Steve Jobs - farewell to a real visionary

[CouesWhitetail]

Rest in Peace Steve Jobs. What a loss to the computing world. Although I don't use any Apple products, it's obvious he had a profound influence on the evolution of electronic devices!

 

I thought his 2005 speech at the Stanford graduation was a great speech...I first saw it because sponsor Craig Steele (Outdoorsmans Resource Guide) listed it on his facebook page. Give it a listen when you have some time, some excellent advice in it.

 

[billrquimby]

My first exposure to Apple products came in 1985 or so, when I convinced SCI to buy five Mac computers, desktop publishing software, and a high-end printer for its publishing division. The cost of equipment and software was close to $100,000, but it saved SCI about $20,000 the very first year over what it had been spending for professional typesetting and page "building" of its record books and magazines.

 

I've had Mac computers ever since. PCs running windows are just now starting to reach the level that Macs reached all those years ago.

 

Incidentally, the latest versions of the same equipment and software can be bought now for about $3,000 per work station -- or about $85,000 less than SCI paid for its first five stations.

 

Bill Quimby

[.270]

where guys like Jobs make a difference is they make everyone else be better in order to compete. when the best there is mediocre it doesn't take much to keep up. when the best there is better than you ever thought it could be, you hafta really be creative to keep up. ibm and microsoft both stoled technology, spied on, and tried all kindsa dirty tricks to keep up. one thing about it tho, i'm pretty sure he surrounded himself with some great folks who will keep up the inovation. Lark.