Steve Jobs has died

[Anonymous]

He hung on to his last product out the door. Dedicated to the end.

[Anonymous]

I hope he had enough time with his family in the end, considering he so recently retired. Pancreatic cancer is HORRIBLE. A friend of mine died in April after diagnosis in November. He was 42

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You have to wonder if at the end he had any regrets about devoting his life to work. It's something I know I think about a lot, with a very stressful job with long hours. Life is so precious. Yes, he impacted the world in a great way, but in the end, it's all just technology. It doesn't matter that much. We'd all be fine if Apple never existed. If I were him I'd have a ton of regrets because you know he did little else but live and breathe Apple. Who knows, maybe that was OK for him. But I have a hard time believing anyone in his position wouldn't have had at least some regrets.

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Anonymous wrote:You have to wonder if at the end he had any regrets about devoting his life to work. It's something I know I think about a lot, with a very stressful job with long hours. Life is so precious. Yes, he impacted the world in a great way, but in the end, it's all just technology. It doesn't matter that much. We'd all be fine if Apple never existed. If I were him I'd have a ton of regrets because you know he did little else but live and breathe Apple. Who knows, maybe that was OK for him. But I have a hard time believing anyone in his position wouldn't have had at least some regrets.

Oh, you know this? I don't. He had a wife and family and I would assume a wealth of friends who made his life rich and complete, even beyond his work.

People who are as brilliant as he was are a gift to the world. I think it was a selfless act for him to spend his short time on this earth moving mankind forward. He has been compared to people like Thomas Edison -- people whose minds and actions will contribute to society for years to come. How could anyone possibly "regret" that? What, that he missed a few kids baseball games?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow...so very sad. RIP, Steve.

Anonymous wrote:This is so, so horrible. Why couldn't it have been Zuckerberg or Page/Brin? Facebook and Google have ruined everything. Job used his powers for good.

This was really low. You should be ashamed.

I don't care what you think about anything.

[Anonymous]

Google has ruined everything. Wha???? I thought their slogan was to do no evil. How can this be???? Impossible.

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Anonymous wrote:This is so, so horrible. Why couldn't it have been Zuckerberg or Page/Brin? Facebook and Google have ruined everything. Job used his powers for good.

Let's not make him a saint, just yet. He denied paternity of his illegitimate child for a very long time. This isn't using your power for good.

[Anonymous]

He certainly contributed more in any given short time span than ANY of you will ever contribute.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is so, so horrible. Why couldn't it have been Zuckerberg or Page/Brin? Facebook and Google have ruined everything. Job used his powers for good.

Let's not make him a saint, just yet. He denied paternity of his illegitimate child for a very long time. This isn't using your power for good.

Considering that he was an adoptee who was abandoned by his own parents who later married each other and had another child--I'd say he came by some serious rejection and abandonment issues pretty honestly. But sure he wasn't a saint. But overall his impact on the world was positive.

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Anonymous wrote:
He certainly contributed more in any given short time span than ANY of you will ever contribute.

Hahahaha. I can just see you shaking your tiny fists at your MacBook screen. Fanboy.

[Anonymous]

Did he give most of his money away to charitable causes? That would be good especially when you think how much the few very rich people have and how little the masses of poor people have.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

People who are as brilliant as he was are a gift to the world. I think it was a selfless act for him to spend his short time on this earth moving mankind forward. He has been compared to people like Thomas Edison -- people whose minds and actions will contribute to society for years to come. How could anyone possibly "regret" that? What, that he missed a few kids baseball games?

I have a hard time comparing Jobs to Edison. Quite a difference between inventing electric light and technology products. Yes, technology has affect society in many great ways, but is it necessary? No. There were other ways to communicate before the internet and computers and cell phones and tablets. People also had more in-person relationships and did more than stare a rectangular screens of various sizes all day.

My point is that it has bothered me for some time how much new coverage the iPod/iPhone has gotten over the past 10 years. Since when does a technology product make national news? It's so odd to me. There are so many more important things to humanity than technology. So much more. And this is from someone who works in IT.

[Anonymous]

It's a sobering reminder that no amount of money can give you good health.

That for all the billions he had there was a power (nature) that money couldn't fix.

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Anonymous wrote:Did he give most of his money away to charitable causes? That would be good especially when you think how much the few very rich people have and how little the masses of poor people have.

Oh, please. Go back to your rally and cardboard box on Wall Street. (But please take a shower first.... )

[Anonymous]

I thought Edison stole the idea from the real first inventor and was able to get the patent filed first??