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[BreakABone]

Originally Posted by gekko

He might not have influenced you directly as a person, but his work at Apple has impacted your life. The influence Apple has made on the world of personal computing, music, and now phones is remarkable.

Not to mention he is responsible for giving the world PIXAR in some fashion.

[KillerGremlin]

He is gonna be this generation's Thomas Edison.....

Sad to see the guy go. 56 is young. He had some inspirational stuff to say on life and death:

"No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new."

"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything -- all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure -- these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. ... Stay hungry. Stay foolish."

I'll take the guy's philosophies over his computer products any day of the week.

Edit: For what it's worth...I have mad respect for his early contributions to the industry. And I have mad respect for the Ipod. Itunes and the Ipod were natural, legal steps in the industry. I think Napster was a likely impetus. I think the iPhone is highly innovative, but phones were going to go that way anyway...and the iPhone has easily been surpassed. So there ya go. (just my opinion, yo).