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It was a spontaneous reaction - and 3 days later I still feel that sadness, as if a friend or family member died. It's strange I know, since I never met the man.

When I heard the news, I shed some tears, and it kept coming and going. I tried to hold myself and not cry. And then I went to bed. When I woke up, the pillow was soaking wet, I must have cried all night during my sleep.
 
I had a nice, long conversation about how awesome Steve was at work today. I wondered when his funeral was going to be. I don't believe the news has fully sunk in, but regardless, RIP Steve Jobs.

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I think the most amazing thing is, Steve is also being mourned by people who have never used macs or any Apple products, by people who actually disliked Apple's policies for the most time.

I'm going to quote a friend of mine

I love seeing these posts on the internet. People that absolutely despise Apple still respected him.
 
That is so apple, so Steve Jobs.

Simple, dignified, dare I say it classy and Stylish.

not some gaudy state funeral.

less is More
 
R.I.P Steven P Jobs

I honestly believe that's how Steve would have wanted. Private life stays private as it should be. It just feels so weird now that he's gone.
 
I respect jobs, but I hope he gives a significant fortune to charity like Bill Gates. Gates already asked him and he refused. It doesn't take billions to take care of your family.

Gates is a generous guy. In the days to come we will find out if Steve is a gregarious or not?

Jobs is not known for charitable contributions and Gates is well known for this.

Who is the better person we have to wait and see?
 
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I respect jobs, but I hope he gives a significant fortune to charity like Bill Gates. Gates already asked him and he refused. It doesn't take billions to take care of your family.

Gates is a generous guy. In the days to come we will find out if Steve is a narcissist or not?

Jobs is not known for charitable contributions and Gates is well known.

Who is the better person we have to wait and learn.

I think it is more that he didn't want the recognition for it. Gates always takes it public while Jobs is very private about his contributions.
 
What makes him or someone great? If it's money he is like #40. Gates is #2. Gates may have copied but Jobs ignored Gates letters to Jobs to license Apple's OS. Steve refused. Steve's biggest mistake ever.

Of course Amiga was way ahead of Apple and MS (in terms of technology) at the time, but they didn't have the resources to market the Amiga. Omiga OS 50% ahead of Apple at that time and X95% way ahead of Microshit.
 
I respect jobs, but I hope he gives a significant fortune to charity like Bill Gates. Gates already asked him and he refused. It doesn't take billions to take care of your family.

Gates is a generous guy. In the days to come we will find out if Steve is a narcissist or not?

Jobs is not known for charitable contributions and Gates is well known for this.

Who is the better person we have to wait and see?

There's an old proverb: Give someone a fish and you feed him for a day; Teach someone to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. It doesn't apply exactly to this situation but I think the idea can be understood.

I don't know if Steve gave to charity in private. My view is that one does not need to give cold hard cash and shout it out from the top of the buildings to be a valuable member of society (that is what we mean by being a good person, right? ... to be a useful and valuable member of society?) To give people the tools with which they can accomplish their tasks both more efficiently and to a greater extent is better, I think, than to give them cold hard cash. Monetary contributions are important too, don't get me wrong. But it is only a beginning, not everything.

I think to judge SJ on the basis of his (lack of) publicly announced monetary contributions to charity is to miss the forest for the trees.
 
There's an old proverb: Give someone a fish and you feed him for a day; Teach someone to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. It doesn't apply exactly to this situation but I think the idea can be understood.

I don't know if Steve gave to charity in private. My view is that one does not need to give cold hard cash and shout it out from the top of the buildings to be a valuable member of society (that is what we mean by being a good person, right? ... to be a useful and valuable member of society?) To give people the tools with which they can accomplish their tasks both more efficiently and to a greater extent is better, I think, than to give them cold hard cash. Monetary contributions are important too, don't get me wrong. But it is only a beginning, not everything.

I think to judge SJ on the basis of his (lack of) publicly announced monetary contributions to charity is to miss the forest for the trees.

http://blogs.hbr.org/pallotta/2011/..._-Steve+Jobs,+World's+Greatest+Philanthropist

This article sums up very nicely what you just talking about. Everyone should read this.
 
I have always heard Jobs was not the charity type. Why do you equate no recognition as being private about his giving as opposed to just not giving at all?
His widow Laurene is involved in a bunch of non-profits mostly with an educational focus, and has founded some herself. She's even more private than Steve ever was.

It's doubtful that she would have married a complete tightwad based on what she considers important in her life.

Based on Steve's personality, it is highly likely that he was charitable, but instructed all of the beneficiaries to label his contributions as anonymous. Like anything else, he was probably very deliberate about his private financial moves.

He was quite charitable to the local Woodside schools until the town of Woodside started to dick him around about the Jackling House demolition. He finally said "enough is enough" and stopped his contributions to the local schools.


Gates is a generous guy. In the days to come we will find out if Steve is a gregarious or not?

Jobs is not known for charitable contributions and Gates is well known for this.

Who is the better person we have to wait and see?
Gates has done great things with his fortune in recent years however he was a notorious tightwad earlier in his life. His mom (former United Way board member) apparently told him to loosen his purse strings and by the time the DOJ was investigating antitrust allegations against Microsoft, there were probably other folks whispering in his ear, including his wife who as a former Microsoft PR flack (specifically his "handler"), knew the benefits of putting on a nice face.

Melinda Gates polished up and softened hubby's appearance and demeanor considerably. I'd give her at least half the credit in the couple's current philanthropic efforts.

Bill's mom used her expertise in setting up the Gates Foundation and nurtured it in its early years before Bill made major moves with the charity's endowment. She was old-school, from one of Seattle's oldest banking families. It just took her a few years to pound some sense into her bratty son's skull who was born into a privileged upbringing (Lakeside Prep, Harvard). Upper class kids are some of the most ungrateful, over-entitled people on this planet.

It's good to see that Bill moved on from that phase because he lived it for a long time. A lot of them never do.
 
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There's an old proverb: Give someone a fish and you feed him for a day; Teach someone to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. It doesn't apply exactly to this situation but I think the idea can be understood.

I don't know if Steve gave to charity in private. My view is that one does not need to give cold hard cash and shout it out from the top of the buildings to be a valuable member of society (that is what we mean by being a good person, right? ... to be a useful and valuable member of society?) To give people the tools with which they can accomplish their tasks both more efficiently and to a greater extent is better, I think, than to give them cold hard cash. Monetary contributions are important too, don't get me wrong. But it is only a beginning, not everything.

I think to judge SJ on the basis of his (lack of) publicly announced monetary contributions to charity is to miss the forest for the trees.

With that commencement speech still going around in my head, I'm starting to read some of these posts as if they were written/said by Steve himself. This one fits that pretty well, and I think is worthy of such.
 
Memorial

I left one flower and had my own small memorial at the Apple Store here in Austin. Was comforted to see that others were still doing the same.

RIP Steve.

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Buddhist tradition is that the body is burnt so it will be put in a jug which his wife will disperse as she sees fit

I hope that Steve opted instead to have his body (or at least his head) cryogenically preserved. Seems a shame to just let his brain be lost forever.
 
Actually, I've been holding out for his signature:

"Oh.... One more thing...."

We will all miss you.... Steve. :(:eek:
 
Steve, Apple where to now?

I like so many millions have admired Steve Jobs drive and enthusiasm for years, I have many Apple products and dealt directly with Steve's department when I had a problem with the original iMac 24 inch. The problem was eventually sorted but not without some annoyance at the attitude presented.

I have absolutely no doubt that Apple will move on as the team is still there and there will be 5 or 10 year plan, but I would ask Tim Cook to look seriously at the ongoing lawsuits particularly with Samsung. Imitation is the greatest form of flattery and it is human nature that others will try and take advantage of a known successful item and try to copy it.

Nokia, Ericsson, and Samsung have been making phones for years and in many respects the iPhone was the first successful smartphone that is easy to use, the ease of adding applications and firmware upgrades (software support) is where Steve recognized there was a real need for improvement. I recall Creative Technologies which produced great items likely better made and more innovative than Apple produced, but their software was always lousy and too little attention was paid to that, and their collaboration wit Apple ended on a sour note as CEO Sim Wong Hoo failed to listen, and the ipod was born with a great deal of Creatives know how. Apple paid Creative a large sum of money for their patents and to this day creative has failed to learn the lesson.

I would ask Tim Cook to seriously look at the current lawsuits that they have on hand and to be very wise in his decisions as to what course of action to take as he is now the BOSS and will take responsibility for Apple's future without Steve Jobs.

I cannot be totally sure, but I am sure that there is a iPhone5 ready in the wings which cannot be launched as Samsung would take action to prevent it being sold in certain countries, and that is perhaps why the iPhone 4S was a let down to some fanboys. If my assumptions are correct then please think Carefully Tim as you will always be copied and I am sure that your time will be better spent in being visionary rather than protective.

I love Apple - but please start a "new page" as after all competition even if it is seen as "copying" will always be there.
 
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Jobs is not known for charitable contributions and Gates is well known for this.

Jobs was generous. Jobs gave his time. So much of it, he even said he agreed to the biography so his children could know him better. Now that is dedication and giving of your self. So much so that he gave up family time so we the public could have the best products/services.

http://www.appleinsider.com/article...hy_so_his_children_could_know_him_better.html

I don't think we fully understand that things Jobs personally sacrificed to do what he did at Apple. But when we read the book we will.

Some people give money. Others give their time. Neither is a better or worse giving of yourself. Both are equally important and needed.
 
Where is Steve Jobs being buried? On private property?

I doubt if there will be a grave site at all let alone one with public access. If he follows Buddhist traditions, his body is burned in a funeral pyre and then ashes are stored in a urn and kept in the family residence. I don't think they want anything as the screwed up condition of Jim Morrison's grave and the like.
 
Maybe people like to give without letting the whole world talking about it.
A few religions/beliefs encourage not seeking attention from charity, perhaps its the same with Buddhism
I respect jobs, but I hope he gives a significant fortune to charity like Bill Gates. Gates already asked him and he refused. It doesn't take billions to take care of your family.

Gates is a generous guy. In the days to come we will find out if Steve is a gregarious or not?

Jobs is not known for charitable contributions and Gates is well known for this.

Who is the better person we have to wait and see?
 
I respect jobs, but I hope he gives a significant fortune to charity like Bill Gates. Gates already asked him and he refused. It doesn't take billions to take care of your family.

Gates is a generous guy. In the days to come we will find out if Steve is a gregarious or not?

Jobs is not known for charitable contributions and Gates is well known for this.

Who is the better person we have to wait and see?


We have no idea if Jobs was charitable or not. Based on all his wife does, I'd say there were.


Laurene Powell Jobs helps change lives, too


Laurene Jobs co-founded a natural foods company after completing business school. But she told the San Francisco Chronicle in 2008 that, in the late 1990s, she was planning to pull back from business obligations and devote more time to her family. Then, her experience as a Carlmont High volunteer led Jobs to launch the College Track program with Carlos Watson, a friend and fellow volunteer at Carlmont.

College Track today has branches in East Palo Alto, Oakland, San Francisco, New Orleans and Aurora, Colo. The organization provides coaching, tutoring and help in obtaining financial assistance for kids who are often the first in their families to consider going to college. While Laurene Jobs no longer runs the program, she is the head of its board.

Jobs also invested and served on the board of Achieva, a startup that Watson cofounded, which made online educational tools. In 2005, she co-led a $20 million fundraising campaign by the nonprofit Global Fund for Women, which invests in local initiatives to improve women's health and education around the world.

The 2005 campaign was prompted by concern the war in Iraq would make life more difficult for women and families in that part of the world, Jobs told this newspaper then. "We want to be able to spend the money quickly, not have it sit in an endowment."
Jobs also serves on other nonprofit boards, including the national board of Teach For America, which recruits recent college graduates to spend two years teaching in low-income schools. She was named by President Barack Obama last year to a panel that advises the White House on community-based social programs.


From Cult of Mac:

Steve Jobs has laid plans for his vast $6.5 billion fortune, Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt has hinted.

Jobs had plans for a “third act,” Schmidt told the New York Times, and hinted that he may yet have another huge impact through the fortune he leaves behind.

“This is a man whose impact is equal to any global leader,” he said. “He very much wanted to live and have a third act” beyond Apple’s founding and its revival.

As for whether that impact may grow through the wealth he leaves behind, Mr. Schmidt said, “it is not for me to characterize” what will happen with Mr. Jobs’s fortune. “All of that will unfold,” he added. “I will say that he was a very thoughtful person, and he cared a lot about the world.”

This is makes me very excited. If I had any misgivings about Jobs’ legacy, it was his lack of public philanthropic efforts.

What do you think Jobs might have up his sleeve?
 
We have no idea if Jobs was charitable or not. Based on all his wife does, I'd say there were.


Laurene Powell Jobs helps change lives, too





From Cult of Mac:

Interesting but it is not a huge amount of money tbh, after taxes and death duties and so on it would not be enough to change the world, Buffett and Gates have 10 times that amount and more to give away.

Sure Steve's wealth might be enough to build a hospital or a couple of schools but in Silicon Valley $6.5bn (about £4.5bn) is not a large amount of money
 
So many, here and worldwide, owe their very livelihoods to visonaries like Steve Jobs.

Rest in peace and thanks for the great ride.
 
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