Apple's Steve Jobs has died

R.I.P.

56 is WAY too young an age to die. My sympathies go to his wife and family.

Love or loathe Apple, Steve Jobs's influence on all our lives has been substantial.

By Lacrobat on 6 Oct 2011

R.I.P Steve

Thanks steve for bringing the drive needed to push the tech industry as it now stands, we may not have always agreed with your methods, but surely no one can argue with your legacy. every time we pick up our iPod, or use whichever of your products we may own.. remember the man fondly, and none to harshly, without him. the world as we know it would be a poorer place.

Written from my Hackintosh..

By Cerberus73 on 6 Oct 2011

Rest in Peace

This is one of those moments when we should stop and mark the passing of a great man - someone who undeniably changed a company, an industry, and the world.

By starkey_dj on 6 Oct 2011

A legend in life and in death

Not many people come along in life who have the consistent vision and drive to succeed at genius achievement after genius achievement on such massive scales every time. iPod, iPhone, iTunes store, App Store, Pixar, Apple Mac computers..

RIP Steve Jobs. World Changer. Legend.

By alvin on 6 Oct 2011

RIP But...

Someone's death hasn't been this over-rated since Princess Di.

By hexy1 on 6 Oct 2011

Rest in Peace

He was a force in the industry, turning a sick Apple around to become a power house in the consumer electronics industry.

His business style might not have engendered himself to everyone, but he certainly had a vision of how to bring Apple back from the brink.

I am glad he had some time with his family, before he died.

By big_D on 6 Oct 2011

A total legend

His last 10 years were legendary. A little company completely shook the entire tech industry to it's knees and turned itself into the second most valuable company in the world.

By TimoGunt on 6 Oct 2011

@hexy1

I'm not saying you're right, I'm not saying you're wrong. But wouldn't it have been better to just say nothing at all.

By pveater on 6 Oct 2011

Rest in peace Steve and condolences to his family.

By james016 on 6 Oct 2011

Sad news

R.I.P. Steve.

By Mr_Flynn on 6 Oct 2011

@lacrobat

Ditto.

By CraigieDD on 6 Oct 2011

@TimoGunt

I don't think launching an MP3 player, a phone and a tablet counts as shaking "the entire tech industry to it's knees..." Influential yes, particularly in the consumer sector but there's more to tech than shiny consumer toys. Still he did wonders for the profile of the turtleneck jumper ;-)

By rjp2000 on 6 Oct 2011

Don't forget...

... that this was also the man who bought Pixar and, (along with Lasseter) nurtured it through 8 years of losses before Toy Story transformed not only its own fortunes, but also shook up a dozy Disney and the animation industry as a whole. Jobs ended up Disney's largest stockholder (when Disney bought Pixar).

By WilliamW on 6 Oct 2011

@rjp2000

You are obviously ignorant of Job's contribution to putting GUI's on Personal Computers. Do you think Microsoft would have done Windows if the Mac didn't exist. Also at NEXT Job's took the whole idea of Object Oriented programming to a new level, Job's legacy is in every desktop computer system in use today.

By milliganp on 6 Oct 2011

This is not the place...

for arguments, snide comments, fanboi-ism or anything else negative.

Please, let's respect the fact that someone who is truly legendary in the tech industry has passed away from a horrible disease far far to young.

Travel well Steve.

By wake1976 on 6 Oct 2011

@milligamp

Oh contraire, it is you that is in the dark. Ever heard of Xerox? Palo Alto? Do a bit of research and you'll enlighten yourself as to who invented the GUI! Do I think MS would have done Windows if the MAC didn't exist? YES, they saw what Xerox had done and had already announced Windows 1.0 before the first Mac was launched in 1984. And also, other companies were building GUI's at the time, so Apple weren't the only GUI based competitor. Try taking your Apple blinkers off, its a big world out there!

By rjp2000 on 6 Oct 2011

Farewell Mr. Jobs

The world has become a tad more dull with your passing.



@rjp2000, @hexy1

Leave the insensitive comments to SwissMac, please.

By TheHonestTruth on 6 Oct 2011

@wake1976

"This is not the place...
for arguments, snide comments, fanboi-ism or anything else negative."

What? This is the Internet right? This is precisely the place!

Don't get me wrong, even though I've never owned an Apple product, I'm sorry that Steve Jobs died so young and recognise that he has certainly been hugely influential.

By rjp2000 on 6 Oct 2011

@Hexy1

you're not Ian from Banbury are you? Only I saw a suspiciously similar post on the DM website.

By GillsMan7 on 6 Oct 2011