R.I.P. Thread

Ghengis_John said:
Anyhow that's unfortunate for Jobs. It looks like he should have been paying less attention to his company and more to his health. He left his CEO position way too late it seems. I neither liked him nor disliked him, frankly I didn't know him. But cancer is a lousy way to go. I'm assuming that was it.
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He had pancreatic cancer which is a VERY deadly type. It's essentially a rapidly approaching death sentence. He lived for an additional seven years so I'd say he got about as much time as anyone can expect.

PS: if you think Steve Jobs' contributions started in the last decade while you type on a personal computer with a GUI...
 
Steve Jobs pretty much destroyed the computer as a personal computational machine, transforming it into a toy and fashion statement. That's what people wanted from the beginning, and Jobs met that demand.
 
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