Tim Cook Honors Steve Jobs' 59th Birthday: 'Details Matter, It's Worth Waiting to Get It Right'

[MacRumors]

Today marks what would have been Steve Jobs' 59th birthday, and Apple fans around the world are once again remembering the Apple co-founder and CEO more than two years after his death.

Apple CEO Tim Cook is unsurprisingly one of those remembering Jobs today, and Cook has acknowledged the day in a pair of Tweets honoring Jobs and vowing to continue "the work he loved so much".

Remembering my friend Steve on his birthday. "Stay hungry, Stay foolish". We honor him by continuing the work he loved so much. - Tim Cook (@tim_cook) February 24, 2014

While remembering Jobs' legacy, Cook may also be indirectly addressing Apple's lack of significant announcements so far in 2014, reminding his followers of Jobs' philosophy on making sure all details are taken care of.

Remembering Steve on his birthday: "Details matter, it's worth waiting to get it right." - Tim Cook (@tim_cook) February 24, 2014

Cook has promised that Apple is working on "some really great stuff" in new product categories, with a smart watch and new television-related products topping the list of rumors. With Apple rarely being a company to rush to market, Cook may be quietly asking for patience as the company continues work on its upcoming products and services.

Coincidentally, today also marks the 14th birthday of MacRumors. Founded in February 2000 before the introduction of the iPad, iPhone, and even the iPod and OS X, the site has grown enormously and fostered the creation of our sister sites TouchArcade and AppShopper. As always, we are grateful to our readers, contributors, sponsors, and all those for whom MacRumors is an online home or a regular stop.

Article Link: Tim Cook Honors Steve Jobs' 59th Birthday: 'Details Matter, It's Worth Waiting to Get It Right'

 

[justinthesommer]

Staying hungry, Staying foolish.

 

[SethBoy]

That’s one way to justify the time it’s taking for iWatch to make an appearance…

 

[gusapple]

Happy birthday MacRumors! Congrats and thanks to Arn and the staff for 14 great years!

 

[cymerc]

That’s one way to justify the time it’s taking for iWatch to make an appearance…

As if Apple somehow owes you a watch?

 

[Winni]

With Apple rarely being a company to rush to market, Cook may be quietly asking for patience as the company continues work on its upcoming products and services.

"Life punishes those who delay."
-- Mikhail Gorbachev

Others are already shipping products. Why wait for products from Apple that are not even announced but merely rumored?

 

[crackbookpro]

The newest adverts are going back to the old Apple. I think SJ would think that's pretty cool.

Of course, all the new products, Steve would be proud of, but the latest ads are what Apple was/is all about. Took a couple decades for the products to do what they transpired to do from Steve's vision.

Tim Cook is legit, and is putting most puzzle pieces in the proper place @ Apple.

 

[wickerman1893]

Miss you, Steve.

 

[Z400Racer37]

"Life punishes those who delay."
-- Mikhail Gorbachev

Others are already shipping products. Why wait for products from Apple that are not even announced but merely rumored?

Cuz the products they're shipping suck.

 

[mcfly88]

They really followed that motto for 7.0....

 

[JetBlack7]

"It's Worth Waiting to Get It Right."

We've been waiting since the depart of Steve Jobs for Apple to "get it right".

 

[D.T.]

Coincidentally, today also marks the 14th birthday of MacRumors. Founded in February 2000 [...]

Neat. Congrats!

 

[Macrolido]

Happy birthday MacRumors!

 

[spyguy10709]

Rest in peace, Steve.

So young. It's tragic. Needless to say, he was an inspiration to many, an enemy to some, a villain to others.

You could quote him, disagree with him, glorify or vilify him -

But you can't ignore him. Because he changed things. He pushed the human race forward.

Where others saw crazy, we saw genius.

Because the one who was crazy enough to change the world, was the one who did.

 

[globalist]

Remembering Steve on his birthday: "Details matter, it’s worth waiting to get it right."

Really Tim? So why the f did you rush iOS7? And Mavericks? And iTunes11?

 

[SusanK]

Rest in peace, Steve.

So young. It's tragic. Needless to say, he was an inspiration to many, an enemy to some, a villain to others.

You could quote him, disagree with him, glorify or vilify him -

But you can't ignore him. Because he changed things. He pushed the human race forward.

Where others saw crazy, we saw genius.

Because the one who was crazy enough to change the world, was the one who did.

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Very nice post remembering Steve. Thank you.

 

[trout4u]

Mac Pro or wait for mini
Mac Pro or wait for mini
Mac Pro or wait for mini

Oh, happy birthday Steve and MR


Mac Pro or wait for mini

Mac Pro or wait for mini


Well, theres no talk of the mini today, tomorrow is the regular announcement day. It looks like the Mac Pro!

 

[Dented]

"Life punishes those who delay."
-- Mikhail Gorbachev

Others are already shipping products. Why wait for products from Apple that are not even announced but merely rumored?

Yes we're all missing out by not buying a Galaxy Gear. I mean a Gear 2. Sorry, I meant a Gear 10.1 with S-Pen. No, my mistake, the Gear 12-mini, that's the one for sure. Thank goodness I didn't wait for Apple.

 

[Nunyabinez]

"It's Worth Waiting to Get It Right."

We've been waiting since the depart of Steve Jobs for Apple to "get it right".

One of the problems with having a larger than life persona at the head of a company is that people's perceptions get all distorted.

Because, while Steve was at the helm, everything went perfect, no products had flaws and everything was puppies and champaign.

Steve's reality distortion field even works from the grave.

 

[Komrad808]

Happy Birthday Steve! Thank you for paving the way of innovation the way it is today!

Happy 14th years MacRumors! Thanks for all the continuing updates on how we are able to follow the path, in todays technology industry with Apple and beyond!

 

[whooleytoo]

Details matter, it's worth waiting to get it right.

Perhaps a little ironic.. one of the things I noticed working in QA in Apple before & after Jobs' return was a noticeable switch from a "ship it when it's done" to a "ship is on time" mentality. Particularly when it came to OS releases.

I guess now that Apple have shifted away from fixed, biannual Macworld releases (and are happy pre-announcing products that ship months later), the pressure is off again and the focus is going back to quality over time constraints.

 

[Nunyabinez]

Happy Birthday MacRumors! Without you I would have to find some other way to be unproductive at work

 

[ArtOfWarfare]

On computers/browsers where I have a homepage, MacRumors is it. I normally set it to None though - it's a waste of bandwidth to load a page I may or may not be interested in each time I launch a web browser.

 

[Nunyabinez]

Remembering Steve on his birthday: "Details matter, it’s worth waiting to get it right."

Really Tim? So why the f did you rush iOS7? And Mavericks? And iTunes11?

And mobile me? Oh wait, who rushed that out?

 

[signs]

That second tweet is indeed the Apple I care about. Those details add up so one can see the promise of what you're offering. This is part of the 'educating the user' that SJ's Apple always did. There's a big difference between saying "here's a great tablet" and "What will your verse be?" There's a story and understanding that one connects to.