goodnight sweet prince

http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/24/steve-jobs-resigns-from-apple/

8/24/2011 6:52:01 PM

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8/24/2011 6:53:07 PM

Obviously, the r.i.p. threads have been around forever

8/24/2011 6:54:50 PM

Awesome

Hopefully now Apple follows suit with the previous Steve Jobs departure

8/24/2011 6:55:53 PM

8/24/2011 6:56:06 PM

he never gave me a job.

8/24/2011 6:56:15 PM

with the money he has, he will make it to 2013

8/24/2011 7:00:51 PM

damn i just read the news and was about to make this thread

8/24/2011 8:13:45 PM

Thanks for the early bday present, Steve.

8/24/2011 8:14:50 PM

THIS IS GONNA FUCK UP MY APPL STOCK TOMORROW

8/25/2011 12:17:05 AM

Already started ^ down 5% after hours.

8/25/2011 12:19:06 AM

just wondering, why are some of you happy he's dying?

8/25/2011 12:20:48 AM

I'm not. Steve Jobs is by far one of the best presenters of anything out there. The guy is a marketing genius and it will suck to not see his press conferences when he goes. I'm far from an apple fan, but I respect them for sure. And to have pancreatic cancer is awful

8/25/2011 12:31:58 AM

who dares question the boss we fired ten years ago and then brought back?

8/25/2011 12:38:28 AM

I can't knock the guy.

8/25/2011 12:43:31 AM

first off, horrible attempt with the picture in the OP

should have gone with Wozniacki

also, certain users celebrating his death ITT? just because they work at a cell phone store and dislike the iPhone?

come on, man.

8/25/2011 12:52:02 AM

Pretty sure no one gave a shit when Hitler, Mussolini, Peron, Franco, etc lost their jobs. Not sure why anybody gives a shit about this asshole.

8/25/2011 12:54:59 AM

oh I'm not celebrating his death. I'm just glad he quits. I hope he gets better and enjoys retirement. As long as he stays retired. >_>

8/25/2011 9:03:41 AM

He's still going to be chairman of the board so meh

8/25/2011 9:06:13 AM

I wonder if they are going to use his death to promote overpriced computers

8/25/2011 9:11:25 AM

Steve Jobs is a fantastic leader and businessman. When he left Apple in the what, 90's, the company shit tanked and he had to come back and save it with his focus on innovation in products. Then came the iPod if I remember correctly as a direct result of his leadership. The product was about to get canned when he saw it and how much of a game changer it would be. I have great respect for him and hope he can enjoy the rest of his life.

I just hate Apple and the mindless drones it has spawned...such as users ITT who will go out and buy the special $3500 all black memorial Mac, $800 all black memorial iPhone 5.5, and $500 all black memorial iPad. With accessories.

[Edited on August 25, 2011 at 9:39 AM. Reason : lkj]

8/25/2011 9:36:45 AM

the upside of that is that it outs the folks who are just as mindless in their hatred of all things apple to the point where they refuse to recognize how successful and innovative they've been as a business under Jobs' leadership.

8/25/2011 9:44:38 AM

I mean really, we should be hating on Apple because its killing Steve Jobs

Looks like what I've read before (360 degree Leader or something) was a little misleading. Here's some passage on it from wikipedia:

Quote :

"While Jobs was a persuasive and charismatic director for Apple, some of his employees from that time had described him as an erratic and temperamental manager. An industry-wide sales slump towards the end of 1984 caused a deterioration in Jobs's working relationship with Sculley, and at the end of May 1985 – following an internal power struggle and an announcement of significant layoffs – Sculley relieved Jobs of his duties as head of the Macintosh division Around the same time, Jobs founded another computer company, NeXT Computer. ... In 1996, Apple announced that it would buy NeXT for $429 million. The deal was finalized in late 1996,[59] bringing Jobs back to the company he had co-founded. Jobs became de facto chief after then-CEO Gil Amelio was ousted in July. He was formally named interim chief executive in September 1997.[60] In March 1998, to concentrate Apple's efforts on returning to profitability, Jobs terminated a number of projects, such as Newton, Cyberdog, and OpenDoc. "

[Edited on August 25, 2011 at 9:54 AM. Reason : asdf]

8/25/2011 9:46:42 AM

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"the upside of that is that it outs the folks who are just as mindless in their hatred of all things apple to the point where they refuse to recognize how successful and innovative they've been as a business under Jobs' leadership."

exactly....why do all these people care about how others spend their money. if someone wants to spend $4k on a computer, let them

not your fucking problem

8/25/2011 9:46:54 AM

Quote :

"first off, horrible attempt with the picture in the OP"

Serves a dual purpose, has the same glasses, and people consider both of them saints.

Quote :

"should have gone with Wozniacki"

The hot tennis player?

8/25/2011 9:51:47 AM

People who buy computers with a 1-button mouse that have no direct upgrade to the latest software and have no video games except for Oregon Trail and pay $5000 for such a computer are a burden to the intellectualism of society.

I think the dude pictured in the OP said that...

8/25/2011 11:15:03 AM

Haha I have the urge to go to the apple store and annoy the shit out of the geniuses

I'm krallum and I approved this message

8/25/2011 11:33:07 AM

Hey now, Oregon Trail is a good video game

8/25/2011 11:35:21 AM

^^^^ hahahahahahaha

I was a bit drunk when I made that post

I meant Wozniak

8/25/2011 12:05:24 PM

I'm thinking of getting an iPhone though.

So I can take boring photos, add "interesting" filters, and share these "Inst.grams" with my hipster friends.

Not obnoxious at all.

8/25/2011 12:05:41 PM

I feel as if I have a legit reason for hating the iphone. I don't really care about macs and pods. I just wish the phone would go away or that I would get paid do selling it like I do with all the other phones.

8/25/2011 12:49:52 PM