Steve Jobs Resigns

    It is indeed a mixture of sadness and happiness for me. He's a fucking ironman, battling cancer and still keeping and active role in basically making Apple one of the biggest and most successful companies on the planet. Say what you want but he's changed so much in our industry, and has without a doubt made the most insane company turnaround in history.

    Really sad to see him go, but on the other hand then I can't think of anyone deserving a rest more. Hope he'll be able to live for many years more.

    /me raises cup of coffee to Steve~

    I think this had been expected for a wile but not quite as soon as this. I always enjoyed watching time talk and as he is still Chairman I hope he will still do keynotes from time to time.

    One of his greatest moments

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    While his main company has done some retarded things I can't have anything but absolute respect for Jobs and everything he's accomplished — not just with Apple but also with Pixar. He's always been a great speaker, been spot on with what the world wants and needs, and put quality above all else when so many other companies cut corners wherever they can. He has great principles and I've enjoyed many things that came as a result of his vision.

    Hope he doesn't die a horrible cancerous death.

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    i am not an apple product fan but i have a huge admiration for the man so ... hats of to you mister jobs !

    yeap, apple sucks but jobs is a respectable in my book.

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    yeap, apple sucks but jobs is a respectable in my book.

    but.. but.. Apple IS Steve Jobs. Doesn't compute

    He's just the public face of Apple. While they will likely have to find a new way to market the company to the masses outside of the Cult of Jobs, all of the hardworking designers, engineers, and programmers who actually make Apple what it is will (most likely) still be there. Plus he'll still be chairman of the board and overseeing all major decisions and overall direction, just less of the day-to-day high level management stuff.

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    yeap, apple sucks but jobs is a respectable in my book.

    but.. but.. Apple IS Steve Jobs. Doesn't compute

    He's just the public face of Apple. While they will likely have to find a new way to market the company to the masses outside of the Cult of Jobs, all of the hardworking designers, engineers, and programmers who actually make Apple what it is will (most likely) still be there. Plus he'll still be chairman of the board and overseeing all major decisions and overall direction, just less of the day-to-day high level management stuff.

    This!

    Yeah I wouldn't count Apple out just yet, though I don't think anyone really is. It still has more iterations of the iPhone, iPad etc. in the pipeline. I think it's a question of where it goes in a couple years from now.

    Meanwhile, I'm still a PC guy at heart (I work of two different MacBook Pros running Windows in Bootcamp ) ...and honestly I don't like OSX, but I have so much Apple gear between my wife and I that I can say Apple has had a huge impact on my life. Lot's of respect for Jobs and I hope he does not suffer badly from cancer.

    I remember how weird we all felt at Apple in 2004 when the internal email ran telling all employees about his pancreatic cancer, and the follow up email he wrote the company after having had his surgery...

    Apple has a backlog of innovations for the next 5 years, so Apple will be doing fine without him for a time. The true changes will come after then.

    Next in line, I'm dying to see what computer integrated TV they can make, something that would revolutionize the games industry again (and of course, not just that)

    A friend's father had the same pancreatic cancer, he passed away a month ago. Judging by his looks, Steve jobs doesn't have much time left

    Yeah. Truly sad. What an inspiring life story, cancer or no cancer.

    Okay back to reviewing a presentation (that I built in Bootcamp on my MacBook Pro) on my iPad while I listen to music on my circa 2006 video iPod...better set the alarm on my iPhone so I don't oversleep. Have to load up the Apple TV with chick flicks for my wife who's coming back from a business trip tomorrow afternoon...

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