Apple co-founder Steve Jobs dies

nurseawful



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Message Posted:
06/10/2011 06:28

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15193922



After years of battling cancer Steve Jobs has died aged 56, too young in my opinion. RIP



Chris

nicola


Joined: 06/09/2011
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Message Posted:
06/10/2011 09:55

A great loss to the world, a brilliant mind. RIP

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
06/10/2011 10:24

I remember Steve Jobs, who helped change the world, by quoting his words: ""Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do," he told the Stanford grads in 2005.



"If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on."



More than one pundit, praising Jobs' ability to transform entire industries with his inventions, called him a modern-day Leonardo Da Vinci. (Source: CNN on line).



Written on and sent from my iPad 2.

ilovecyprus


Joined: 08/05/2007
Posts: 2880

Message Posted:
06/10/2011 12:23

Such a shame this. An incredible guy with so much energy and vision dying so young.



It will be interesting to see how Apple respond to this. If they believe and buy in to the hype that the organisation is only as good as the leader,then they are in trouble. If this is the case, then Google, who with their more distributed and informal leadership model could wipe the floor with Apple in the next five years.



The top companies in the future will be those that devolve and decentralise their decision making processes. Its bottom up not top down. Its about utilising the collective intelligence which is much more powerful than one mans intelligence.

philbailey


Joined: 17/01/2011
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Message Posted:
06/10/2011 13:13

Will apple crumble without him ?

philbailey


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Message Posted:
07/10/2011 00:05

They say your life flashes before your eyes just before you die.





Unfortunately for Steve Jobs, he hadn't got a Flash player installed.

wynyardman



Joined: 15/12/2007
Posts: 4580

Message Posted:
07/10/2011 00:34

A sad loss. One of Americas finest.



Even Obama paid a glowing tribute.



He will be missed by Apple. RIP.



wyn

Glasbury


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Message Posted:
07/10/2011 00:44

Spot on Wyn - RIP Steve Jobs

jeffsangrace


Joined: 22/12/2009
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Message Posted:
07/10/2011 02:46

Message 5 and 6 - joking about a brilliant man who has been battling Cancer and has just died - Well you're a complete Twat - IMHO !!!

Jeannie


Joined: 04/08/2009
Posts: 3283

Message Posted:
07/10/2011 02:51

Agree with message 9; philbailey I know you say you have a "different" type of sense of humour to most, but I found your posts disrespectful to a man who could have been (and was) accurately described as a genius. To die at such a young age is tragic - for anyone.



RIP Mr Jobs.