Whoa, whoa, WHOA!
@SpineRipper, in what way, shape or form have I been disgraceful? Did I come into this thread and drop every Steve Jobs joke that has materialised in the last 24 hours? No. Did I come in and say "luuuuuulz"? No. Did I come in and say "**** Steve Jobs". No. I for one shouldn't have to explain, that Steve Jobs had nothing to do with Mortal Kombat, the forum or the creation of the internet.
@Jade, i'm surprised at you. I don't feel my post was rude or immature as you infer. I already emphasised that yes, it's sad for his family and friends, but I for one did not agree with his vision. Whether you want to acknowledge it or not, Steve Jobs was a controversial figure. The thread is not called "Steve Jobs Memorial, please leave tributes here", its called Steve Jobs died at 58. But because I stated that I was no fan of the man, or his products, that some how im an insensitive a-hole. I wonder how many Doctors, Nurses, Teachers, died on the same day. People that really have saved, or enriched peoples lives. When Michael Jackson died, people immediately fell into one of two camps, those that loved his music (me) and those that saw nothing but tabloid smearing. The amount of arguments I had with people that said he was a pedo, etc, was frustrating to say the least, but I at least, RESPECTED THEIR RIGHT TO HAVE AN OPINION, whether I agreed with it or not. I wonder how many people here saying "RIP Steve Jobs", hated on MJ when he died. For that matter, I wonder how many people had even heard of Steve Jobs until two days ago..
@UCFReiko and Zoidberg, yes a life is a life, but why do celebrities or corporate giants take precedence over the rest of the human race?
@Patrick McCarron, im sorry I have not seen one hateful thing written in this thread yet. People arent here making jokes, or trolling, they are simply having a view, and im flabbergasted they are being made pariahs for it. You say if it wasn't for Steve Jobs, that we wouldn't be sitting here now. I'm using a PC as we speak. Are you saying that without Steve Jobs, PC's wouldn't be what they are now? How do you know PC's would not have progressed considerably more than they have now? How do you know the computer industry would not be what it is now? How do you know, someone else, simply wouldn't have done what has been done now? Do you believe, Apple is going to cease to exist or not produce more products, now that Steve Jobs has died?
As for the guy "inventing" personal computers:
Early personal computers — generally called microcomputers — were sold often in kit form and in limited volumes, and were of interest mostly to hobbyists and technicians. Minimal programming was done with toggle switches to enter instructions, and output was provided by front panel lamps. Practical use required peripherals such as keyboards, computer terminals, disk drives, and printers. Micral N was the earliest commercial, non-kit microcomputer based on a microprocessor, the Intel 8008. It was built starting in 1972 and about 90,000 units were sold. In 1976 Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak sold the Apple I computer circuit board, which was fully prepared and contained about 30 chips. The first successfully mass marketed personal computer was the Commodore PET introduced in January 1977. It was soon followed by the TRS-80 from Radio Shack and the popular Apple II. Mass-market ready-assembled computers allowed a wider range of people to use computers, focusing more on software applications and less on development of the processor hardware.
I'd argue that he capitalised on a pre-existing product, and made it popular, but he was no innovator of the PC. He was a marketing genius, and people may not realise this, but the GUI mouse was one of his ideas. Pixar is pretty cool, i'll grant that. But people don't see the darker side to this man. They see their iPhone.
And to say a Mac is superior to a PC is just, well. I don't know what to say. There is no single Apple product that can ever be customised. Upgrades happen, when Apple says so. In that sense, I would say that retards the growth of technology. To say that the GAMES INDUSTRY was inspired by Steve Jobs is hillarious. I'm just bothered by all the rabid fans sprouting up, when most of them probably hadn't even heard of the man until 48 hours ago.
I think a more interesting question should be, where do people see Apple, 12 months from now?
Again, i'm sad for his family and friends, but not for the guys legacy. If people want to say im disgraceful, go ahead, because you don't know me and you have not read a single thing i've said. My uncle has had lymphoma for the last 10 years and will always be in remission. An ex of mine had breast cancer 6 years ago. My Dad had cancerous nodules found on his pancreas 3 years ago. I know all too well, what cancer does to a person.
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LOL.
