Steve Jobs, Apple co-founder, dies
Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs has died aged 56 after a long battle with cancer.
In a statement announcing the news, Apple said: “Steve's brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives…The world is immeasurably better because of Steve.”
Tributes have been flooding in since his death and many fans have taken to Twitter to post emotional reactions.
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Comments from John Lamb
In an obituary for our sister site PublicTechnology.net, former Computer Weekly editor John Lamb noted that what set Steve Jobs - personal catchphrase "insanely great" - apart from his fellow dreamers in the 1970s was his determination to see his visions through.
"Developers at his Cupertino, California, headquarters worked long hours and often under ;insane' pressure from their young leader - but Jobs created a nursery for talent, laying on pool tables, free drinks and a Harley Davidson bike for his research staff," Lamb wrote.
"Some found his style too abrasive, but again and again, he came up with the goods."
Jobs didn't always get his own way - his stylish NeXT workstation flopped, as did the Lisa computer (a precursor to the Macintosh) and the Newton, an early attempt at a touchscreen personal digital assitant (PDA) that laid the blueprint for what eventually emerged as the iPad.
In spite of these misses, he still merits mention alongside Thomas Edison in his contribution to technological development. And he probably boasts a better hit rate than the great inventor.
John Lamb's obit concludes: "I have a memory of Jobs turning a top London hotel upside down with a request for Camp coffee, a liquid form of the beverage. In the end, frazzled staff had to go out and buy it. The little incident seems typical of Jobs: different, demanding and able to get his way - and changing his environment along the way."