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Steve Jobs Has Passed Away (1955-2011)

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/05/2011 19:38 -0400

Steve Jobs has passed away, according to Apple. May the greatest one man success story of our times rest in peace.

Statement by the Apple board:

We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today.

Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve.

His greatest love was for his wife, Laurene, and his family. Our hearts go out to them and to all who were touched by his extraordinary gifts.

And from his family:

Steve died peacefully today surrounded by his family.

In his public life, Steve was known as a visionary; in his private life, he cherished his family. We are thankful to the many people who have shared their wishes and prayers during the last year of Steve's illness; a website will be provided for those who wish to offer tributes and memories.

We are grateful for the support and kindness of those who share our feelings for Steve. We know many of you will mourn with us, and we ask that you respect our privacy during our time of grief.

To capture the visionary genius of the man, and truly the legend, we repost probably the most comprehensive interview that Jobs ever conducted, this one with Playboy magazine from 1985

Playboy Interview With Steve Jobs

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Thu, 10/06/2011 - 00:51 | 1744310 trav7777

Nobody asked for you to exist, fagfuck

Thu, 10/06/2011 - 03:15 | 1744462 AustriAnnie

Trav, darlin, I think you might need to take a deep breath or you'll spontaneously combust.

Just because a lot of icult people are annoying hipsters and Pelosi-loving yuppies does not mean that Apple products did not enrich people's lives.

I was an Apple-hater for a long time just because it was popular and I tend to avoid popular trendy shit. However, when I started trying those products out, they did, indeed, change my life. Not in an "oh Steve Jobs you are my God!" way, but I am certainly amazed that one man (yes, the things that happened under his leadership can be attributed to him to a large degree, because innovators and engineers and great geeky minds would be sitting in their moldy basements playing dungeons and dragons or some geeky shit if he did not channel their energy into something great and then make sure the products evolved to suit what consumers actually wanted) ...that one man could oversee so many successful innovations.

Trav......calm. the. fuck. down.

Thu, 10/06/2011 - 04:09 | 1744485 Element

All I can say for 100% sure is that Windows7 is the worst piece of crap operating system I've ever had the intense misfortune to buy and experience. Each day I hate it more and more.

Steve was no hero to me, I really don't give a fig about him, but two very important things Steve Jobs understood innately, that Bill Gates had and has not a fucking clue about:

1. Customization means that I get what I want, whereas Bill Gates thinks customization means that MS gets what MS wants ... and you can go get fucked ... you mere 'user' licencee arsehole.

2. Steve Jobs understood that an operating system was about the OPERATOR, whereas Bill Gates felt and feels way down deep that the operator is surplus to requirement and a source of dissonance, errors, and a NET security liability ... as for Bill, the DEAD SYSTEM was everything ... and boy does it show.

So yeah, credit where it's due ... so ... good Jobby

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmpRQLaxF60

Thu, 10/06/2011 - 08:35 | 1744840 Die Weiße Rose

get over it Element, all the same shit

all this shit was only designed to control you.

All of you - everything you do...

via remote...

Thu, 10/06/2011 - 15:33 | 1746976 Element

How about you determine if you have anything to say before you blather on with more of your hypocritical warmongering shit and shallow excuses for your gross stupidity.

Here's a hint: look down, you're using a computer right now dumbfuck ... are you being controlled by it? Congrats! Yes, you are unquestionably dumb as dogshit ...

Sat, 10/15/2011 - 11:08 | 1776861 Hephasteus

Oh look. Someone is providing heresay evidence about Steve Jobs. He must be jesus then. I'm so fucking glad you know how steve jobs feels way down deep. You are truley connected to a facade fuck face entity. Now grab a bible and tell us over and over about how jesus feels and what he'd do and ask us to donate to the collection plate.

Thu, 10/06/2011 - 09:19 | 1744912 Die Weiße Rose

Thu, 10/06/2011 - 04:10 | 1744491 chalcedonite

...thinking of Steve Jobs and this came to mind: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwdmqM3pc68&feature=related Now, I don't know Steve Jobs' faith but I do know his gifts were from our triune God.

Thu, 10/06/2011 - 08:15 | 1744772 Die Weiße Rose

Ideas mostly stolen from others @

and manufactured by child slave-labour in China...

overpriced and over-rated appliance for consumer addicts

how do you like your brain being hijacked via Apple digital input...?

Workers as machines for Apple at Foxconn committing suicide:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn_suicides

wr;)

Thu, 10/06/2011 - 01:02 | 1744334 eureka

Gee Bob - that's a mighty interesting id picture you have there - can you give us a link?

Thu, 10/06/2011 - 03:08 | 1744452 ZackLo

You guys hear that? It's the sound of 100 million hipsters crying...

Thu, 10/06/2011 - 03:19 | 1744464 AustriAnnie

Are you kidding me? They are excited as hell they have something to talk about. The little hipsters were all in a tizzy today. Its like sorority girls when Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston broke up. They're all so overjoyed in their mourning its ridiculous.

Thu, 10/06/2011 - 05:12 | 1744530 fockewulf190

The Hendrix of the tech world. He did it his way, and left this island Earth with his footprint firmly pressed into human society. RIP.

Thu, 10/06/2011 - 05:33 | 1744546 fockewulf190

BTW, I still think he got the initial ideas for the iPod-Phone-Pad from Penny of Inspector Gadget fame. Like Avatar, the technological knowhow caught up with the idea.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:45 | 1743429 SGS

iMISS already. Damn life is short.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 20:01 | 1743517 Ancona

Wow!

I just hugged my wonderful daughter.

Life is short, and time is precious. Please......focus on what matters, and ignore that which does not.

Rest in peace Steve, you fought the good fight.

Remember, God loves us all.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 23:11 | 1744074 DoChenRollingBearing

Good advice Ancona. Focus on what matters, hug your kids, and God does indeed love us all.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 20:02 | 1743519 Ancona

Sorry, double post......not even sure how that happens.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 20:32 | 1743670 Abitdodgie

The stock market is going to rally on this news

Thu, 10/06/2011 - 00:17 | 1744215 trav7777

were you a fuckin iFriend of the dude?

and you fuckin MISS him? Did you even know his ass?

WTF is the matter with you people?

Thu, 10/06/2011 - 00:34 | 1744268 Eric Cartman

Are you on your period or something? You're acting like a little bitch, shut the fuck up!

Thu, 10/06/2011 - 00:43 | 1744295 Arkadaba

Trav just likes to bitch. Please don't do a disservice to all women everywhere by lumping him in with us.

Thu, 10/06/2011 - 03:22 | 1744465 AustriAnnie

Thanks Arkadaba.

Unless you're yelling Bitchez!, in which case we consider it a term of endearment.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:57 | 1743500 The Deleuzian

Any poster who disrespects a truly great individual like Jobs should be F*%ckin' buried alive!!!

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 20:01 | 1743530 tekhneek

Agreed.

R.I.P Steve... tragic but as someone else said, life is short. Just makes you appreciate what you have here and now more than anything when something like this happens.

More so when it happens to blood related family but still, this is definitely something a lot of people are sad about and for good reason.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 21:08 | 1743794 Cash_is_Trash

Poor Steve, may he rest in peace.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 21:17 | 1743820 Taku

May he rest in peace.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 22:34 | 1743988 Ahmeexnal

Sadly, he won't.

Can't blame him.

Thu, 10/06/2011 - 01:10 | 1744348 eureka

That is fucking funny, man! Thank you.

Remember yee puritans: no good wake without a good joke.

And Ahmeexnal - you get my IAward for this one.

Isee Steve smile in heaven too.

God bless Steve and y'all.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 21:18 | 1743823 centerline

Remember that he will live on in case studies of what NOT to do in business for when he pitted his own people against each other and nearly crashed an entire company. Steve made alot of mistakes - some of them outright stupid. He also did alot of great things too. Lets keep it in perspective.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 22:24 | 1743971 UGrev

Stupid things..liiiiiiiike.. driving his developers into psychosis? yeah..

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 22:56 | 1744030 Zymurguy

That and an engineer on the Newton team committed suicide from all the stress placed upon the team.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 23:03 | 1744049 UGrev

Stellar reputation, no? This guy not only changed lives.. he changed some permanently.. all bow to the great and wonderful jObZ. You all can go praise this guy.. I think we was an evil fuck and Karma caught up to him. Still a shitty ass way to go though..

Thu, 10/06/2011 - 01:18 | 1744355 Arkadaba

Sorry to hear about that but if an engineer couldn't handle the stress - get out, quit, whatever. Or should not have been hired in the first place.

Thu, 10/06/2011 - 07:28 | 1744677 UGrev

How about you address the unrealistic expectations placed on so many of Apples developers. It's an institutional hazard. So many dev's in big places get dropped in a meat grinder and can't have a life unless they perform skittle shitting feats of magic .. but at what cost? Your logic is shit when you're trying to be successful in something you've trained in and people beat you like a monkey to get what they want.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 23:07 | 1744062 wee-weed up

Unfortunately, in his younger days, the man was a first-class jerk. Just ask anyone who worked for him back then. But his genius was undeniable, and thankfully, he mellowed over the years. He was a true visionary and he will be missed!

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 22:23 | 1743968 UGrev

Wozniak was the brains behind the technology.. Jobs just knew how to blow smoke up people's asses and make it smell like apples.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 20:01 | 1743522 beastie

Change your name to iCunt Pladizow

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 20:11 | 1743576 Pladizow

OK, i'll get on that!

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 21:02 | 1743778 Stax Edwards

OT (and maybe the wrong thread, but): Pladizow, are you the reincarnation of slaughterer?

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 20:10 | 1743571 Ferrari

Great to see the ZHedgemites keeping it classy.

Thu, 10/06/2011 - 02:13 | 1744419 DaBernank

Yeah, can you imagine the troll postings if he had been Jewish?

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 20:28 | 1743645 doomz78

Keep it classy brah. We shouldn't make fun of anyone passing away. Some had an issue with his labour practices and other gripes. But overall his life made a difference. He has changed the world.

people who make fun of him ask yourselves,"How will I leave my mark on this world?" I have a funny feeling I already know the answer. RIP Steve.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 21:46 | 1743901 lilimarlene1

your boob picture leaves me to believe this. on a long enough timeline nothing in the sexless world of boob and beaver avatars ever changes. to whit, you never get either...losers

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 20:16 | 1743596 bgilliam83

Can I play with those?

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 21:47 | 1743903 lilimarlene1

thank you! like I said, losers like you never get to.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 21:48 | 1743904 lilimarlene1

f the repost

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 22:27 | 1743980 philgramm

No man is an island entire of itself; every man
is a piece of the continent, a part of the main;
if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe
is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as
well as a manor of thy friends or of thine
own were; any man's death diminishes me,
because I am involved in mankind.
And therefore never send to know for whom
the bell tolls; it tolls for thee

--John Donne

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 23:45 | 1744143 Milestones

ht Nice to see someone took the time to memorize John Donne--he was around at the time of Shakespearse and they did in fact know one another. Hemmingway used this quote for his most famous novel--For whom the Bell Tolls. Milestones

Thu, 10/06/2011 - 03:28 | 1744467 AustriAnnie

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 22:51 | 1744023 Zymurguy

Nice ballzack... yours?

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 23:45 | 1744141 LongBallsShortBrains

No.... I found it on google images. They are nice though.

Thu, 10/06/2011 - 01:41 | 1744379 Sokhmate

I was scrolling fast down the indented comments that became unreadable at one letter per line. your avatar flashes on the screen. It made me wonder, as it looked like an ear that resembles a vagina. So I had to go back up to double check. The rest is history.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 22:56 | 1744031 TeMpTeK

To Infinity and Beyond

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 23:27 | 1744111 LeonardoFibonacci

Instead of Steve Jobs passing on it would have been better to see the death of:

CEO of GS

CEO of JPM

CEO of MS

CEO of BAC

CEO of C

All 5 of these bastards croaking with massive pain, cancer etc.... Would you feel sorry for these 5 bastards? Fuck them!

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 23:49 | 1744150 Milestones

How does a Joan of Arc setting sound? Milestones

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 23:49 | 1744153 European American

They have access to the antidotes. You know, the drugs that can cure pancreatic cancer. Been around for a while now, just need to be in with the right crowd. If they don't lose their heads, they should live long and depressing lives.

Thu, 10/06/2011 - 00:20 | 1744226 zorba THE GREEK

Jobs is and are dead.

Thu, 10/06/2011 - 03:57 | 1744482 choorles

Apple Inc Vs Physical Silver http://bit.ly/mR5sKb

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:39 | 1743390 TravsMom

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 20:10 | 1743573 Robot Traders Mom

Glad to see you here! Mother to mother, our sons may troll but we will always love their retardation...

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 23:14 | 1744085 DoChenRollingBearing

Mommies rock!

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 23:46 | 1744147 LongBallsShortBrains

You two are too funny to me!

Thu, 10/06/2011 - 00:53 | 1744316 Arkadaba

OMG - please no!

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:39 | 1743391 TravsMom

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:39 | 1743392 Smiley

Happy trails Steve. Peace.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:40 | 1743395 JSchroe

Wow...sad to hear. Very sudden

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:51 | 1743436 mtomato2

Ahh, he's been dying for years.

Please forgive me a rare Fletch reference.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:42 | 1743396 Seasmoke

so it is true......the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

RIP

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 20:18 | 1743591 nonclaim

Well, yes... but he left a great character behind.

It's not a zero-sum game.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 21:18 | 1743824 MsCreant

But on a long enough timeline, even a great character's survival rate...

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 21:24 | 1743842 disabledvet

we can accomplish things...great things...along the way...and need not fire a shot to do it. He bears true testament to the existence of the will not only in the individual but in what that same individual can create. Long live Apple computer and the spirit of Steve Jobs.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 20:34 | 1743676 iNull

"Death is our eternal companion," don Juan said with a most serious air. "It is always to our left, at an arm's length. It was watching you when you were watching the white falcon; it whispered in your ear and you felt its chill, as you felt it today. It has always been watching you. It always will until the day it taps you."

Journey to Ixtlan: the Lessons of Don Juan, by Carlos Castaneda

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 20:58 | 1743765 iNull

"Why do you worry without cause? Whom do you fear without reason? Who can kill you? The soul is neither born, nor does it die. You came empty handed, you will leave empty handed. What is yours today, belonged to someone else yesterday, and will belong to someone else the day after tomorrow. You are mistakenly enjoying the thought that this is yours. It is this false happiness that is the cause of your sorrows."

--The Bhagavad Gita

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcanAFVa-ew

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 21:06 | 1743789 Stax Edwards

Very touching stuff you have posted here iN. I mean it, you are a gentleman and a scholar. Good on ya!

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:44 | 1743397 trampstamp

Idude! IWonder IIf IApple IWill ISurive Inow

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:59 | 1743508 iNull

iDont know.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:40 | 1743398 beastie

RIP Steve.

You will be missed

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 20:59 | 1743769 Clueless Economist

the future is uncertain and the end is always near

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:40 | 1743399 The Deleuzian

The Big AAPL in the Sky

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 21:08 | 1743792 Mike2756

The iCloud in the sky.

Thu, 10/06/2011 - 03:44 | 1744475 Arkadaba

Kind of apropos. Listened to this band round the same time I started getting into tech via my mac. I'm getting old!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTEjCc8VI2o

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:41 | 1743401 mamg

RIP

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:40 | 1743402 DaBernank

RIP, Steve, you made a difference.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/08/24/technology/steve-jobs-pate...

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:41 | 1743403 divide_by_zero

iCon for sure RIP

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:41 | 1743405 John Law Lives

R.I.P.

Steve Jobs was an innovator. His record of new product development was exceptional. He will be missed.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:52 | 1743477 max2205

Reminds me of when that guy who invented the TV died......

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 20:33 | 1743673 V in PA

This must be what it was like when Edison died. He will be missed.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:42 | 1743406 mfoste1

RIP with all those chinese apple workers who committed suicide because they werent getting paid enough.....

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:50 | 1743459 mfoste1

What? they didnt pay their fair share in taxes for decades and they used foreign slave labor.....

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 20:32 | 1743668 Robot Traders Mom

Agreed. It frightens me that so many people have died through this globalization yet everyone treats him as some sort of savior.

Thu, 10/06/2011 - 00:14 | 1744209 Scisco

Lets look at the other side of the coin, how many of those workers would have died from hunger and starvation if they were not employed by jobs.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 20:53 | 1743754 bill1102inf

its a whole lot LESS %age wise than what happens on a daily bases here in the United States at American companies. FoxCon employs 800,000 people. 5 suicides is WELL below any normal average of almost any group, anywhere.

You know, here in the GREAT USA, where you have to choose whether to buy food for your family or pay some illegal government 'tax', where your boss hasn't even been at work for a month while you have spent 80 hours a week there, where we spend more money on jails than we do on education (and education is MASSIVELY overpriced!)

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 21:53 | 1743916 I did it by Occident

The Foxcon suicide rate is actually lower than that of the generally Chinese population. So he was actually doing them a favor.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:42 | 1743409 FunkyMonkeyBoy

I thought Obama said he was positive on jobs?

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:42 | 1743410 rubyruffruff

ur brilliance will b missed.......peace 2u in whatever the next life mayb

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:42 | 1743411 Cassandra Syndrome

R.I.P. Steve.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:42 | 1743412 banksouttacontrol

Freakin drag...

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:42 | 1743413 foomer

RIP

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:42 | 1743414 mr.glitch

RIP

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:42 | 1743415 rumblefish

sucks. he made cool stuff.

rip

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:42 | 1743416 razorthin

He was the apple of my iPad. RIP.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 21:02 | 1743779 Clueless Economist

he was the apple of my pancreas...i mean eye

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:42 | 1743417 MrJingles

Wow, don't see this anywhere else yet. What a scoop!

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:44 | 1743418 bob_dabolina

RIP

One bad ass mofo

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:45 | 1743419 speakeasy

R.I.P to a true market maker.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:44 | 1743421 The Deleuzian

Turning that old Apple II C on (when the whole goddam thing shook) and LISA back in the day will be a forever memory for me!!

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:44 | 1743424 alien-IQ

a sad loss. he will be missed.

RIP Mr. Jobs :-(

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:44 | 1743426 metastar

The game of life. Play hard because nobody gets out alive.

Rest in peace Steve. You have changed the world. Your legacy lives on.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:45 | 1743430 jmcadg

Great legacy. Sorely missed.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:45 | 1743431 AldoHux_IV

May you rest in peace and thanks for your contributions-- your passion to innovate and revolutionize how we use and understand technology will be missed.

My condolences to his family.

God bless.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:45 | 1743432 digalert

Legend in his own time

RIP

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:45 | 1743433 SilverIsKing

iSad

RIP SJ

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:46 | 1743435 dbTX

Sad day !

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:46 | 1743438 Hooey

Going LONG MSFT....

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:46 | 1743439 DormRoom

thank you for the ipod, Steve.

It changed my life.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:58 | 1743442 spekulatn

RIP Mr. Jobs.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:47 | 1743443 Sequitur

Country needs him now more than ever.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:52 | 1743475 mfoste1

why? jesus christ himself couldnt fix this country.....

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 20:00 | 1743518 Sequitur

You likely are right. But at least he set an example, one of pursuing excellence, even in the face of intense opposition. That, and pursuit of long-term goals, instead of the fast-buck artists that are destroying the U.S. For example, it took Pixar a decade to make any money (Jobs purchased Pixar in 1986, Toy Story released in 1995).

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 20:35 | 1743681 Freddie

I don't think he purchased Pixar. I thought it was an offshot of his Next Computers which he started after he got fired from his own company. Next were more like workstations like Sun Microsystems workstations. Mainly used for graphics rendering.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 20:03 | 1743542 CrankItTo11

He's the only one who can but we won't let Him.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 21:04 | 1743782 Clueless Economist

Christ no...Christie yes

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 21:04 | 1743784 Clueless Economist

Christ no...Christie yes

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 21:07 | 1743791 mick_richfield

He could, actually. With a horse-whip, on the step of the temple.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 20:22 | 1743619 Eally Ucked

He was Syrian decent, so you mean you need more Syrians in your country?
Which country you talking about?

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 21:16 | 1743819 King_of_simpletons

Does it matter ? He was a human being.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 21:34 | 1743871 Eally Ucked

In this case doesn't matter, in other it does - rug heads!

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 21:48 | 1743905 Eally Ucked

I just wanted to point out to your fucked up mentality!

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:47 | 1743444 Midnight Rambler

Steve Jobs was a great source of inspiration because of his relentless pursuit of product excellence. He will be sorely missed by many tech entrepreneurs like myself. :(

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 20:29 | 1743654 mailll

Diddo. For the people who studied the history of computers, he and Steve Wozniak were among the founders of the personal computer. Steve Jobs is a legend. It is a sad day indeed.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 21:06 | 1743787 Clueless Economist

I thought Bill Gates and/or Al Gore invented the PC????????/

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 21:16 | 1743817 mailll

oops! my mistake.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:47 | 1743446 bankonzhongguo

Bravo!

Great job Steve.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:47 | 1743447 Diablo

God bless you Steve Jobs.

May you rest in peace.

Thank you for everything.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:49 | 1743452 Ecoman11

RIP Steve.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:49 | 1743454 mtomato2

May God richly bless Steve and his survivors. Everywhere you go, there He is...

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:49 | 1743456 dick cheneys ghost

Shoulda been dick cheney, not Jobs........

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 20:47 | 1743735 akak

No, any one of the hundreds of abortions performed in the USA on any given day should have been Dick Cheney .... and the Shrub .... and Rumsfeld .... and Ashcroft ..... (ditto for the current administration, too).

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:49 | 1743457 user2011

I have never own an apple product. In fact, I am a anti-apple guy. But I must say, Steve was a true leader and innovator. He doesn't follow others. He trail blazing while other follow.

He is a true Hall of Famer in the Silicon Valley.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 21:08 | 1743793 Clueless Economist

Oh stop it, he can't hold a candle to Jew Silicon Valley hero Mark Cuban

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:50 | 1743460 msjimmied

There are some people who made the money the right way. There will be a wake in this country, great memories at the passing of this wonderful life. RIP Steve, not many titans of industry will get the same respect and gratitude.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 20:30 | 1743658 Stax Edwards

He deserves nothing less. The most shining example of what hard work and perseverence can lead to. A king among men, truly. Changed the game.

Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:50 | 1743461 monopoly