Steve Jobs has passed away.

Not a perfect man (who, even among the great, is?), but in his own way he did his fair share for the betterment of mankind. He helped people connect with each other, he helped people do their jobs, he helped people make art. We should all be so lucky.

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Post by mrpollo » Wed, Oct 05, 2011, 11:49 PM UTC

here starts the legend, Thanks Steve!

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Post by jianshen » Wed, Oct 05, 2011, 11:49 PM UTC

This makes me really really sad deep inside. What an incredible journey.

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Post by gokhan » Wed, Oct 05, 2011, 11:50 PM UTC

He was 56 years old, too young to die :(

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Post by cilantro » Wed, Oct 05, 2011, 11:51 PM UTC

My first computer was a Macintosh Plus at age ~5. Not sure what I would be doing with my life without his contribution.

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Post by danvideo » Wed, Oct 05, 2011, 11:52 PM UTC

Knew he was sick, but wasn't expecting this.

The world has lost a unique and brilliant technology-business-design leader, the likes of which are few and far between.

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Post by dustingetz » Wed, Oct 05, 2011, 11:53 PM UTC

Jobs imagines his garbage regularly not being emptied in his office, and when he asks the janitor why, he gets an excuse: The locks have been changed, and the janitor doesn’t have a key. This is an acceptable excuse coming from someone who empties trash bins for a living. The janitor gets to explain why something went wrong. Senior people do not. “When you’re the janitor,” Jobs has repeatedly told incoming VPs, “reasons matter.” He continues: “Somewhere between the janitor and the CEO, reasons stop mattering.” That “Rubicon,” he has said, “is crossed when you become a VP.

-- Jobs (via secondary source [1])

[1] http://www.macstories.net/news/inside-apple-reveals-steve-jo...