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Apple CEO Tim Cook Remembers Steve Jobs on Fifth Anniversary of His Death
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Tim just lols as he destroys a beautiful organization with Israel. To think Steve dies shortly after saying no to israel's request to remove an app from the App Store... Now Tim is in his place doing such a horrible job... Steve would be weeping in multiple dimensions.
As he has done over the past four years, Apple CEO Tim Cook has shared a tribute to the late Steve Jobs, touching on the importance of remembering the Apple co-founder and former CEO today, which marks the fifth anniversary of his death on October 5, 2011.
Since his death, Jobs' founding and presence at Apple has only become more scrutinized by the public after a string of films and documentaries aimed to depict his life and decisions during both his time at Apple and his years away from the company. Prior to his death in 2011, Tim Cook took the reins of the company as CEO on August 24, 2011, introducing the iPhone 4S, iOS 5, Siri, and iCloud to the public on the day before Jobs passed.
In previous years, Apple also updated its website to remember Jobs, creating a two-minute slideshow of his various keynote presentations and most famous audio clips on the one year anniversary of his death. In the days following his passing, Apple started posting "Remembering Steve" comments from fans on its website. The company noted that well over one million submissions came in for the project, all from well-wishing fans in the wake of Jobs' losing battle with pancreatic cancer.
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Instead of quoting him Tim, how about you stop destroying everything he built?
Articles like these and his Birthday are going to draw reminiscent feelings and feedback from forum members who really appreciated Jobs. It's how it is. I agree I don't want to read five pages of 'RIP Steve.' But trying to control the thread and asking forum members 'Let it Go' is futile and inconsiderate. Leave it be Sir.
No, just no. You do not remove something, you REPLACE it. Steve knew this, Tim & the clowns do not.
Removal of the headphone jack for a 'haptic' engine is utter nonsense. Apple is green? Producing more plastic adapters & filling their products with more battery consuming tech!? Smart. Look at iOS 10 - BLOAT.
I miss Steve Jobs.
His time as CEO of Apple was a Golden Age of tech that will probably never be surpassed in my lifetime. The transformation of tech between 1976 and 2011 was seismic, and if he had not lived, we would probably still be using crappy Nokia 'smartphones' and the iPad wouldn't exist.
I feel that we are seeing the steady decline of Apple, which fills me with woe. I still enjoy my 2016 iMac and other Apple gear, but wonder about moving to Linux. I think Tim Cook has done his job as caretaker CEO, and should now hand the reins to someone else who can give Apple a new vision for the future.
His time as CEO of Apple was a Golden Age of tech that will probably never be surpassed in my lifetime. The transformation of tech between 1976 and 2011 was seismic, and if he had not lived, we would probably still be using crappy Nokia 'smartphones' and the iPad wouldn't exist.
I feel that we are seeing the steady decline of Apple, which fills me with woe. I still enjoy my 2016 iMac and other Apple gear, but wonder about moving to Linux. I think Tim Cook has done his job as caretaker CEO, and should now hand the reins to someone else who can give Apple a new vision for the future.
Absolutely. Tim Cook is an accountant. And a damn good one, given Apple's profits. Unfortunately, this is precisely the wrong kind of person to lead a company like Apple.
But so long as they keep shareholders happy making profit, we are in for an entire generation of Apple lacking innovation and ideas.
Let me clarify.
My "Just fine" comment was in response to you saying "But Apple don't offer decent hardware to run those apps on" which isn't true at all. The currently available Mac line runs them "just fine", but when you select higher spec models they run the pro apps "Quite Well".
I know what you are getting at, the product line is a bit on the stale side. I think we are in a holding pattern with Apple. Awaiting them to either make a jump to a new processor platform, or, to start releasing products run on Apple designed silicon.
He took a company on the brink of bankrupcy, turned it around and made it the highest valued in the world, in less than 15 years. That's an almost impossible feat.
I doubt it will ever be done again, in the history of mankind.
I doubt it will ever be done again, in the history of mankind.
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Definitely, he just did it better, though. Guarantee they were thinking of this video when they mentioned courage in that presentation. The difference with jobs would be that he would present it in a creative way and wow you on it. It is tough to say if Jobs would have wanted to axe the headphone or not, because he was such a music lover and wants to cater to those people. In the end, I could see him agreeing with removing it.
I agree, C.F. does pretty amazing presentations. I wasn't a fan of S.J.'s presentations, don't know why exactly, other that I just didn't like him.
Hey, Tim. You may remember Steve, but Steve won't remember you. You won't even remember yourself.
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And about Mac Pro?
(Aside from if that's true or not, I think apple has brought a lot of smaller innovation lately.)
They brought you this:
- Macintosh in 1984
- iPod in 2001
- iPhone in 2007
- iPad in 2010
- (let's forget about the watch)
Apple hasn't brought true innovation every year.
Sometimes the steps are smaller.
Give them a break.
(Why does anyone owe you anything anyway...?)
Steve Jobs is one of those few people, like Bob Dylan or Stephen Hawking, that you know is a genius while they are still alive.
When Steve was at Apple, it was always exciting to think what great thing he was working on - iPhone, iPad, MacBook Pros - and then actually seeing these beautiful things presented and then explained in stunning simplicity.
iPad Minis, Apple Watches (at least as they stand), Apple Pencils, and certainly Giant 12" iPads would have never been created with Steve Jobs still at the wheel.
When Steve was at Apple, it was always exciting to think what great thing he was working on - iPhone, iPad, MacBook Pros - and then actually seeing these beautiful things presented and then explained in stunning simplicity.
iPad Minis, Apple Watches (at least as they stand), Apple Pencils, and certainly Giant 12" iPads would have never been created with Steve Jobs still at the wheel.
Steve was very bright and innovative. He was also the best CEO ever. I realized that when he announced they were switching OSX to Intel. On that day he revealed that Apple had always kept a current version of OSX on Intel. That is beyond amazing vision, leadership, and contingency plan. That was more impressive than almost anything he did because that is a CEO thinking about the next ten years not the next quarterly report. He was thinking about how does he protect this incredible asset, our operating system, against a possible disaster. And he did protect it. We need more CEOs that committed to the future.
Finally I really appreciated that Steve, who probably had the same politics as Tim Cook, thought the most important things Apple did were make great products not good social gestures. There is a self discipline there that is also amazing.
Finally I really appreciated that Steve, who probably had the same politics as Tim Cook, thought the most important things Apple did were make great products not good social gestures. There is a self discipline there that is also amazing.
I can't believe the number of logical fallacies in this thread, and just plain weak thinking.
1. Steve Jobs was amazing during the time that he was at the helm.
2. Tim Cook was not at the helm during that period, so we don't know what Tim would have done during that period.
3. Tim Cook has financially run the company well since Steve died, but many people are unhappy with their perception that innovation has stagnated.
4. Steve Job has not been running the company during this time because he is dead, so we don't know what Steve would or would not have done.
As they say in ads for financial services "past performance is no a guarantee of future success." The best thing for the legend of Steve Jobs was that he died when he was at his peak.
Obviously the two men are different, but you CAN'T know how Apple would be different if Steve Jobs had not died, because he did. It is quite possible that Apple's products have matured and what Tim is doing is as much as can really be done in terms of major innovations.
I am also hoping for some major things to come along and I am having trouble finding something I want to buy. Partly because everything I have is still working really well. But, it really is about time to stop with the "Steve wouldn't have accepted this" crap, because you can't know and it doesn't matter because, you know, he's dead.
1. Steve Jobs was amazing during the time that he was at the helm.
2. Tim Cook was not at the helm during that period, so we don't know what Tim would have done during that period.
3. Tim Cook has financially run the company well since Steve died, but many people are unhappy with their perception that innovation has stagnated.
4. Steve Job has not been running the company during this time because he is dead, so we don't know what Steve would or would not have done.
As they say in ads for financial services "past performance is no a guarantee of future success." The best thing for the legend of Steve Jobs was that he died when he was at his peak.
Obviously the two men are different, but you CAN'T know how Apple would be different if Steve Jobs had not died, because he did. It is quite possible that Apple's products have matured and what Tim is doing is as much as can really be done in terms of major innovations.
I am also hoping for some major things to come along and I am having trouble finding something I want to buy. Partly because everything I have is still working really well. But, it really is about time to stop with the "Steve wouldn't have accepted this" crap, because you can't know and it doesn't matter because, you know, he's dead.
Great point, couldn't agree more...he would totally have been behind this. In fact I think he would have pushed for it earlier.
It's tantalising to wonder what genius ideas Steve Jobs may have continued to bring to the tech game, but I think the direction Apple has gone since 2011 is not too dissimilar in terms of product evolution. Personally speaking Apple are still making products I find a joy to use and they are doing an okay job selling them on stage.
I miss the way Steve consistently gave a **** about the Mac, probably due to sentimentality as it was his baby and his first real success.
All good to make out Jobs for what and who he was - great. Someone who introduced and pushed technology in a direction that caused a large percentage of the world to do things not necessarily different, but better.
No doubt, Steve did something with Apple that most businesses could only dream of. To say you doubt it will ever be done again - we may never know in our lifetimes. Maybe we will.
Keep in mind, Tesla in 10-15 years won't be far behind. And Tesla is making (in my opinion) a bigger impact on the world than Apple will have given time. Apple tackled the personal computer and the mobile computing age, I feel like when it was most needed. Tesla is about to tackle the automotive industry which I would argue is going to have an even greater impact on all of us.
I'm not about to waste any more time though today as others have reading through those who are judging Apple during a time to remember Steve Jobs (not referring to you elmaco, I was simply replying to your comment!). To me crapping on someones legacy as it is now is no way to remember them.