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Tim Cook Sends Email to Apple Employees Reflecting on Second Anniversary of Steve Jobs' Death

Small White Car said:
What, exactly, would you consider "more muted" than an e-mail?

A company-wide iMessage?
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Well, a company-wide iMessage certainly would be more muted, considering the iMessage wouldn't go through.. :rolleyes:

In seriousness, an internal company email is fine. I'm more hoping they won't do a tribute on their webpage again as the story mentions. That would be too much the second time around.
 
RIP Steve Jobs: Not Holding it Wrong since 1955.

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roadbloc said:
Yey. Lets have a golden statue of him at Apple HQ.
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R.I.P Steve. Will be remembered forever.

"Steve was an amazing human being"...great friend?

I don't know about that but visionary and charismatic, yes.
 
If Steve was alive today, he wouldn't say he was proud of the employees. He never said stuff like that. Instead he would be cussing and berating them in front of everyone. Ah, the good ol days at Apple.
 
Risco said:
No matter how much money Apple makes, it will never be the same without Steve. I really miss his keynote speeches, he was such a brilliant presenter and full of passion. There was a warmth coming from the company while he was there, now it is just cold hard business.
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I wouldn't go that far to say that it is now "cold hard business". While I do miss Steve's outstanding keynotes, Apple's current keynote are still fun and full of excitement. Take WWDC for example. Craig Federighi stole the show with his jokes about Forstalls design philosophies and Phil Schiller made headlines with "can't innovate anymore my ass". They still present better keynotes than any other tech company out there, even without Steve.
 
If Steve Jobs were alive, he would never have sent this email.

Because he would be alive, and it wouldn't be the second anniversary of anything.
 
Steve and Woz literally started the whole concept of a "garage startup company". They were LITERALLY those geeks "in the garage".:apple:

It doesn't get any more iconic than that.
 
SeattleMoose said:
Steve and Woz literally started the whole concept of a "garage startup company". They were LITERALLY "in the garage".:apple:

It doesn't get any more iconic than that.
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Actually it would have been Hewlett and Packard that started that. (from a technology standpoint)
 
dogcowx said:
Actually it would have been Hewlett and Packard that started that. (from a technology standpoint)
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Looked it up...you are right....I stand corrected. So where are all the movies about the HP guys? Seems like they certainly deserve some love from the media....
 
I remember this sad day

i was supposed to start an early shift, turned on tv for breakfast like every morning and saw the sad news

i texted my colleagues immediately

an hour later, when i arrived at the apple store, a small crowd was already there while the store was still closed and they brought roses, candles and notes

the whole day, we were asked by customers if we still had notes to give them so that they can write something and stick it to the glass or some paperboards people brought
 
IDK seems a little cultish. i think it would have been better to send nothing at all.
 
The NY Times had published an excerpt of a new Wired book coming out on Apple and Google. This excerpt is about the iPhone. Man the security Steve put in place around that project was ridiculous. And even more mind boggling was his rule that software engineers on the project weren't allowed to see the hardware prototypes, and hardware designers weren't allowed to see the software. :eek:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/06/m...let-there-be-an-iphone.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0
 
Cuban Missles said:
After reading his biography, I was left with two impressions. One the genius that he was in terms of the asthetics and attention to detail that turned into the amazing products we have today. The second impression is that this obsession made him not a great man when it came to relationships, including his family and co-workers. Therefore I wonder about Tim's comment that he was a great friend. Obviously having never met the man I cannot really comment, but anyone reading his bio would surely at least raise an eyebrow at the "great friend comment."
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You can be tough on someone, expect a lot, and even go as far as hate them, yet still be respectful.

I have a few people I do no like, but I respect them. I might even go as far as defending them if I felt their actions needed to be defended.

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tbrand7 said:
I wouldn't go that far to say that it is now "cold hard business". While I do miss Steve's outstanding keynotes, Apple's current keynote are still fun and full of excitement. Take WWDC for example. Craig Federighi stole the show with his jokes about Forstalls design philosophies and Phil Schiller made headlines with "can't innovate anymore my ass". They still present better keynotes than any other tech company out there, even without Steve.
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Those are the only two guys that make it fun to watch. Cook is a very, very boring presenter. I don't see or feel any passion about Apple products when he speaks.

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longofest said:
Well, a company-wide iMessage certainly would be more muted, considering the iMessage wouldn't go through.. :rolleyes:

In seriousness, an internal company email is fine. I'm more hoping they won't do a tribute on their webpage again as the story mentions. That would be too much the second time around.
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may be fine at the 5 or 10 year mark though. Then 15th and 25th, but not every year. A small link would be fine.
 
d0minick said:
IDK seems a little cultish. i think it would have been better to send nothing at all.
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It would've been better to send nothing at all? I hope your kidding. The entire technology industry owe their lives to Steve Jobs. Without him, I'd be typing this on a crappy Blackberry, and not the true smartphone Steve invisioned. It's extremely rare that someone can actually say "I changed the world." Steve could say that in has grave for the next 100,000 years and it will still be a true statement.
 
MaSx said:
R.I.P Steve. Will be remembered forever.

"Steve was an amazing human being"...great friend?

I don't know about that but visionary and charismatic, yes.
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Nobody could turn a buck like Steve.
 
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