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The Spectacle Blog
Ross Kaminsky has written a fine tribute to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs who lost his battle with cancer on Wednesday. Jobs' time in this world was a life well done.
Indeed, Kaminsky makes the case that Jobs changed the world "at least three times" with the mass market personal computer as well as the advent of iTunes and the iPad.
I would add that Jobs changed the movie industry with his purchase of Pixar Films in the mid-1980s. Without Jobs' intellectual and financial capital, there's a good chance that the CGI technology that made the Toy Story movies, WALL-E and Up amongst other animated features possible might not have seen the light of day. At the very least, they would not have been developed when they were.
Jobs' passing is noteworthy when you consider that we are at a moment in American history when resentment towards wealth is becoming increasingly fashionable as expressed by the Occupy protests in New York, Boston, DC and other cities across the United States. They complain that "the top 1% of Americans own 50% of the nation's wealth and use this wealth to undermine the founding principles of this democracy."
Well, Jobs was part of that 1% as the 34th wealthiest person in the United States with a net worth of $7 billion as of last month. Since Jobs was part that 1% who apparently used his wealth to undermine the founding principles of this democracy then the Occupy folks should as a matter of principle relinquish their Mac Notebooks, iPods, and iPads. After all, if the Occupy folks had their way, capitalism would be eradicated along with the Mac Notebooks, iPods and iPads and the millions of other innovations which has made our standard of living the highest in the world.
Postscript: Now I must confess that I'm partial to PCs over Macs. But my Dad absolutely loves Macs and has been using them almost from the very beginning. He started out by using them at work and then at home (it was our first personal computer.) Even in retirement, he uses them to edit his home videos (or what he calls his "observational documentaries.") As evidenced by some of the tributes I've read and heard about Steve Jobs, I know Dad is far from alone in his admiration for the Mac.
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Dixie Pixie| 10.6.11 @ 12:58AM
To misquote a quote from the Coneheads Movie::::
His life-force has ceased.
He was a among the Greats.
He will be missed.
Dixie Pixie| 10.6.11 @ 1:56AM
The importance of Steven Jobs in freeing humanity from the shackles of corporation and governmental bondage can not be understated.
When he created the idea of a personal computer, he freed humanity from the idea of centralized control of information.
As a result TAS Online came into being as well as all the other websites.
As a result information flows freely without governmental or corporate control.
Humanity owes Steven Jobs a depth of gratitude that will not be understood for centuries.
As an encore performance he took personal communication to a brand new level with the invention of the iPhone.
The implications of which will also not be known for centuries.
For all he has done, he rates among the top American technological greats as Edison.
He will be missed.
And we are a smaller and darker world for his passing.
Without him, you would not be reading this message.
beebop2| 10.6.11 @ 5:12AM
I may be the only one to post here who has never owned an item with the Apple logo. Not a statement of any kind other than I am comfortable with the PC and so have stayed with it.
I cannot imagine anyone more productive in his short life than Steve Jobs. It also goes without saying that his biological mother gave us all something special. How many Steves have gone into the death spiral of "choice?"
9thID| 10.6.11 @ 10:14AM
Jobs was a brilliant marketer, but most of us IT types never joined his “revolution” as it was a highly proprietary platform, too expensive, and oftentimes treated developers, vendors, and users like a Mafia boss. In any case, Apple will probably remain the leader in eye candy, hype, and liberalism for some time.
More importantly though, I wonder if God said to Jobs, “A life well done”?
Margie| 10.6.11 @ 1:38PM
I agreed with Rush's take on Steve Jobs this afternoon.
I admired the man for his amazing accomplishments, and I hope that he believed in God, and made it into His Kingdom.
We switched to Macs back in '06. All I can say is, you get what you pay for.
Never a glitch, never a virus, never a crash, never a worry. We'll never go back to the bug infested PC.
LOL.
Now I know that'll ruffle some feathers, but it's the truth.
Keep up the great work, Apple!
9thID| 10.6.11 @ 3:22PM
Margie, I respectfully submit that either you are prone to exaggeration to the extreme, are mildly senile, or you are prevaricating-ly mocking God. I work in IT and with iCrap, and they do have many problems. Our corporation gave in to the Apple mania hype and after a year of hell are retuning to the Droids. Speaking of Rush, I LOVE it when he has Apple crapouts during the show - it drives even Apple’s biggest idolater nuts. To all those prone to the cult of personality – seek help -- the Truth will set you free...
Margie| 10.6.11 @ 10:34PM
That's some charge, sir. Prevaricatingly mocking God?
Since you have made that charge, assuming you aren't kidding, you need to explain exactly how you think I'm doing that.
If you're a Christian you can't just walk away. Unless you're like another lying sack of crap that has lied about here openly and has not repented.
And I have not had a single problem with my Mac. We had plenty with Microsoft. In fact we spent a couple grand for a laptop that crashed completely, after buying it new and only having it for about a year.
I figured I'd ruffle some feathers, but WOW!!
9thID| 10.7.11 @ 11:29AM
Clearly I shouldn't have said "respectfully submit" as your "sack of crap" remark shows you have no idea what "repentance" means. BTW, do you attend Westboro Baptist?
Margie| 10.7.11 @ 9:46PM
Respectfully submit that I'm mocking God?
You're a joke, kiddo.
And you still haven't said just how I am doing that.
By saying I like Mac computers?
You're sick.
REPENT.
glennallout| 10.9.11 @ 6:25PM
"Steve Jobs Dies, Apple Products Stop Working"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyP4Nu-_p6I
Millions of Apple products, including iPhones, iPods, iPads, and Mac computers, suddenly stopped working on Wednesday when Apple founder Steve Jobs died of pancreatic cancer late that night. Apple issued a statement saying that they are working 'round the clock to devise and implement a solution, though they said it is proving difficult to devise and implement anything very successfully without their genius leader.
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