Apple's tribute to Steve Jobs, one year on.

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Oct 05, 2012, 1:18 PM UTC

ImprovedSilence wrote: post #49

LaRakel wrote: post #33

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There's no personality cult around any CEO like there was around the Steve.

Perhpas not in the tech industry. Bill Gates is pretty legendary in his own rights. I remember when growing up, he was the man you wanted to be. Richard Branson, Donald Trump, Phill Knight, Michael Bloomberg, and I'm sure plenty of other CEOs have a pretty good "personality cult" Perhaps not as cultish as Steve Jobs, but still very legendary and an important face to their company and industry nonetheless.

Post by mikebridgman » Fri, Oct 05, 2012, 1:28 PM UTC

sjwright wrote: post #47

digitalengineer wrote: post #34

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"When Jobs was ill, Yo Yo Ma came to visit, bringing his 1733 Stradivarius cello and performing a concert in the Jobs’ living room. Jobs, who had been moved to tears by the music, told him, “Your playing is the best argument I’ve ever heard for the existence of God, because I don’t really believe a human alone can do this.” He made Ma promise to play at his funeral".

> “Your playing is the best argument I’ve ever heard for the existence of God, because I don’t really believe a human alone can do this.” Which is kind of an insult to Yo Yo Ma.

Post by famousactress » Fri, Oct 05, 2012, 1:29 PM UTC

sjwright wrote: post #47

digitalengineer wrote: post #34

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"When Jobs was ill, Yo Yo Ma came to visit, bringing his 1733 Stradivarius cello and performing a concert in the Jobs’ living room. Jobs, who had been moved to tears by the music, told him, “Your playing is the best argument I’ve ever heard for the existence of God, because I don’t really believe a human alone can do this.” He made Ma promise to play at his funeral".

> “Your playing is the best argument I’ve ever heard for the existence of God, because I don’t really believe a human alone can do this.” Which is kind of an insult to Yo Yo Ma.

Post by dholowiski » Fri, Oct 05, 2012, 1:32 PM UTC

JimmaDaRustla wrote: post #51

FrejNorling wrote: post #40

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Microsoft might do it if it was Bill who passed away? Don´t you think?

Absolutely, but not Ballmer! Sorry, was that mean?

Post by stephen_g » Fri, Oct 05, 2012, 1:35 PM UTC

dholowiski wrote: post #64

georgespencer wrote: post #20

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It's a slightly fatuous question. Do you mean "[in a world where Samsung or Dell had a public personality like Steve Jobs] would they remove the products from their landing page?" or do you mean "[if Michael Dell died] would Dell remove their products from the landing page?" If they had someone like Steve they definitely would. They don't, so it doesn't matter.

I think he means "[if Michael Dell died] would Dell remove their products from the landing page?". Dell does not have a personality like Apple did. How about, if Tim Cook died, would Apple do the same?