Like everyone else, we were shocked here at eBay when we heard the news of Steve Jobs’ death yesterday at age 56. From conversations in the hallway to instant messages that flew from computer to computer, phone to phone, and even on our internal distribution list for product managers, the air was filled with remembrances and sadness. We wanted to take a minute away from eBay stories and remember Steve Jobs, or, better yet, let some of our leaders and other eBayers talk about how they felt about the man. We encourage you to let us know how you feel about Steve Jobs and his legacy in the comments below.
When you think about Steve Jobs, you probably associate him with the sleek line of Macintosh computers, or the iPod, iPhone, and the iPad. But, long before this, he was the quintessential inventor, working out of his garage in Palo Alto and building something he called a personal computer for the “rest of us.” He spurred the idea that with the proper invention, vision, motivation, and drive, anything was possible. And then he went out and proved it, with the Apple II and initial sales of $200,000 to the creation of the Apple billion-dollar computer empire, and beyond. Future generations of entrepreneurs, when they joked about how they worked out of their garages, invoked those early day of Steve Jobs.
Around the web you will find tributes and remembrances to the man. On Wired, we see a long list of entrepreneurs, from Bill Gates to Jerry Yang, discussing the influence Steve had on the way they see the world. Here at eBay, we talked with, past, present, and future leaders to see what they thought:
Pierre Omidyar wrote about Steve’s legacy in his post “Steve Jobs Legacy: Think Different.” The part that especially stands out is when he says:
With Steve’s passing, we’ve lost someone who had a historic impact not only on how we use technology, but on how we think about it. Losing him at such a young age makes me wonder what other breakthroughs and leaps of faith he would have made in the coming decades.
For me, Steve’s legacy won’t be limited to these breakthrough products, however. More important than the products themselves, he changed the way we think — and how we think about something is often the hardest thing to change. This makes Steve’s successes all that much more remarkable.
Steve challenged the world to “think different,” and he didn’t limit that to his company’s products. In a very real sense, thinking differently has the effect of expanding our world and our reach — our view of what we can accomplish.
Steve expanded our world with technology, but he also showed us that thinking differently is indeed how we can change the world. And for that, I am truly thankful for his passion, his example and his inspiration.
John Donahoe, eBay’s current CEO, remember Jobs like this:
“Steve understood the power of technology to enrich our lives in simple, elegant ways. His impact on consumers all over the world is apparent wherever one goes. Without a doubt we have lost the greatest innovator of our time.”
Former CEO Meg Whitman, had this to say about Steve Jobs:
“Steve Jobs was an iconic entrepreneur and businessman whose impact on technology was felt beyond Silicon Valley. He will be remembered for the innovation he brought to market and the inspiration he brought to the world.”
One thing that stands out in all the remembrances we have read is how Steve Jobs created products that weren’t an end in-and-of themselves, but a means to discovery and new creation. In a Playboy interview with Steve from 1985, the author relates a story of meeting Steve at a celebrity-filled birthday party for a boy in New York City, where artists Andy Warhol and Keith Haring were introduced to the new Macintosh computer. They were thrilled by the computer, as they drew circles with the newly-introduced mouse. As the party came to a close and the guests were gone, “Jobs stayed to tutor the boy on the fine points of using the Mac.” When asked why, Jobs related that “Older people sit down and ask, “What is it?” but the boy asks, “What can I do with it?”
The same can be said with other Apple creations, especially the iPad, where millions of parents have given up control of their devices to the inquiring minds of their kids. And who knows what kind of innovation that will spur in the future, as long as kids are encouraged to dream, and that is not only OK but that they should be encouraged to “Think Different.”
Which brings us to the close of our remembrances of Steve Jobs. He had a truly unique way of looking at life (and death) which presumably influenced not only who he was, but what he was willing to try. We think there is no better way to end our tribute to the man but with these words from his commencement speech at Stanford University in 2005:
“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure — these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.”
More about Steve Jobs on these related links:
- Apple.com
- Playboy Interview with Steve Jobs
- Wired.com
- LA Times: Steve Jobs dies at 56; Apple’s co-founder transformed computers and culture
- CNN.com – The day Steve Jobs called Walter Isaacson
- Chicago Sun Times – RIP Steve Jobs — a man who truly changed the world
- KQED Radio – Remembering Steve Jobs
- Techmeme links to Steve Jobs stories
- eBay Ink blog remembrance
[Editor’s note: these links were culled from a single call out to the product management team at eBay this morning. It is a testament to how influential Steve Jobs is that my email box was immediately stuffed with links to stories about the man, and that each link was unique and interesting. Just like Steve Jobs.]
Like most who have an appreciation for technology and design, I have always been an admirer of Steve Jobs as visionary and a leader. He also deeply cared about his customers and I was able to experience this first hand a few years ago.
My wife’s (then girlfriend) iBook had some problems and I had to send it in for a warranty repair. I had done this before and the experience was usually quite good. This time, however, the computer somehow got lost and Apple could not find it in their repair facility. Their customer support was not able to help, and I felt like I was getting the runaround. I had heard anecdotally that Steve Jobs often responded to personal emails at his apple email address. One night after hanging up with customer support, I emailed him with my situation to complain about the treatment I was getting. I don’t know what I expected but I just assumed it couldn’t hurt anything. What happened next was amazing.
The next morning at 8 AM I had a phone call from one of his assistants who said that Mr. Jobs had forwarded her my email and that they were going to do everything to help. Shortly after that, I had a senior executive in customer support on the phone, who was investigating the case, and eventually had a manager from DHL (the shipper who handles the repairs) come to visit me in person. The situation got resolved in hours and I had the computer back.
I was totally blown away by this whole experience and thought it really spoke to his passion for ensuring his customers had a great experience throughout their use of Apple’s products.
Steve jobs was an amazing visionary and a wonderful man.I wish I could have gotten the chance to meet him personally. We will miss you Mr.jobs. Check out my website and leave a comment I will send my website to apple .
Rest In Peace
Steven Jobs
Steve Jobs was the most influential, inspirational, and revolutionary inventor of our day. He created, not just a line of products, but a mindset of greatness. Anything is possible when you put your heart, mind, and soul into it. Steve Jobs once said, “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” Steve Jobs was the greatest innovator of our time, and a leader that will never be forgotten.
Rest in peace Steven Jobs.
As far as I’.m concerned he was the total other, supreme being! A genius of a man who saved humanity and some.The government should erect a monument on his behalf
A man that truely inspired and triggered my own imagination to know that without trying to do it.. You will never know!
Thank you for helping me see my dream!
You will be missed and always remembered.
Steve Jobs fue un hombre inspirador, un lider inteligente,gracias a el hoy dia la tecnologia esta avanzada, gracias Steve SERAS RECORDADO DESCANSA EN PAZ.
I think Steve jobs was an “Einstein” of computer technology in our times. If the world wide web could talk, it would thank him.
Apple without Steve Jobs is like the Sky without Stars!
The first year I used computers in the late ’80′s running DOS with the command lines was not user friendly at all. When I took graphic design and was exposed to the Mac interface, the usability just blew me away! No more memorizing command lines, I could just click and create! I’ve been hooked on Mac/Apple ever since thanks to the master creative innovator Steve Jobs. I always enjoyed watching his new product launches and the passion he had for creating products that are easy to use and so beautiful to look at. Thanks Steve for sharing your greatness with us all!
I took my first college computer class in 1968, and was running O29 card punches to program an IBM 360. Each line of the program had to have its own card. Programs were hundred of cards stacked into the hopper to run. Then Steve and Waz came up with their idea, a computer on top of a table. IBM laughed and so did everyone else. Educators were the first and at that time the only ones interested. Steve and Waz made it happen. Steve Jobs will be sorely missed by the technology community as a whole and at Apple, I can only hope they can fill the void. Talk about a guy who pushed the envelope!! RIP Steve, I’m sure you’re already showing the Big Guy what the next iPad will look like.
While there are people that spend their lives trying to wreck havoc on the internet and ruin other folks fun by making a virus to ruin a computer, this man spent his time here trying to make the internet better for us all. It is very sad when a guy like this has to die instead of the the rotten people that try to ruin a great place like the internet, I didn’t know him personally but I can sure tell he has been here!! God Rest his soul . He will be missed very much by good people everywhere.
Hey! I’m typing this on the gorgeous 27″ i-Mac I bought on….eBay. I’ve bought great Apple products for years right here; the two things are kinda symbiotic. One makes the other easier to use!
I’m the same age as Jobs; remember when he was a brash kid with a big idea. Who knew he’d change the world? He’s left us too soon. We will always wonder what others big ideas were still in his pocket. He will be missed.
For me, it’s a sad moment, as various Apple products have been part of my life – both professionally, for work, and for business, for so long, it’s hard to imagine them not being there. While my first computer was a Tandy, then Atari, then another Atari; I longed for a Mac when they first arrived, and eventually got a Mac SE/30.
I was arguably one of the first people in So. Calif. with a PowerBook 100, the only person I knew in 2001 with an iPod, and bought an iPad the day it came out. I’ve had two or three additional PowerBooks (including 2011 Macbook Pro), a Mac Mini, iPod Touch, and have an 8-core Mac Pro in my music studio. And this week, I’ll finally get an iPhone. I learned Photoshop on a Mac; learned desktop publishing, web design, and so much more on a Mac … it’s right up there with my first time driving a car, first kiss, and losing my virginity. Hyperbole, perhaps, but Apple has always brought a “soul” to a box of what others see as a toolbox, a wrench, and Jobs was the largest part of that “feeling” you got … that “out of box” experience when you opened an Apple product box the first time.
I’ve been on the launch team of MacMall, have an ARPL design award from Apple, and my company sponsored QuickTime multimedia events more than a decade ago.
It’s hard not to be touched by the way Steve came back from his side ventures, rebuilt Apple with the iMac, developed a new vision for the company and with each new product doomsayers and haters would say “that won’t fly,” and then the product became a market dominator. Over and over. Not a fluke, not a lucky break, but vision. Steve had that. Yes, I am, or was, a fan.
And, one more thing. He will be missed.
Christopher Laird Simmons
Steve Jobs was the greatest inventor. His creations brought HAPPINESS to the people!
Thank you, Steve!!
I found Mr. Jobs as a rare man. Other people say that he was a crook but he brought us a new way to look at technology. Ever since the iPod, Mac pro and the iPhone came out I’ve been hooked. With all the bad remarks I’ve seen from other people this just makes me more motivated to becoming a great IT and work for Apple.
I myself am original from the South Bay Area in California and I gotta say we up here in Northern California have’nt had to many famous people come outta this neck of the woods. Steve Jobs started a revolution in his garage in Cupertino and from that spawned things we use in everyday life now. iPods, MacBooks, iPads, iPhones things that now the next generation will already know how to use at birth. I give my deepest condolences to the Jobs family as they and we the people have lost a great innovator and stand up guy. Steve we’ll miss you. I tip my iPad to you good sir. R.I.P
one elvis, one micheal jackson, one bob marley, and only one steve job
One of the greatest men!
You have done many great things, and we all miss you!
Only few people on this planet are able to touch almost every person living on this planet and Steve Jobs is one of them…and for that he is a truly an iconic symbol of success innovation and we should all be proud he lived among us.
We will always love you Steve Jobs…you are the best in the world. ……APPLE……APPLE……
Steve Jobs was an inspiration for new entrepreneurs; setting the standard for leaders to come. He made our dreams come true with the variety of amazing products that changed our lives,and created machines that made possible what we had only imagined. He was a soul ahead of his time, a visionary, and one of the greatest minds the world has seen.. We will all miss you ,Steve.
Steve Jobs changed the way we use technology in our daily lives! This is no exaggeration this is true. Steve was a genius that not only improved the way we use gadgets but also was an inspiration that proved to the whole world that if you’re a hard worker that believes in himself than there is always hope!
Apple was almost going broke, but today they are a proud company that is among one of the best, thank you Steve jobs for making this happen, and I wish your family all the best.
Yours very truly,
Bashar Albaghli
Mr. Jobs, I bought my first macbook pro this summer for my internship. I know for a fact this is a good investment as it will travel with me by my side whether i am on campus for off. You have built the gadgets worth talking about.
RIP Steve Jobs you leave behind an extraordinary legacy.
I do not know him personally, but following up with him for how many years I felt like I knew him. I have learned so much from and looked up to him as an idol. His legacy will always be remember. He will truly be missed!
Steve Jobs was the Walt Disney of the digital age. They both were great inventors and innovators.
RIP, you will be missed.
There’s really not much left to say that hasn’t be said before.
I will truly miss Mr Jobs key-note presentations on new products.
He was very engaging and truly believed in his company.
Like many of us, wishing I had met the man in person.
Long live the innovator man with the black long-sleeve tee and faded blue jeans !!!
Steve,
Some might say that we didn’t know you personally, but certainly you touched each and everyone of us in a very personal way. You my friend put the “T” in technology! Although we don’t come here to stay; you’re stay will last forever.
Rest in His Arms
Your Friend Nora
A humble beginning to a technology mogul at least he has taught us a lesson by using limited resources to achieve the inexplicable in life no excuses.
Dearest Steve,
It’s hard to believe you’re gone, but you’re in a better place now. In elementary school, I remember going to the computer lab to learn how to type, and play Oregon Trail, and (secretly) spending some time to learn how to navigate the in’s and out’s of the computer – and now that I think about it, we used Apple computers. Being born in the 90′s, it’s a bit hard to understand just how revolutionary the personal computer was, and how you made it accessible to everyone.
Thinking back on the many visionary ideas you brought to life, the world has truly reached the 21st Century.
They say you never know what you have until it’s gone.
I must say, this is the FIRST time I can wholeheartedly agree with that proverb.
You will be dearly missed, forever an integral part of everyone’s lives in one way or another. You’re legacy, vision, and brilliance – remembered for generations to come.
“Think Different” – I’m sure we all will thanks to you Steve.
Rest In Peace Steve,
Daniel
Ipod, Iphone, Ipad, Isad!
RIP Steve; thank you for a JOB well done Mr. JOBS!
I thank Steve Jobs and he will be greatly missed.
Steve…I just like to keep everyone of my Apple’s…Is like be your friend several times.
from a another friend
Hay hombres que luchan un dia y son buenos.
Hay otros que luchan un año y son mejores.
Hay quienes luchan muchos años y son muy buenos.
Pero hay los que luchan toda la vida: esos son los imprescindibles.
thank you Steve
I dont know Steve, i used to love your product until you created iPad which i just think its a bigger screen version of iPod. iPhone 4 was my last money ever spent to your product. I should thank you for Apple btw. it just not a very good ending you end product with iPad. and thanks for making and operating system which is free from viruses and trial pre-installed software
AEF
Sometimes, less really is more. Mr Jobs really understood that. The really great thing about all Apple products is the simplistic excellence they provide. If computers are a part of your life in one way or another…you would be right to thank Steve for his innovation and vision for what these electronic items could become as opposed to what they were. thank you mr jobs and all those at Apple for your dedication to simple excellence in technology.
Here are the best regards to Jobs.
I hope you can bring the apple to the heaven,so when we die we can use apple in heaven.
R.I.P Steve Jobs. You won’t never leave us forever!!!
Words fail me when I have to write a remembrance for one of my role models, my icon. Being a gadget freak, especially cellphones, only the iPhone and iPad has consistently left me in awe at the simple yet beautiful and extremely user friendly appearance and UI. These instruments continue to display the vision, creativity, simplicity and clarity in Steve’s focused thoughts.
However, Steve has been dear to me for more than his beautiful innovations. He has been the pioneer in my recent course of life which I have adopted and his iconic commencement speech only bears testimony.
I will miss you so dearly Steve for your life and ways were truly an inspiration. I hope to find your guidance in all my future endeavors.
thank u steve jobs, for making apple not just a fruit
Being an American in Sydney, I can say from experience that one thing identical between the cultures is a love for all things Apple.
Being an American in Sydney, I can say from experience that one thing identical between the cultures is a love for all things Apple. Steve Jobs RIP.
Adieu l’amie,a bientot c’est le sort de tout le monde plus ou moins vite.
you had one of the brilliant minds in our world when it comes to technology. thank you for the iphones and the ipads and all your other creative inventions. …Cheers from muhammed sekertekin
R.I.P steve jobs
I went from Amiga to Apple Mac in 1995 at Uni. Apple has always had a quiet and subtle push through eduction and what’s the computer you always see in movies!!
In 2007 I left the Apple camp and bought a VAIO with Vista, I should have known something was wrong because they supplied XP OS so you could roll it back! Apart from that the machine literally starting falling apart at the seams within a year. In 2011 I bought the quad core Macbook pro, no more crashes and I know this thing CANNOT fall apart. Now I get work done instead of fighting viruses , crashes & keeping it together in one piece.
Already miss you Steve! You have showed us that impossible is possible you have changed the world you have been my and thousands others inspiration! Rest in peace we all love you ! You have invented the most unbelievable electronics of all time.
Thank you for being here saving earth I love you!
Steve Jobs represents the American Dream and to what we ALL hope to be in life: SOMEBODY that “Thinks Different” in ORDER to CHANGE the WORLD for the EMBETTERMENT of MANKIND. R.I.P. Steve Jobs you inspired us to be our best and taught us how to hold our heads up with grace even when we are at our worst – we will never forget you and generations will continue to benefit from your genius – in spirit you will never die and that is the greatest legacy anyone could ever hope to leave behind.
Steve sure didn’t want to die. I can only imagine how hard it was to accept that he would not have more time he still had ideas and dreams he wanted to realize! He should have had more time, I know we all wish it was so. But I think he also understood that death being the end, inevitably, for everyone, was the truth that can tell us how to live life. To live as if each day could be our last. He did, and look how much he did with his life! And so his life bears out the that saying it’s not the quantity but the quality that counts. Steve was a class act for sure. What a hole he has left in the fabric of this world by leaving it. I miss him too, along with so many others. If there is an afterlife, I’m sure Steve is looking around, seeing what it’s all about, and basking in the elegance that surely would be there for him,( though he might want to tweak things just a bit….)
We bought our first Mac in 1985. I’m now sitting at my home office desk with my Mac Pro circa 2007. It’s just as wonderful as the day it arrived, a replacement for my G5. We still have all the Macs we bought and I still use my G4 with my scanner.
I will always remember Steve Jobs saying “and now one more thing” ——–
Gone too soon—– rest in Peace
I love Steve and appreciate his work tremendously. Having discovered Apple at an early age when retail stores like COMPUTERLAND and MICROAGE were still in vogue, I remember the tremendous joy I felt at owning two of his earliest Macs back in the day. First came a used Macintosh 512k with a ton of games and software the previous owner had left installed, and then later a souped up Mac Plus. Those little all-in-one wonder machines with their diminutive (by today’s standards) 9 inch black and white screens made an indelible impression on me. I immediately realized then that Apple was a company that truly and profoundly cared about what it was doing. From that moment on I was a devoted Macintosh user. And over the years, as PC people continually forecast the demise of Apple: “Apple will be gone in a year..”, I never wavered in my belief that there NEEDED to be a company like Apple somewhere in the world. If nothing more than to inspire others like myself to Think Different, and celebrate uniqueness simply for the sake of being unique, and uncompromisingly first class in every regard. As I type this on my gleaming glass and aluminum iMac I can honestly say that I am proud to have remained a steadfast member of the Macintosh family all these years. With Steve’s departure from this world I have shed more than a few tears for the father of Apple, and doubtless I will shed a couple more. Thank you Mr. Jobs, and may the Lord bless your spirit and keep you in His embrace.
Thank you for making the world a better place.
You’ve done it!! You have revolutionized the world!
Thanks for your creative power!
You change the world most.
You will be remembered forever, forever……
Thanks again.
Its so sad we have lost of the greatest innovator , RIP Steve Jobs and we cant thank you enough because you made us all dream by offering excellent products Ipod Iphone Ipad what more can you ask for ?
THE LEGEND! R.I.P :´(
Like Steve, it is time to think outside the box, time to be creative!! Those of us looking to be employ, it is time to make employment for ourselves, time to be brave and do what we always wanted to do, but never had the time to do because of our 9-5 work hours, working from pay check to pay check.
Steve is gone, but we are here. Let’s pay homage to his memory by taking to his advice “ be different, think outside the box”. Listen to his 2005 Stanford University commencement address. “Live life to its fullest”
Steve Jobs lives on!!
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The pure, raw talent Mr. Jobs has inspired all of us (I’m writing from an Ipad right now, same as many others). When I bought my first iPod yeeeaars back, over here in Puerto Rico, friends would say: ‘ ique? ‘ Ask them about Apple now, (most of them have had every iPhone ever conceived, I’ve had everything Apple except the iPhone), they surely feel Mr. Jobs loss. He will be greatly missed.
Being a retired, “old school” photographer with 46 years in the business, I had to make the transition from Ag to silicon in the early ’90′s. When I began, I couldn’t even spell computer. Tried to learn and work my way in…..but had to use IBM and DOS. Soon I found out I was going nowhere fast. Then Steve Jobs and Apple/Mac came along and it’s intuitive OS made computers something I could understand and use with ease. I’ll remember Steve as the guy who invented computers that worked and got the job done. He made sure that they ran right and you didn’t have to reboot 50x a day….they just worked….all the time and you could understand how they worked with ease. You could and can just run the apps you want and get the work done without worry. Steve Jobs got my hands out of the photo chemicals, and onto the mouse and keyboard and for this I am eternally grateful. With the introduction of digital Photography, we who use it’s technology, have Steve Jobs to thank for the computers we use to work with the images we capture.
Thank you Steve,
PJL
Many people come and leave this world. Steve went away and left nothing with him but only happiness to us others that are still around…untill we join again some other time somewhere in this same vast universe that we`re all part of.
Thanks, Steve. Terrific Job…
CC
Portugal
Steve knew that technology isn’t just physics and what can be built or programmed but more importantly how it can be understood and used by humans! His vision got the big picture!
It’s not the megapixel or the megabyte but how can it used and understood! His products represented a elegant mixture of technology and humanity!
I wish he built the VCR and the GPS in my car!
We are lucky to have had his vision lead the way and show the importance of this elegant mixture! His influence will be felt for thousands of years!
I count myself lucky to have lived in his time and watched the birth of the information revolution.
R.I.P. Steve Jobs for your innovative thinking that define the personal computer and smartphone industry. Without your products, all the things we enjoy today would not be possible. Among your inventions, the internet was created as a result of your NeXT computer. Artists such as T-Pain, Fall out boys, etc. were possible due to garage band. Microsoft started because of your invention of the Macintosh and your OS platform. Pixar, your other company, created the first animated CGI movie toy story, which gave rise to the CGI movie industry. Your app store fueled thousands of software programmers and businesses. Your iTunes gave everyone from music makers to movie makers a place to profit from their entertainment contributions. You single handedly brought apple company from near bankruptcy in 1996 to the top 2 most powerful company in the WORLD (more than Microsoft+HP+Dell combined). We, the 21st century, thank you and will forever miss you.
Thanks for all your works, the FATHER of APPLE, the FATHER of TECHNOLOGY
you gave us so many precious gifts
Rest In Peace…
thank you!
I’m gonna miss u so much..i loved all your work…
The thing I think I will miss the most in Steve Jobs is the fact that if you didn’t know who he was & you saw him in public, you’d never know he was a muliti-millionaire due to the fact that he was so down to earth.
I have made a decision to start doing what I feel passionate about & stop doing what I hate doing. A Lot of happiness can be found in that no matter how little or lot of money you make, you can wake up in the morning & say “I’m happy today, & with what I am doing with my life.” RIP Zen Master
Steve Jobs was my hero and I am truly in mourning over his death. Thank you eBay for allowing us to leave a farewell note.
It’s hard to imagine what our lives would have been like without Steve Jobs in it. He has helped me and others do business differently. Computer Technology, phones, and more are better, saving us money, making us money, changing the world. Thank you Steve Jobs. I never got to meet you but I like to think that each time we turn on our phone or use our mac there is a part of your energy in all we do. Even PC peeps! Long Live Steve Jobs!! one of the greatest men in our history! You will be missed! I hope that they can cure cancer because its a shame that CANCER is stopping us from learning and having you on our planet. Thank you!
Your works amazed the world.
Your words will be remembered.
Thank you Mr. Jobs.
I do not have any product from Steve. But it does not matter. He the Great Man, Genius Artist . I am very very sad.
It is my sincere condolences.
Russia, Moscow.
Light a Candle.
We lost a man of true vision today.ㅠㅠ Condolences to the whole Apple family..ㅠㅠ
Thank you for making the world better.
Rest in peace Steven Jobs.
Simply, one of the Greatest men of the Century!
I send my sincerest condolences to the Jobs family. As a person who has witnessed so many changes in this world into the millennium, I can only live the rest of my life in wonder-what would have been next? What would my great grandchildren hold in their hands from this innovator? I remember still trying to log on to my computer with dashes and slants and underscores and having to do it all over again when I missed a byte. I remember being upset because the batteries in my cassette and CD player ran out of steam. I remember the first time I sat in front of my first Mac computer in college.
Can you imagine what it would be like when you sing a note and people automatically know who you are- when they see your art- and they say-that Picasso-that Pollock- that DaVinci-now that was art! This was Steve Jobs-an artist-a master of what is possible- the possibilities of potential yet unrealized-and always-what if?
Thank you Steve Jobs- I am the old guard- but you brought me into the new millennium. A million times thank you! Truly.
May the Lord bless you and keep you.
I have been an Apple Computer Lover since the late 80s. I was (still am) amazed that the best ideas are not always enjoyed by the majority.
I first fell “in love” with the machine but soon thereafter fell in love with the company. I even purchased shares in the early 90′s. Still many of my friends didn’t catch on board. When the Macintosh was prominently displayed on the Seinfeld, I knew I wasn’t alone.
Steve Jobs desire to deliver an enjoyable experience has been evident for over 20 years in the Hearst household. I am glad to be alive during the time science fiction became available to “the rest of us”.
Thank you Apple and Steve Jobs.
Steve Jobs, a wonderful human being.
While others big companies, corporations or businesses look for ways to get more money in their pockets by inventing low profile or unnecessary things for life, APPLE has the made things much better by having an inventor creator and visionary of this category… not for just building computers, cell phones or music- program-videos-games savers (Ipod), but for giving us the option to get something that could help our lives, to make things easier and (sometimes) more affordable. In my own opinion the quality of his products are far better than his competitors, for those of us who have experienced using that different computer systems and know the quality and differences between them.
Thank you Mr. Steve.
Rest In Peace.
I don’t think we even know yet the full extent of Steve Jobs legacy. He didn’t just create products: he created wonder and beauty. As a designer, I appreciated the simple elegance of his designs right from the beginning. In a world that grows increasingly fractious, I know that the Apple philosophy of beauty and elegance will endure as a shining beacon to light our way. Rest in Peace.
Message to Apple: Steve Jobs has done a great impact on our lives by providing us with smart convenient technology such as I pods, I pads, I phones,etc; as well as computer systems such as mac laptops and desktop computers. We thank him for his inventions and innovations that he provided for us. May Steve Jobs rest in peace (1955-2011). Do not give up Apple! Keep on creating the great technology you have provided us with ever since you started. Never forget what Steve Jobs advice in creating new technology. We are not perfect and can’t have the skills like him, but try to inherit Steve Jobs creativity in making more even new convenient technology ( Ipods, Ipads, Iphones, etc.)
ස්ටීව් ජොබ්ස්ට නිවන් සුව !
May Steve Jobs attain Nirvana !
Everything is said. Salamat sa iyong inobasyon at katalinuhan. You’re the man….! Kudos!
Стив Джобс,это был уникальный человек,который изменил всю компьютерную индустрию.Это гениальный человек.Apple без Стива Джонса это как небо без звезд.
Светлая память,покойся с миром.
In 1984, while working as an Art Director in Denver, I received a brochure in the mail advertising this wonderful new product called the Apple Macintosh. I must have drooled over that brochure for a half hour. The only problem was, as a starving Graphic Artist, I knew it would be years before I could afford one of my own. But I was lucky enough to work for a large, innovative company that took a chance purchased one Mac II which we constantly fought over! Finally, each designer got their very own Mac SE. I felt like it was Christmas Day! It wasn’t until 1993 that I could actually afford to buy a Mac of my own – a Performa purchased at Circuit City. My life was finally complete. Ever since then I have owned various Apple products (as many as I could afford), and I grew to love each one more than the last. Now, like many people, I spend the majority of my day using an Apple product. And each day, I have silently thanked the man who made my work and play an absolute joy! Thank you Steve Jobs for embracing Graphic Artists all over the world. We knew you best, and we knew you well through your dedication to our profession, continually striving to improve and perfect our work environment. For that, we will be eternally grateful. Rest in Peace Steve Jobs, knowing that you have brought joy into the lives of millions of people worldwide. We salute you!
I’m a fan of APPLE – but i have never used Apple’s products before.
I like Steve Jobs so much, I have big ambitions, so the more I think about my success in the future, the more I respect him, the more i think about him….I will remember him forever.
Apple’s men,,,,,don’t be sad. Please “THINK DIFFERENT” – this is a chance to launch Iphone 5 or other product to the market, choose a special day that everybody think about S.Jobs. I hope that one day i will have enough money to use his products.
thank you
We`ve lost the main person in the world and we`re very sad for this loss.Thank you very much our Steve .You`ll always live in our heart.
Azerbaijan/Baku
I’d like to think the “S” in the new iPhone 4S stood for the “iPhone for Steve”. Rest in peace.
I very much regret the death of Steve Jobs, my condolences..I”m from Russia, but we also love technology from Apple.On his long struggle with cancer, I am sad about that…
It is very big loss for all
just not much on the topic of someones death that i have never met but has had a impact in my life non the less. Thank you for taking mankind one step further in the future of electronics
If for no other reason, Steve stayed on the job for many years, certain of the inevitable, to be an example for all of us watching and to remind us that we too must come to terms with our mortality. Instead of wasting our time trying to prolong our lives here on this earth, it would do us all well to focus on the things that might benefit others, for there lies the true meaning of joy. I truly believe that Steve died knowing that he did the best that he could in the time allotted him. Well done, Mr. Jobs!
You inspired .
Rest in peace.
THINK DIFFERENT
Steve Jobs 4ever in our hearts
Steve, you changed our lives. Your death is big loss for this world
Steve Jobs 4ever in our hearts
Big boss is a tasty apple… R.I.P.
Спасибо Стив за твое изобретение!
Steve Jobs, Changed the world of technology, Thank you for everything, Steve Jobs planted his vision in apple and hope they will keep going and devolop what he started.
Thank you Steven for share all your dreams with all of us., God Bless You and RIP
Steve was an great man, his vision changed todays world, his abbility to challenge and push when it needed were always at the spot, his idea his technology and his product will stay with us for a loooong time, with out his this planet wouldn’t be where is it now, but where was it 50 years ago, He’ll be missed very much by almost everybody, and there be always some ppl that are jelous and make fun of anything,, MISS YOU STEVE may the eart be light on you and your soul stay watchnig amog us
One inventor may die, but not their inventions!! We’ll never forget!!
One More Thing!!!!!! R.I.P. Jobs
Steve Jobs, changed everything we know about computers the easy way! We miss you already! Thanks for everthing you have done to us! Have a peace now, I will pray for you with my heart.
Dileno Cimatti
Araraquara, SP – Brazil.
May Steve’s family be happy well and peaceful. May no harm come to them, many no difficulty come to them, May all beings be happy well and peaceful. They say the brightest stars burn out too quickly. His fine energy is into the stream and all that is. May you reach the highest goal and obtain nibhanna. “Sumanasara oya jathi
Apata nove maha jathi
Apa danne eka jathi
Eva thama upa jathi
His wisdom was knowing that all that arises into form is impermanent and that it’s okay to form some attachment to our macs until a new one appears. All the best Steve, Sumana
In the late 70′s, I was a freshman at Pasadena City College taking computer programming and working part-time at the school’s computer proccesing center. I remember operating theses huge IBM’s servers and NCR machines that occupied the whole entire top floor of the main building in the campus. The air condition ran full blast icy cold to keep these monsters from burning up.
One day after school, I walked by a computer store across the street from school and I saw something that amazing displayed in the front window. The Apple II!!! Oh Lord! It is so beatiful, so simplicity, so white, and so small compare to the Monsters that I have to work with every day at school. From that day on, I am a true believer of Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Apple as a whole.
Now after twenty something years, I become a very successful business man owning a few repair centers in Southern California servicing iPhone, Ipad, and Ipod. I always tell my customers that you own a great iDevice and nothing can match it and Steve Jobs is a great visionary of our times. His revolutionary products have change the world and my life as the same time. I thank you Mr. Wonderful for all the visionaries, dreams, words of encouragement to keep on moving forward with your dream. I have mine!!!
Heil to the Chief!
I’m a big fan of people who can take command of the vision that is in their heart. I’m also a fan of the Canadian Rock band RUSH. If you listen to the words and music in their song called Mission from the Hold Your Fire Album you will undoubtedly see that it was written for a Genius like Steve Jobs. One line of the song goes “A spirit with a vision is a dream with a mission”,it is a amazing song. You should listen to it. God Bless Steve Jobs
You are my inspiration and role model. Rest in Peace.
There are entrepeneurs, innovators, and then there are paradigm movers. Steve Jobs was and is a member of the latter; it is the elite few that have the vision to change all our lives for the better, now and forever more. Steve Jobs will be dearly missed. He was truly a giant among us.
R.i.p. Steve jobs we luve yo i podz:)
Steve jobs was an amazing person he has changed my life in different ways. I was really sad to hear of his passing . Even though I didn’t know him personally I want to thank him for everything he did . He will always be remembered as an amazing man that changed technology for ever. My thoughts and prayers are with his family
R.I.P Steve jobs
you will be missed
Steve Jobs was to computer technology what the Beatles were to music. An Apple is an Apple.
A very touching sight, this evening, at a local mall… Young children were standing in front of an Apple store at a local mall, writing thank you notes to Steve Jobs on ‘post-it’ notes, and sticking them to the front glass of the Apple store, surrounding Steve Jobs’ photo. There were so many notes, you could barely see inside of the store!
I also left this note for Steve… “Steve, You made this world a better place. Thank you… God bless you.”
“He talked the talk and walked the walk.”
Thanks Steve!
God created world , Steve Created Apple, both have respect in different ways.
No words can describe the heartfelt fondness we have for this great man. We miss him dearly and he has in every way touched the world and made a difference to everyone’s life. Imagine your life without an iPhone. Imagine your life without the iPod. His innovative products have changed the world. I have never known any technology product that can influence and drive the consumer choices. iPhone is revolutionary. Macbook Air is unbelievable the thinnest and most convenient computer to bring around. iPad is simply awesome. My 3-yr-old can play an iPod touch on her own. My 70-yr-old mom can spend hours swiping away on an iPad. Who is that who brought all these innovations to us? Who is capable of products that even a 3-yr-old or a 70-yr-old can use with ease and comfort? He is no other than Mr Steve Jobs. Thank you so so very much. You have benefitted mankind. We miss you dearly.
I have been an Apple user since the IIe, and I have been loyal to the Apple name ever since. I can remember the jokes and teasing I would get for being an Apple user. I would tell everyone just wait, someday you’ll be using Apple computers too. Well, look at them now; I’d be willing to bet those same doubters have an Apple product in their homes today.
Mr. Jobs you will be missed, all I ask, is that you check in on your team at Infinite Loop from time to time, just in case they need that little nudge to stay pointed in the right direction. You were ‘Insanely Great’, Rest in Peace.
it is 100% true that we all will die someday. But you are so special to us.
Please be born again among us and serve the world . Good Bye Jobs.!
Steve Jobs was an incredible innovator for our time having contributed greatly to technology. He will be missed by those who understand that he was not just a leader however a customer centric entrepreneur.
Many people laughed at me when I proudly displayed my vanity license plate “WWSJD”.
I of course used it as my constant reminder to follow his ever so noted motto to “Think Differently”. I am writing my thought of Steve Jobs from my iPad. Quite fitting, don’t you think?
My Mac world found me when windows XP changed to Vista. After getting (another) virus on XP and hearing all of the scary reviews of Vista, I remembered that Apples have been around for awhile & probably had something mastered by now. Well, after taking the free workshop at Apple on basically being introduced to their computers, I was hooked. Within 6 months I had an iMac, iPod classic & iPod touch. Not to mention a mobile me subscription & saved up for the MacBook pro. So why am I texting from an iPad? I tell everyone that I went apple picking! I am eagerly anticipating the launch of iCloud as well. I agree with all the other blogs on how innovative he was. A true pioneer in my eyes. I know Apple will continue providing us with the most up to date technology as I can see from the apple tutorials how passionate everyone involved is. I also joke with my friends regarding my own passion for apple and tell them that loving my apple products so much makes me feel like I belong to a cult, lol. I instantly like anyone who prouly sports their apple decal. You know, the one you get with every purchase.
I would like to offer my condolences to everyone who sat & stared at nothing for the first 3 minutes after they heard the news, and know that “iSad”.
Steve and his creative spirit will live on in all of us.
And I am certain he will create an “i-heaven” there where he belongs to…….
Because the people who are crazy enough to think can change the world are the ones who do.
“Steve Jobs”
We will miss you Steve Thank You.
What were we waiting for?……..something/someone AMAZING…..Obviously!
RIP Steve Jobs
Only few people are born to be always remembered. You will always be…….RIP Mr. JOBS.
Gracias por todo Steve, sin ti la tecnologia no estaria tal como esta. Ahora sabemos que estas en el cielo creado el iheaven! THANKS FOR EVERYTHING!!
Thanks to all who took the time to leave such touching thoughts. I learned that even if I didn’t own an Apple product just using a computer and the internet Steve Jobs had an impact on what I am doing right now.
Practically every time I use Apple products it reminds me of this episode from The Lord of the Rings about Gandalf trying to find a password and than realizing that you really can just say friend and enter. Mr. Jobs made this world a better place and for sure more elegant and beautiful one. I can imagine few people today whose death would be so sincerely mourned worldwide. RIP, you will be missed a lot.
Жаль, что ты так рано ушел. Покойся с миром, пусть земля будет пухом…
Steve Jobs was like a mentor to me.
Rest in piece and may the ground be generous to you Steve.
STEVE is a great guy with creative thinking, he change the world, he change people to some extend, rest in peace, we will miss you.
My hat and my respects to Steve Jobs .Very few people have the passion and integrity that Steve created at Apple, a true visionary…
For generations to come you will be loved and honored as A soul that improved the world – in so many ways!
You impacted my families life like no other – and helped me turn a $10K investment ten years ago into a small fortune and a retirement base.
I will never forget the time – I sent you an email – explaining a would it not be cool project – and your so eloquently responded – with a message -to my i phone -in a way – i have never seen before – as it started to talk to me in computer voice.
May the love of your ego-less vision wrap all the world – and show large corporations – that you do not have to build guns or manage someone else s resources to be highly profitable!
A responsible global corporate soul! -
That is what is willed by the almighty- and STEVE helped to deliver without thinking about it!
Now let your soul re unite with our master – and quickly come down again in another form to help advance your vision’s and the planet towards godliness!
Your Job is done for now – but your soul will be FRAMED with the WHITE light – that radiates from some of your hardware packaging – forever more!
Fred Soleimani
Beverly Hills- CA
Steve, you placed the WORLD in my hands with the iPhone…I will ALWAYS remember that and more importantly, YOU.
REST IN PEACE
First I want to say that I have never owned an Apple product due to the fact that I always felt that they were too costly but when you look at what the products offered compared to the competition, you clearly see why the extra cost is needed. You get much, much more for the price than the competition. Why? Well I think that is why Steve Jobs will do down in history as a visionary. He knew what people wanted and bundled those ideas into amazing products. I know he will be missed! Now, I am going to go shopping for my first Apple product in his memory…
Steve Jobs, maluco sonhador !!! Os loucos que conheço mudaram o mundo.
I found these words somewhere……….
There were 3 Apples that changes the World…
The APPLE from Adam and Eve.
The APPLE from Isaac Newton.
The APPLE from Steve Jobs.
Rest in Peace.
We’ve lost the greatest technology creator of our times.
How today’s phones would be if he didn’t come with the iphone?
How Samsung, Nokia, and other copy companies would be if Jobs didn’t existed?
Would we have tablets and touch screen phones today?
I hope Apple has someone who can continue his incredible work of creating and inovating.
God bless you Steve.
Rest in peace.
I will miss him and the news about him when he would make headlines for this or that new product launch. He had good ideas for products and my only regret is that his company makes and sells sells them at high prices. I must say though I really love my Ipad and when I had an Ipod I also loved it. However someday I hope to move onto an Apple notebook, or desktop. RIP Steve, you did good HooRah ! ! !
I am proud to say that I have always owned an Apple product, first computer was a 6116cd and I always continued to upgrade with Apple products, so much that i started to spread the word and got around 10 of my friends to convert to Apple and they will never go back. All this is owed to Mr. Jobs who created excellent products that revolutionized our lives and inspired many companies to follow, he created the future to come. My dream was to meet him but he is now in a better place, my condolences to his family. you will be truly missed.
Rest In Eternal Peace Mr. Jobs!!!
There is nothing I can say about Steve Jobs that has not already been said. With that said his life,death, and legacy are proof enough that he has and will continue to change the world.
The good ones always go too soon, may you rest in peace.
My sincere condolences to the family of Steve Jobs. Steve was and always will be a great man with a vision and never gave up his dreams. He has changed the world for us all and we will always be grateful to him for that as his ideas and dreams live on with us forever. There is a saying that goes something like It dosen’t matter what car we drive or home we have or how much money we have when we die but what really matters is how we have lived our lives and made of our life. Steve definitely knew that and made the best of the time he had with us and lived his life fulfilling his dreams and making the world a better place for all of us. We truly owe him a debt of gratitude, which I know he knows we all pay to him with our hearts. May he rest in peae and may his spirit live on with us always. Thank you Steve Jobs and until we all meet again may you find the Peace, Contentment and Rest you so certainly have earned. Gratefully, Barbara TN USA
I don’t really know how to strt this off but first off.
I’m a 16 year old “young man” and I have been into computers and technology for as long as I can remember, Im young.. Yes I know but I cannot remember when I wasn’t in love with technology. I never owned a Mac our family isn’t rich, parents split up and I have a sister with a disability. It makes me really sad, I’m from New Zealand not a poor country. Steve Jobs is the most amazing human being for what he has done. Sure Einstein did some stuff but if he didn’t someone else would have done. This goes for all them great people. But Steve Jobs was in OUR time and what he has does effects US right at this moment, if Steve didn’t do it then who would of? Windows have already taken apples idea on smartphones and even then they are still horrible and will not be anything like an iPhone or any other apple product ever. IF STEVE JOBS NEVER INVENTED SUCH THINGS, WHO WOULD HAVE? it could have been decades before civilization could have reached this point, but this great man has done it. Here. And now. It fills my heart with Joy to know I alive on this earth to see Steve shine, to see a great man, to see history unfold. May you rest in peace, their isn’t a word to describe what amazing things you have done for the world. I could write forever but I must stop and just say we will miss you.
REST IN PEACE STEVE JOBS
Великий изобретатель, который поменял образ жизни многих людей в этом мире …
Grandes coisas ele fez, e a vida como para todos nós é finita na terra, ele se foi! Com ele a certeza de que foi conhecido por grande parte da sociedade com seus feitos, deixando coragem para todos nós que ainda estamos aqui, para fazermos o que nós temos que fazer, talvez nem tão conhecidos como ele ficaremos, mas cada um de nós por mais humilde que seja, tem so seu importante legado na terra!
Abraços a todos e que Jobs e vc’s irmãos Fiquem com Deus!
Que difícil cuando alguien de gran envergadura tiene que partir, pero esa es la ley de la vida. Steve Jobs fue más que un genio o un visionario. Era una persona con los pies sobre la tierra que veía el futuro mucho antes que la gran mayoría de los seres humanos normales. Su mente estaba adelantada todo el tiempo a la época. Todo lo que hoy vemos y que fuera creado por ese genio de la tecnología tiene un adelanto de aproximadamente 30 años y cuidado si más. Espero que con el paso del tiempo todo su legado permanezca en nosotros y que podamos aprovechar ese potencial para que nos sirva de inspiración en la posteridad. Adiós Steve o hasta luego.
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It’s hard when someone like him has to leave this world, but that is the law of life. Steve Jobs was not just a genius or a visionary. He was a person with his feet on the ground who saw the future long before the vast majority of normal human beings. His mind was ahead the whole time to time. Everything that we see today created by this genius of technology has an advance of approximately 30 years ahead. I hope that over time all his legacy remains in us and we can exploit that potential to inspire us to posterity. Goodbye Steve or so long. (translated 80% with machine)