Steve Jobs

[TracyCoxx]

Although I knew his end was near, it was still a shock to hear he's gone. I wasn't a die hard mac or iPhone person, but there was never any doubt of his genius or his impact on so many parts of our lives.

Steve Jobs, you will be greatly missed.

[Pikachu1989]

Yeah Jobs did an awesome job in changing the world as we know it. I prefer th Droid as I have one and is better than the IPhone IMO. The only Apple product I own is the IPod Touch and I like it. It's mostly my home Computer and I am using the site on my IPod touch as of this Moment.

[ila]

Originally Posted by Pikachu1989

Yeah Jobs did an awesome job in changing the world as we know it. I prefer th Droid as I have one and is better than the IPhone IMO. The only Apple product I own is the IPod Touch and I like it. It's mostly my home Computer and I am using the site on my IPod touch as of this Moment.

Jobs didn't change a damned thing. He never had an original idea in his life. Everything he produced was copied from a previous product.

[randolph]

Originally Posted by ila

Jobs didn't change a damned thing. He never had an original idea in his life. Everything he produced was copied from a previous product.

I don't know about that, Jobs was brilliant. The Iphone and the Ipad are technological marvels that have incredible appeal to the public and made Apple extremely wealthy. I think it was Jobs leadership that was the basis of Apple's success. It remains to be seen if apple can continue it's innovative leadership now that he is gone.

[ila]

Originally Posted by randolph

I don't know about that, Jobs was brilliant. The Iphone and the Ipad are technological marvels that have incredible appeal to the public and made Apple extremely wealthy. I think it was Jobs leadership that was the basis of Apple's success. It remains to be seen if apple can continue it's innovative leadership now that he is gone.

The iphone is a copy of RIM's blackberry which existed years before the iphone. The ipad is a copy of a product that Microsoft produced in the 90's. Microsoft's version didn't sell because there wasn't the telecommunications infrastructure back then to support it.

[smc]

Originally Posted by ila

Jobs didn't change a damned thing. He never had an original idea in his life. Everything he produced was copied from a previous product.

I'm no fan of Jobs as a person, but your claim is simply untrue.

[ila]

Originally Posted by smc

I'm no fan of Jobs as a person, but your claim is simply untrue.

He certainly didn't come up with the idea of a personal computer nor was he the first to make one. He didn't come up with the idea of a GUI, although his version was the first user friendly one.

[smc]

Originally Posted by ila

He certainly didn't come up with the idea of a personal computer nor was he the first to make one. He didn't come up with the idea of a GUI, although his version was the first user friendly one.

You are thinking too narrowly, my friend. Again, I'm no fan of Jobs as a person. But under his leadership, Apple innovated in remarkable ways. The devices Apple produced are not always completely original (cf. the MPG player), but the design of them changes the way users interact with technology. Consider the iPod, as one example. It is a seamless mix of a device and a service (iTunes) that has rarely been achieved in the history of technology. Jobs directed that effort, and deserves credit for how it changed the world.