bring a little light to such a tragic situation.

**Edited by Ebalere to avoid future trolling and flaming**

[FluffNStuff]

On the other side he was a typical CEO. He didnt want to move the apple (assembling) production to the US, because he would have to charge more for his products then people (Americans) were willing to pay, which would cost his investors (Americans) money and cost the US higher paying development jobs. He had billions of (his investors) money, but (the factory owners) refused to give the poor chinese people more than 100$ payment per month. Alot of the chinese workers did a suicide, then the factory owners finnaly raised their payments a little bit after pressure from the international community. American Capitalism makes people feel bad and made them cry.

Don't want this to turn into a flammable topic (kinda tough when speaking of a cult of personality which naturally causes diametric opinions) so I figured I would correct the Grammar in the post.

[3xK]

Tyvm for trying but it's the truth Fluff.

[StompArtist]

Tyvm for trying but it's the truth Fluff.

Huh... I am quite certain that CEO's of large companies do not personally engage in contract negotiation with the assembly line workers....

[Samhayne]

Hey guys,

Thanks in advance for keeping the discussion friendly and considerate.

I wanted to post up a video of Steve Jobs speaking to the 2005 Graduating Class at Stanford University.

http://www.ted.com/talks/steve_jobs_...e_you_die.html

[nazgulking]

Hey guys,

Thanks in advance for keeping the discussion friendly and considerate.

I wanted to post up a video of Steve Jobs speaking to the 2005 Graduating Class at Stanford University.

I ninja'd you on this some time ago :P

[Samhayne]

I ninja'd you on this some time ago :P

My thread scanning skills failed me!

Good work, Nazgulking!

[StompArtist]

My thread scanning skills failed me!

Better accelerate Moderator42's induction to STS!
Even Batman needs Robin sometimes!

[Singleteddy]

I remember spending many an hour on the Apple II back in the day. Our family could not afford one ourselves, but one of my close friends had one. We often used it while as his home.

Later in life, I met and chatted with Steve Jobs and experienced his reality distortion field firsthand. He had a way of making you think things were possible when he spoke. He believed in changing the world, not just making incremental improvements. He was passionate and visionary.

Regarding STS, at the time the iPhone launched, smartphones were just 10% of phone sales and were seen as phones for businessmen, not consumers. Spacetime Studios was developing Blackstar for PCs, not phones. The current phone app market did not exist at that time. In fact, apps were seen as a iPhone weakness when it launched, but Apple has turned apps into a major strength. Even if you play the STS games now on Android, arguably you are only able to do so because of Steve Jobs.

He will be missed.