Personally, I always thought that Steve Jobs could have been a better human being because of the way he treated others, especially his eldest child and the child's mother until it was proven that he was indeed her father as well as his birth parents even though he reconciled with his mother and sisters, but it's not known if he ever reconciled with his father even though it wasn't his fault, but rather his maternal grandfather's fault in the first place. I also thought that he came across as arrogant, self-centered and downright rude towards people, especially people who bought his products.
To be honest, I never thought of him as a visionary or a creative genius (or God as some people would think of him as, and those who think of him that way are in serious need of help!), but I do have to admit, if grudgingly, that he was a damn good businessman and marketer at the end of the day (even if I wasn't persuaded to buy a MacBook because they're way too expensive or an iPhone because I could get a much better phone on an upgrade than I could with an iPhone).
Also, I guess that if it wasn't for him and the Woz (who deserves just as much respect as Jobs), technology would be a lot more different than it is now, especially where rival OSes are concerned for both phones and computers.
Article about Steve Jobs' birth father; Abdulfattah John Jandali
The linked article makes for VERY interesting reading concerning Jobs' birth father.
I truly, sincerely hope that he made his peace with his father before the end as it would have been a shame if he was too bitter not to forgive him, even though he didn't know at the time that he had been born and the mother was forced into giving Steve up for adoption because of her tyrant of a father who actually died a few months later.
Some people would actually say it was Karma that Jobs got what he deserved with being struck down with cancer because of the way he treated others, but it's just a twist of fate that it happened and I know how his family felt as my grandmother who I was very close to as she was more like a mother to me than my own mother died of cancer as well (although it wasn't revealed that she had cancer until after they had down tests on her body).
At the end of the day, whether you're an Apple fanboy/girl (or one who's a bit TOO overenthusiastic about their products) or someone who doesn't have an Apple product but has respect for Jobs', no matter how big or small or someone who owns at least one Apple product but at the same time doesn't like how Apple operates, at least we should be united in saying RIP to a guy who was too controversial for his own good, but at the same time he gave a lot of people what they wanted, even if they didn't know that they wanted it or that he knew best, even if it wasn't what they wanted.
RIP Steve Jobs - Marketing and Business Genius.
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The guy who said that Jobs' was a crappy human being has a very valid point about Jobs' past in that he wasn't willing to support his daughter until he was made to take a DNA test.
We've all made mistakes. Don't tell me that YOU haven't made any mistakes in your life that you've regretted.
The one thing that really scares me is that a lot of people in various threads and on sites like Facebook are practically calling Jobs' a saint, which to me as a Catholic is a very bad thing when there are people out there who truly deserve to be called saints, especially those who work their hardest out there for the good of Humanity, especially scientists and doctors.
