Well, in the Isaacson bio of Steve, there are quotes from some people who said what a great friend Steve was, how he was there for them at bad times etc.
I can't recall exactly who said it, but obviously there's a lot we don't know.
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Tim Cook Sends Email to Apple Employees Reflecting on Second Anniversary of Steve Jobs' Death
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Well, in the Isaacson bio of Steve, there are quotes from some people who said what a great friend Steve was, how he was there for them at bad times etc.
I can't recall exactly who said it, but obviously there's a lot we don't know.
Just to be an ass, without Steve Jobs:
- you wouldn't be writing this in the first place
- We would have other tech and we wouldn't know any better
- Every SJ-worshipper would probably be worshipping somebody else.
Also, in 100,000 years, I doubt anyone will know who Steve Jobs was, other than an insomniac on that era's version of wikipedia... We all know who Henry Ford was, but I fear the younger generations might not... And that was "only" 100-ish years ago...
Puts on flame retardant suit...
I work in the technology industry myself. I have been part of teams that have created some pretty amazing stuff over the years.
Most of the time there are multiple people contributing the creative content. Many times there are competing solutions to a given problem. And each design gets critiqued and picked apart by the others. Everyone has to defend their design and shoot holes in the other designs. We all know our way is the "best" way to solve the problem, and everyone else's won't work.
There is an interesting dynamic in successful organizations full of creative people, like Apple: their passion for the product tends to be compartmentalized quite easily.
We would have, shall we say, "animated discussions" about the product. People outside the process looking in, including those in the business side of the house, would think a mass firing/quitting/mutiny was at hand, if not something worse. Then, we would all head out together for lunch or a beer after work, catch up on family stories and have a great time.
Everyone really had the same goal: the best product we could collectively create. And we all fought to make that happen.
Thank you. Time to move on. A ghost isn't gonna save Apple from falling behind its competitors.
If they ignored the anniversary of Steve's death people would complain as well. You just can't win with message board people
Yeah, the warmth from heated entitled consumers that got mad at Steve even when he offered so much more to the tech world. Sadly many of those people reside here on MR. But I agree with you.
stop being so emotional. 'owe their lives to steve jobs?'
farout..some people here need to grow backbones.
I don't agree with this e-mail at all. It's the latest in a disturbing trend of celebrating the death of person(s) who did something great in this world, as if there's no one left to step up and replace them. (The accuracy of that can be debated.)
Remember the man by celebrating his birthday or his life, not his demise.
Remember the man by celebrating his birthday or his life, not his demise.
Why, because an "internal" email gets leaked out to the media? Did they post a big spread on the WSJ? Making a TV special commemorating the anniversary? I don't get the whole "cult" label. People are loyal to what they like, whether it's a clothing brand, a car manufacturer (90% of the cars I've owned have been Honda's), a brand of soda... People walk around with Atari on their shirts, or a favorite super hero emblem, they tattoo a team logo on themselves, cry when their team loses... many types of loyalty exists. Just cause people are loyal doesn't make it a cult.
Apple isn't falling behind their competitors but it sure sounds like you want them to.
It's only been 2 years since Steve Jobs died?! It feels like forever ago! The tech world moves so fast...
It feels like forever ago! The tech world moves so fast...
You don't need to pretend the past never happened in order to look forward. People are capable of doing more than one thing at a time.
My ability to enjoy keynotes died with Steve. Perhaps that has something to do with the fact that he accomplished what he set out to do, or perhaps I'm not as interested in the current product line, or even boring (Tim) presenters. I just get the highlights and that's it.
Steve was a visionary, a man who brought the future back to our time. I do not see anyone anywhere (even Apple itself) that shows this potential. Even the iterative products Apple has put out after Steve just don't do it for me (iOS 7, ugh). I liked what Steve (and those under his supervision) did. I'm not liking the "post-Steve" stuff.
So this is especially sad for me, for this reminds me of the "surprise and delight" that Apple brought me over the years under Steve, as well as the fact that it is likely I will not get them from Apple again (given what's happened after his passing).
Just another stage of life, of "growing up", where you move on to other things.
PD: I could care less what Steve Jobs was like as a person. I never met him, and frankly, never cared to. But I think I will miss his skills, taste, and judgment as it applies to the products I do, or would interact with.
Steve was a visionary, a man who brought the future back to our time. I do not see anyone anywhere (even Apple itself) that shows this potential. Even the iterative products Apple has put out after Steve just don't do it for me (iOS 7, ugh). I liked what Steve (and those under his supervision) did. I'm not liking the "post-Steve" stuff.
So this is especially sad for me, for this reminds me of the "surprise and delight" that Apple brought me over the years under Steve, as well as the fact that it is likely I will not get them from Apple again (given what's happened after his passing).
Just another stage of life, of "growing up", where you move on to other things.
PD: I could care less what Steve Jobs was like as a person. I never met him, and frankly, never cared to. But I think I will miss his skills, taste, and judgment as it applies to the products I do, or would interact with.
I don't think anyone gets anywhere in life by being a jerk all the time, urban legends notwithstanding. Steve Jobs obviously had no problem invoking his inner a**hole at crucial moments, but there's no shortage of stories out there about what a nice guy he could be also. The problem is that it's human nature to focus on the negative. A story about Steve losing his temper gets far more play than him being pleasant.
A little belief goes a long way. It wouldn't be any more or less legitimate than the others.
He said tech industry not people, i'm sure he meant smartphones tablets, that sort of thing. And besides you never know maybe apple did something for his life through one of there products don't judge him