Apple Founder and Former CEO Dies – RIP Steve Jobs

Apple Founder and Former CEO Dies – RIP Steve Jobs.

Steve Jobs, Founder of Apple Computer and a Former CEO of Apple, passed away at the age of 56. He was known as the father of Macintosh and the man behind the success of the iOS devices, iPad, iPod, and iPhone and other Apple Computer products, iMac, Macbook, and Macbook Air. 

In 2005, Steve Jobs was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and continued to battle the said disease until yesterday. His death was announced to Apples’s employees by Apple’s New CEO, Tim Cook,  via email stating:

I have some very sad news to share with all of you. Steve passed away earlier today.

Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor. Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple.

We are planning a celebration of Steve’s extraordinary life for Apple employees that will take place soon. If you would like to share your thoughts, memories and condolences in the interim, you can simply e-mailrememberingsteve@apple.com.

No words can adequately express our sadness at Steve’s death or our gratitude for the opportunity to work with him. We will honor his memory by dedicating ourselves to continuing the work he loved so much.

Below are some of  Steve Jobs Inspirational Quotes.

“My job is to not be easy on people. My job is to make them better.”

“We made the buttons on the screen look so good you’ll want to click them.”

“You can’t just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they’ll want something new.”

“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.”

“Why join the navy if you can be a pirate?”

“A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets.”

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”

“The only problem with Microsoft is they just have no taste. They have absolutely no taste. And I don’t mean that in a small way, I mean that in a big way, in the sense that they don’t think of original ideas, and they don’t bring much culture into their products.”

“Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.”

“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me … Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful… that’s what matters to me.”

“We’ve gone through the operating system and looked at everything and asked how can we simplify this and make it more powerful at the same time.”

“Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.”

“I want to put a ding in the universe.”

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Rest in Peace Steve Jobs. Thank You for all the great products you’ve made.

*photo taken from apple.com homepage.