RIP Steve Jobs
Love him or hate him, there is no denying he transformed the PC, Music, and phone industries with the Apple IIe and Mac (the large scale use of the GUI and mouse), iPod and iTunes, and iPhone respectively. Add to that the success with iPad, the first tablet/slate to be a hit with consumers. In my opinion he leaves behind a big void in the tech sector.
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Other claims I've read the last two days is that he invented the "personal computer". WTF??? There were several personal computers out before the Apple I or II. And, even if you think of the Apple as the first "personal computer", it was Woz who did all the work developing it, Jobs was just along for the ride if you ask me.
"Inventor of the mp3 player??" I think not. Several companies had mp3 players on the market before the Ipod came out.
Visionary?? This is true. he saw what was already out there and saw ways to make it better. Not cheaper, not easier to obtain. And certainly not for the good of the masses. Everything Jobs ever did was to make money. Unlike Gates who gave away gobs of money, Jobs was the complete opposite. In fact, when he came back to Apple after Apple bought out NeXt, once he was back in charge of Apple he ceased all philanthropic work Apple was doing.
Rest in peace Mr Jobs... cya soon I imagine.
Why hasn't a cure been found for this yet? We need to wage a "war on disease". Nothing kills more Americans than cancer, AIDS, and other diseases. You guys need to take the money spent on the "war machine" and pump all of it into medicine and science.