Today Marks Steve Jobs' 64th Birthday as MacRumors Turns 19

[Veinticinco]

Articles likes this don’t really serve any purpose on a Apple-focused Internet forum like MR, other than to rehash the usual polar arguments between Jobs sycophants and critics, all of whom have valid points.

It’s perfectly fine for Apple/Cook to send out an internal remembrance of their former leader, but what’s worse here is MR felt this was appropriate. Posting this over a weekend (let’s drive those clicks fellas) and tying it in to the site’s “birthday” is just cringe on many levels.

 

[BornAgainApple]

“Today, the site turns 19 years sold”

Sold you say?

 

[Virinprew]

Jobs never really invented anything. He slapped a bunch of things together... even then, it wasn't his own doing. He had vision, but it's not like you ever saw him writing code or soldering anything or trying to figure out how to fit 5,000 mp3s into a pocketable device.

Everyone knows that he was not an engineer. But what about it? His job was to bring Apple back and he did. And that's the point.

 

[KPandian1]

Jobs never really invented anything. He slapped a bunch of things together... even then, it wasn't his own doing. He had vision, but it's not like you ever saw him writing code or soldering anything or trying to figure out how to fit 5,000 mp3s into a pocketable device.

Yeah he got people to get things done, even at their workbench/table. Then he revealed the devices when they were ready - completely ready.

R.I.P. Steve Jobs - .

 

[Steve686]

Everyone knows that he was not an engineer. But what about it? His job was to bring Apple back and he did. And that's the point.

The thing is, not everyone knows this which is why you ended up replying to bladerunner2000, who in turn was simply pointing out that SJ never actually invented anything. And that's the actual point.

 

[Virinprew]

The thing is, not everyone knows this which is why you ended up replying to bladerunner2000, who in turn was simply pointing out that SJ never actually invented anything. And that's the actual point.

The guy just wanted to show off his incredible knowledge of Jobs not being an engineer. Which is like an ancient obvious knowledge at this point.

 

[Steve686]

The guy just wanted to show off his incredible knowledge of Jobs not being an engineer. Which is like an ancient obvious knowledge at this point.

And he, in turn, can say you just want to point out your incredible knowledge of what you think is "obvious to everyone" about another person. You guys can continue to bicker back and forth about who knew what, who did what, or who has a better understanding of what Steve Jobs' actual engineering depth was. Bottom line, nobody gives a crap, SJ is dead, and none of it matters or has any enduring effect on any future stories here.

 

[BillyBobBongo]

Happy Birthday, MacRumors.

Quite an achievement in this day and age to still be running an online forum and not to have crossed over to relying solely on social media!

 

[5105973]

So happy 19th MacRumors!

I don't really know how to convey 64th birthday greetings to someone who passed away in his fifties, but I wish his family and loved ones peace and blessings as they remember him, flaws and all.

 

[Tech198]

Jobs never really invented anything. He slapped a bunch of things together... even then, it wasn't his own doing.

Most people just slap bits and pieces together, to see what works. If you can't make a jigsaw, your out of the game

 

[Heineken]

Veganism killed him, not cancer. He is the dumbest smart person I ever knew about.

 

[BMcCoy]

Veganism killed him, not cancer. He is the dumbest smart person I ever knew about.

Not veganism really... but rejection of the ‘Western medicine’ treatment for a highly treatable and curable type of cancer, in favour of made-up nonsense dietary cures. Sad.

 

[Heineken]

Not veganism really... but rejection of the ‘Western medicine’ treatment for a highly treatable and curable type of cancer, in favour of made-up nonsense dietary cures. Sad.

Also veganism. Sugar is cancers best friend and he ate a lot of it.

 

[entropys]

If it wasn’t for the entrepreneurs like jobs we would all be living short brutal lives as hunter gatherers who spend the winter dying of easily curable diseases and the summer trying to spear our neighbours in the next village so we could eat them. The noble savage is a despicable lie.

Speaking of stupid hippy ****, I wonder if Jobs would be alive today if he didn’t try alternative medicine for five or six months to treat frickin’ cancer, for God’s sake.

 

[Heineken]

If it wasn’t for the entrepreneurs like jobs we would all be living short brutal lives as hunter gatherers who spend the winter dying of easily curable diseases and the summer trying to spear our neighbours in the next village so we could eat them. The noble savage is a despicable lie.

Speaking of stupid hippy ****, I wonder if Jobs would be alive today if he didn’t try alternative medicine for five or six months to treat frickin’ cancer, for God’s sake.

There is a good chance he would be.

 

[YaBe]

Don't call him an inventor. That's what.

He has his name on many parents, it’s an inventory to me.

 

[norbinhouston]

Veganism killed him, not cancer. He is the dumbest smart person I ever knew about.

Pancreatic cancer killed him. Its a killer with low survival rates. You haters, always try to paint him as a bumbling a hole to try and discredit what he accomplished. I guess it makes your sad life a bit more bearable.

 

[kazmac]

Thank you, Steve.

Happy birthday MacRumors!

 

[Heineken]

Pancreatic cancer killed him. Its a killer with low survival rates. You haters, always try to paint him as a bumbling a hole to try and discredit what he accomplished. I guess it makes your sad life a bit more bearable.

If you read his biografy ... He was a moron when it comes to diet and that's what killed him.

 

[chatin]

Jobs knew when he had a product like great macrumor's members know when they have a post.

 

[Apple_Robert]

Happy Birthday, MR.

"In the 2000-2010s, Jobs was responsible for not only saving Apple, but then building it into one of the largest companies in the world. The introduction of the iPod in 2001 and iPhone in 2007 represented industry changing products that have sold hundreds of millions of units."

Consider replacing with "From 2000 to 2010,..."

Consider replacing with "but building it..."

"Steve Jobs passed away on October 5th, 2011 at the age of 56. Jobs had been suffering with complications related to pancreatic cancer in the years leading up to his death."

Consider replacing with "He had been suffering from complications related to Pancreatic Cancer, in the last few years of his life."

 

[44267547]

I always appreciated Jobs tenacity and determination to make his company stand apart and be different from everyone else with core standards when providing the best user experience, but as a person on the outside from the tech industry, he is not someone I would want to emulate or live my life like. I really don’t condone or agree the way he was as a person, but most will remember him for his contributions to Apples growth and history, which to me, is the most important part to Apple’s legacy.

 

[alexhardaker]

What’s gone is the reality distortion field and exemplary keynote performances. Other than those, Apple products themselves actually still follow what Jobs has visioned, considering Jonny Ive is still with the company.

It’s amazing how different things feel without those

 

[MoreRumors?]

Happy Birthday Steve Jobs and Happy Anniversary MacRumors.

 

[PilotTiny]

Steve, we miss you more and more every day. Happy Birthday.