all that said, far too young and the outpouring is understandable, he did affect many people and one of the most successful CEO ever (I mean from just about bankruptcy to twice the size of Microsoft in less than a decade while overturning an entire distribution industry and greatly influencing portable computing be it with pure music players, phones or pads)
it was very sad to hear
RobertLynn wrote:
Perhaps these types of posts make me sigh, is because there's a group of people who act truly hurt, over the death of someone they've never met. The people that really are hurt over it are the friends, and family of the deceased. In this case, the poor guy had a cancer with a <5% chance of survival and was sick for some time. He fought a good fight, and it's a damn shame that he couldn't pull through. We do not know what went on behind the scenes, but as someone who has watched more than one friend or family member die of cancer, it wasn't all butterflies and rainbows.
yeah but if people grow up always seeing him in TV and on mags and using his products and so on of course you should not be surprised they feel some connection and some sense of loss, sure not like if it was their best friend, but yes more than say your best friend who they never heard about, never read about, never met, never saw, never used anything created by, etc.
Imagemaster wrote:
Looks like a moderator moved this to the correct forum. What does that tell you?
Maybe if you had not been such an eager beaver to post the topic on multiple forums, you would not have stirred up a controversy. There is no rule against posting the same thread on multiple forums because common sense would suggest that this site prefers the subject of the thread to match the forum that is most relevant.
At least you didn't post this thread on every forum, even though one could somehow link Steve Jobs to many of them.
or maybe because a few of you hit the complaint button so many times the moderator moved it just to be done with all of you very few
Iconic figures evoke powerful reactions when they die. We all remember the outpouring of grief when Princess Diana was killed in a car crash or when John Lennon was assassinated. One doesn't have to know someone to be touched by them during their lives. I've little doubt the people closest to Steve, his wife and family, are well supported by those who know them well and love them. We are engaged in a collective grief reaction at the moment.
Here's a great article that all Jobs' sycophants should be forced to read. Maybe the truth about this guy and this company will really start to be told. But I doubt it due to their legal staff that bullies 19 year olds and their security staff that can raid a private citizen's house and threaten him and his family.
One guy gets an iPhone prototype - instead of returning it to the bar's lost & found, he sells it to a magazine. The magazine, fully knowing that it is stolen, tears it open and reveals the details, again, fully knowing Apple would not let him go easily. And ... in a surprising move ... he had the law on his a$$ a few hours later. Big deal!
Do you not buy anything made in China? If you don't, then I guess you haven't gone shopping in a while. Apple takes more profit - agreed - instead of passing it along to the Chinese sweatshops where they really need the money. Or they could drop the price on their products, but then they'd lose the image of "premium product maker".
One guy gets an iPhone prototype - instead of returning it to the bar's lost & found, he sells it to a magazine. The magazine, fully knowing that it is stolen, tears it open and reveals the details, again, fully knowing Apple would not let him go easily. And ... in a surprising move ... he had the law on his a$$ a few hours later.
You need to check your facts. That was the first iPhone (4) that went missing. I can understand your confusion so here's a story that explains both prototypes that went missing and the police tactics used to try and find the second one:
