Archive for October, 2011
Steve Jobs – Passed away, the loss of a legend
by Lonnie on Oct.05, 2011, under Uncategorized
I haven’t posted in a long time and for that I apologize but I’ve been a busy nerd, what with music and a day job.
The passing of Steve Jobs however is a momentous occasion because he is a legend, whether you’re a fan of Apple not.
I am the owner of two computers running snow leopard, I own two ios devices ( an original iphone and a 4th generation ipod ) but I am at heart a unix hacker .. I have disagreed completely with many of the policies apple has taken when it comes to development, and in general.. how they do business..
It is Jobs’ perfectionist way that has lead Apple to their success, his desire for perfection and uniformity and his uncompromising attitude.. has it been bad? I think in some ways it has.. but it has lead to what we have now, it has forced his employees to deliver a top notch user experience, the hardware to be sexy and sleek, and the competitors to clammer.. in otherwords, it has pushed competitiveness.. which is precisely what drove us where we are now.. whether you love or hate apple, they set bars that others were forced to try to reach .. and today we lost a driving force behind that, so lets hope we have another Jobs in our generation..
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