Steve Jobs Dead
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(p.s.: The CNN article is wrong -- Apple did neither invent the personal computer nor the graphical user interface; the first personal computer was the IBM 5100, and the first commerically available graphical user interface had the Xerox Alto, which inspired Apple to create first Lisa, then Mac)
The ARD article contains an audio link of a radio report about the incident (in German), and it quotes what Jobs said about death. He knew that he would die, and he said that this would help him to see death in a new light. Actually, it seemed, he anticipated to die, as a way of "out with the old, in with the new" (paraphrased, I can't recall the exact words). Very interesting!
I just looked at the Slashdot thread summary, and ... :
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BTW, I was just thinking, the modern use of the electronic clipboard was perhaps pioneered by Lisa or Mac OS. Xerox Alto (while having invented that function) did have one as well, but I think that was a little more complicated to use. Atari ST and AmigaOS also came with that same clipboard shortcuts, one way or the other. Microsoft finally was responsible for the Ctrl key being used for that. All others had specialized keyboards with option / meta keys to separate OS functionality from application keys. By the time Microsoft achieved Windows key ubiquity, Ctrl key use stuck.
But I still remember an old version of the Finder running on a Mac emulator on AmigaOS, and the Mac OS of yore seemed to lack some pretty basic stuff, like cancel buttons. (Famous dialogs were "Format disk: OK") AmigaOS introduced / pioneered the Retry / Cancel, OK / Cancel etc. dialogs, and the question dialogs "This will erase all data on disk. Are you SURE?".
Ah, the memories of old.
But I still remember an old version of the Finder running on a Mac emulator on AmigaOS, and the Mac OS of yore seemed to lack some pretty basic stuff, like cancel buttons. (Famous dialogs were "Format disk: OK") AmigaOS introduced / pioneered the Retry / Cancel, OK / Cancel etc. dialogs, and the question dialogs "This will erase all data on disk. Are you SURE?".
Ah, the memories of old.
Steve Jobs was a awesome person.
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From the Apple Wikipedia page:
Without Steve Wozniak who invented their first computer, Apple Inc. wouldn't even have existed.
Steve Jobs was the sales guy.
Apple computers were overpriced for their time and they were like lead on their shelves. I still remember it being a luxury brand of computers (and expensive like Rolls Royces) until the late 1990ies, when they finally lowered the prices.
Apple didn't get bankrupt only b/c Microsoft's then-CEO Bill Gates heavily invested in it (to have a competitor).
If you read the books iWoz and On the Edge (new ed.), you'll see that the history of Apple is quite different than what is often told by the media. Apple got their 6502 chips for their Apple I and II computers (and peripherals) from MOS Technology which was owned by their largest competitor, Commodore. An advantage of the Apple II was that it could be expanded by plug-in cards (which became the success concept of the IBM PC and compatibles later on, which we still use today). This concept was well-known in the mainframe and minicomputer industries.
Graphics designers and journalists have been staple customers of Apple since the 1980ies, when the Mac and then-emerging DTP (esp. the Quark Express suite) made it an affordable solution for publishing. Ever since, Apple had a good press, a better press than any other company. That's why Apple became so successful, b/c it had journalists that liked its technology, not b/c the technology was good.
In fact, only MacOS X helped Apple to get up to par with modern computers. Before that, MacOS didn't even have proper multitasking. That's where Steve Jobs came in: He brought his knowledge from NeXT back into the company (another brand of unsuccessful overpriced computers).
Apple Inc. then proceeded to ditch Motorola (now Freescale; 680x0 and PowerPC series) and IBM processors (PowerPC series) in favor of the mainstream Intel CPU architecture (found in every PC), and began manufacturing in China (at Foxconn and Inventec, which were often criticized for their labor conditions), which enabled Apple to sell still overpriced gear, but at a huge profit margin, which made the shareholder value soar and made Apple look like a successful company.
So, the people behind Apple's success are mainly Steve Wozniak (for inventing the Apple I), Bill Gates (for investing in Apple Inc. when it was about to go bankrupt) and Foxconn/Inventec (for manufacturing Apple gear for shice then sell it with huge profit margin in the West), and finally the journalists (for worshipping Apple).
Sure, Steve Jobs made a huge contribution as an entrepreneur, despite being unsuccessful for many years (before being successful with Pixar ), but a lot of other factors were responsible for the success of Apple.
Without Steve Wozniak who invented their first computer, Apple Inc. wouldn't even have existed.
Steve Jobs was the sales guy.
Apple computers were overpriced for their time and they were like lead on their shelves. I still remember it being a luxury brand of computers (and expensive like Rolls Royces) until the late 1990ies, when they finally lowered the prices.
Apple didn't get bankrupt only b/c Microsoft's then-CEO Bill Gates heavily invested in it (to have a competitor).
If you read the books iWoz and On the Edge (new ed.), you'll see that the history of Apple is quite different than what is often told by the media. Apple got their 6502 chips for their Apple I and II computers (and peripherals) from MOS Technology which was owned by their largest competitor, Commodore. An advantage of the Apple II was that it could be expanded by plug-in cards (which became the success concept of the IBM PC and compatibles later on, which we still use today). This concept was well-known in the mainframe and minicomputer industries.
Graphics designers and journalists have been staple customers of Apple since the 1980ies, when the Mac and then-emerging DTP (esp. the Quark Express suite) made it an affordable solution for publishing. Ever since, Apple had a good press, a better press than any other company. That's why Apple became so successful, b/c it had journalists that liked its technology, not b/c the technology was good.
In fact, only MacOS X helped Apple to get up to par with modern computers. Before that, MacOS didn't even have proper multitasking. That's where Steve Jobs came in: He brought his knowledge from NeXT back into the company (another brand of unsuccessful overpriced computers).
Apple Inc. then proceeded to ditch Motorola (now Freescale; 680x0 and PowerPC series) and IBM processors (PowerPC series) in favor of the mainstream Intel CPU architecture (found in every PC), and began manufacturing in China (at Foxconn and Inventec, which were often criticized for their labor conditions), which enabled Apple to sell still overpriced gear, but at a huge profit margin, which made the shareholder value soar and made Apple look like a successful company.
So, the people behind Apple's success are mainly Steve Wozniak (for inventing the Apple I), Bill Gates (for investing in Apple Inc. when it was about to go bankrupt) and Foxconn/Inventec (for manufacturing Apple gear for shice then sell it with huge profit margin in the West), and finally the journalists (for worshipping Apple).
Sure, Steve Jobs made a huge contribution as an entrepreneur, despite being unsuccessful for many years (before being successful with Pixar ), but a lot of other factors were responsible for the success of Apple.
There is no one that can possibility replace Steve Jobs. However, Apple.. will need to find a replacement.