RIP Steve Jobs

[pickled_heretic]

Originally Posted by Shiftin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The first versions of things like excel, word and even windows were actually apple programs

are you saying that because e.g. excel ran on apple it was an "apple program?" sorry that's retarded.

[Tommy_Wiseau]

You idiots wouldn't give the man credit for innovation unless he built a teleportation device in his basement out of parts he smelted together himself out of raw ore. The dude built the first luxury consumer electronics company that has ever existed. I think that defines innovation.

[pickled_heretic]

Originally Posted by Tommy_Wiseau [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The dude built the first scrooge mcwhackjob pyramid scheme cult worship factory that profits off idiocy that has ever existed. I think that defines being a douche.

fixed

[pickled_heretic]

let me put it another way... you can admire the man for being an odysseus... not for being an archimedes.

[Tommy_Wiseau]

nobody is calling him the greatest engineer of all time.

There are more important qualities out there than technical skill, as Steve's celebrity and absurd wealth demonstrate.

[pickled_heretic]

Originally Posted by Tommy_Wiseau [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

nobody is calling him the greatest engineer of all time.

There are more important qualities out there than technical skill, as Steve's celebrity and absurd wealth demonstrate.

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[Harrison]

He was a genius and a moron at the same time. His business model was great, knew who to target, etc. and his products were solid and reliable, but like said above, shiny overpriced propriety-based(until recently) bullshit. I think he held himself back by not conforming until it was too late with popular industry standards.

I grew up using apples and macs and I didn't even know wtf the difference between a PC and the others were yet. I wish I had grown up a few years earlier so I could have been there for all of it at a better age. My first computer was an IBM x86 which I think had 16mb of ram tops? I played Zork, Doom, various AD&D games, and other ancients on floppy and those are some of my fondest memories of growing up for me. Learning how to use DOS was what led me to go into programming, too. I would shit a brick if I saw what would come of computing back then.

R.I.P. Steve Jobs, you were very important in the tech world and we owe a lot to you.


(that's what I posted to another forum I frequent)

[purest]

lol @ every sobby fool in this weepfest of a thread. Haven't seen a hug’n’cry of this caliber since that limey slut Princess Di died.

[joetheman]

I don't understand why this guy was such a good person. Sure he invented many products that started with the letter "i", but those ideas were already thought of by other companies. To be honest, the only reason why Macs are popular is for their looks, there's not a whole lot special with them. Also, Mr. jobs made billions through his personal gain and never donated any to charity. Jew maybe? yes.

[Tommy_Wiseau]

di didn't do shit steve was a creator

fuck all haters