I was truly saddened today when I heard Steve Jobs' death. He was an incredible man. He turned the ugly computer world into something beautiful. Everyone in the world will remember him. “I want to express my deepest condolences at the passing of Steve Jobs, one of the founders of our industry and a true visionary. My heart goes out to his family, everyone at Apple and everyone who has been touched by his work.” -Steve Ballmer "Michelle and I are saddened to learn of the passing of Steve Jobs. Steve was among the greatest of American innovators – brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it. By building one of the planet’s most successful companies from his garage, he exemplified the spirit of American ingenuity. By making computers personal and putting the internet in our pockets, he made the information revolution not only accessible, but intuitive and fun. And by turning his talents to storytelling, he has brought joy to millions of children and grownups alike. Steve was fond of saying that he lived every day like it was his last. Because he did, he transformed our lives, redefined entire industries, and achieved one of the rarest feats in human history: he changed the way each of us sees the world. The world has lost a visionary. And there may be no greater tribute to Steve’s success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented. Michelle and I send our thoughts and prayers to Steve’s wife Laurene, his family, and all those who loved him." -Barack Obama "I’m truly saddened to learn of Steve Jobs’ death. Melinda and I extend our sincere condolences to his family and friends, and to everyone Steve has touched through his work. Steve and I first met nearly 30 years ago, and have been colleagues, competitors and friends over the course of more than half our lives. The world rarely sees someone who has had the profound impact Steve has had, the effects of which will be felt for many generations to come. For those of us lucky enough to get to work with him, it’s been an insanely great honor. I will miss Steve immensely." -Bill Gates Every true and great leader of the world will remember him.

I too was deeply saddened to hear of Steve Jobs death. As President Obama said, I learned of his death on my iPhone. This past week I was glued to the apple blogs for information about the next iPhone. It is ironic that the day after what would have been Steve's day to shine and introduce another great product he passes on. The devices he envisioned and brought to us has transformed my life and enhanced my interest in flight simulation. Often when I am trying to kill time I read these forums on my iPhone. While flying I use my iPad to download IFR charts and surf the web for flight simulation related topics. He will be truly missed.

Been using Apple since the Apple IIe days when I was about 10 years old. Back then with the old SubLogic Flight Sim. Still use so many Apple products today. Amazing how much Steve's innovative products have made their way into my daily life. RIP Steve Jobs.

I too was deeply saddened to hear of Steve Jobs death. As President Obama said, I learned of his death on my iPhone. This past week I was glued to the apple blogs for information about the next iPhone. It is ironic that the day after what would have been Steve's day to shine and introduce another great product he passes on. The devices he envisioned and brought to us has transformed my life and enhanced my interest in flight simulation. Often when I am trying to kill time I read these forums on my iPhone. While flying I use my iPad to download IFR charts and surf the web for flight simulation related topics. He will be truly missed.

Sadly, I figured it out via Xfire's Facebook page. I was checking out my news feed, then suddenly news about that appeared.Beware, I'm more of a Windows person, but yet I still think he did remarkable things, like the first "pointing device".

Yeah, He'll truly be missed. So sad that he passed a day after the announcement of the new iDevices. I hope Tim Cook can keep Apple on the successful road it's on now.

Yes, a big loss for us all.RIP Mister Jobs

He'll be missed by me and the rest of the family here. He was an innovator and a genius, but more importantly, he was a good dad and a nice neighbor, and had a good sense of humor. Here are two excerpts of articles I read, one by Walt Mossberg, a Apple-products-reviewer, and Lisen, a neighbour: Walt Mossberg:For our fifth D conference, both Steve and his longtime rival, the brilliant Bill Gates, surprisingly agreed to a joint appearance, their first extended onstage joint interview ever. But it almost got derailed.Earlier in the day, before Gates arrived, I did a solo onstage interview with Jobs, and asked him what it was like to be a major Windows developer, since Apple’s iTunes program was by then installed on hundreds of millions of Windows PCs.He quipped: “It’s like giving a glass of ice water to someone in Hell.” When Gates later arrived and heard about the comment, he was, naturally, enraged, because my partner Kara Swisher and I had assured both men that we hoped to keep the joint session on a high plane.In a pre-interview meeting, Gates said to Jobs: “So I guess I’m the representative from Hell.” Jobs merely handed Gates a cold bottle of water he was carrying. The tension was broken, and the interview was a triumph, with both men acting like statesmen. When it was over, the audience rose in a standing ovation, some of them in tears. A neighbour, Lisen: While Newsweek and the Wall Street Journal and CNET continue to drone on about the impact of the Steve Jobs era, I won’t be pondering the MacBook Air I write on or the iPhone I talk on. I will think of the day I saw him at his son’s high school graduation. There Steve stood, tears streaming down his cheeks, his smile wide and proud, as his son received his diploma and walked on into his own bright future, leaving behind a good man and a good father who can be sure of the rightness of this, perhaps his most important legacy of all.

Beware, I'm more of a Windows person, but yet I still think he did remarkable things.

I'm a Windows person too, but how can we look at every version of Windows (incl Win8) and not see the influence of Steve Jobs on it ?Regards.Ernie.

Two legacies for the price of one... I read - with a bit of a grimmace - an obituary of Steve Jobs on a news site yesterday, which was somewhat fanciful in its nature, claiming that Steve jobs had pioneered the use of the home computer and mouse-driven computing. There is an element of truth in that of course, but I think most people would rightly lay that fledgling home computing legacy at the door of things such as the 5150, TRS-80, ZX-80 and Commodore PET, as opposed to Apple's first forays into computing. The fact that the mouse was around the mid sixties and the track ball before Steve Jobs was even born, tends to cast doubt on the other claim somewhat as well. Nevertheless, there is no doubt at all that Steve Jobs did pioneer one early element of computing, one with which both I and my wife have been involved in for well over twenty years - that of desktop publishing. There is absolutely no question about Apple's Macintosh being the driving force behind that particular revolution and the way artwork is now produced, as anyone who has worked in media, printing, publishing or artwork production for any length of time will readily confirm is where the Apple Mac really got its first footing. But prior to about 2003, it was rare for anyone outside of those industries to have an Apple Macintosh at home, unless they were a proper computer nerd. Being that both my wife and I have always worked in those fields, from back when the days when there was not a computer to be seen in design studios, we had a few Macs in those days (IICIs, IIFX's LCs etc), since they were the weapon of choice for artwork production and their descendants still are today in many respects. But it wasn't really until the iPod showed up in popular culture and people fell in love with it, that most people then started wanting Apple's bigger desktop bothers in their homes, which was a shrewd bit of marketing indeed on the younger aspirational types. And having eventually penetrated somewhat into the home computer market, it is certainly true that Apple's mobile phones and tablets now see them in the ascendancy in that field as well, which has served to further the Mac's journey into domestic commonality. So really for me, Steve Jobs actually has not one, but two important legacies; that of kicking off the revolution in media production in the early days of the Apple Mac, and that of the mobile device culture that is even now still evolving. It'll be interesting to see if his somewhat quirky drive and innovation continues at Apple now he is gone, and one only has to look at MS sans Bill Gates to know that this is not a certainty, but whatever happens, I for one will not forget how much of what Steve Jobs did influenced the way I ended up going about my daily work, and for that, he will indeed be greatly missed. Al

I read - with a bit of a grimmace - an obituary of Steve Jobs on a news site yesterday, which was somewhat fanciful in its nature, claiming that Steve jobs had pioneered the use of the home computer and mouse-driven computing. There is an element of truth in that of course, but I think most people would rightly lay that fledgling home computing legacy at the door of things such as the 5150, TRS-80, ZX-80 and Commodore PET, as opposed to Apple's first forays into computing. The fact that the mouse was around the mid sixties and the track ball before Steve Jobs was even born, tends to cast doubt on the other claim somewhat as well.

When I consider the phrase "pioneered the use of the home computer and mouse-driven computing", I would have to agree. More Apple II computers were sold than TRS-80/ZX-80/PET combined. Also, the Apple II preceded the 5150 by 4 years, and it was many more years before I saw many IBMs in peoples homes - it was more of a business computer. No one was saying Steve Jobs invented the mouse either. However, the Apple Macintosh was the first commercially successful home computer to feature a mouse, which I suppose might qualify him as a "pioneer". - Martin

No one was saying Steve Jobs invented the mouse either. However, the Apple Macintosh was the first commercially successful home computer to feature a mouse, which I suppose might qualify him as a "pioneer".

Actually, as uninformed as it was, they were saying that on the news page I looked at, which is why I mentioned it. But that aside, my post was not intended to be the opening gambit for a discussion on who invented what in the world of computing, like I say, I had Macs from when they first came out (and overheated LOL) and most of those other early computers too, so I know what did and did not sell and what made it into the average home, but it was rather my take on what was the enduring legacy of the work of Steve Jobs for me personally, as opposed to ''who built what first'', which I do think would certainly be an interesting discussion for a more appropriate time. Al

Let's not forget Pixar too, before Pixar, 3d animated movies were in the dark ages, now they get Oscar nominations.

Actually, as uninformed as it was, they were saying that on the news page I looked at, which is why I mentioned it. But that aside, my post was not intended to be the opening gambit for a discussion on who invented what in the world of computing, like I say, I had Macs from when they first came out (and overheated LOL) and most of those other early computers too, so I know what did and did not sell and what made it into the average home, but it was rather my take on what was the enduring legacy of the work of Steve Jobs for me personally, as opposed to ''who built what first'', which I do think would certainly be an interesting discussion for a more appropriate time.

I think it's pretty well established that Jobs "borrowed" his UI interface innovations from Xerox PARC where Smalltalk and the computer GUI were invented by people like Adele Goldberg who went on to be President of the ACM. Those borrowings went into the Lisa and later the Mac. Apple was astute to get deeply immersed into the academic/educational software market so that kids are pushed into Apple solutions. I think Android has been stomping on iPhone of late, Apple's solution is to sue everyone they can. I was in Monterey, CA at the time and remember the hype/excitement about the Apple IPO. Even if you had missed the IPO, if you had bought and held you would have done pretty good. scott s..

I was shocked to hear Steve's passing. I echo what's already been said here. It's going to be interesting to see where Apple is in a few years without their founder. It's like Disney without Walt... Today Disney is basically riding on the extraordinary work and vision of Walt. Hopefully Apple has more than empty suites sitting in the executive chairs because between them and Microsoft their best years may be behind them. You can say what you want about Bill Gates, Microsoft is not the same company it was now that he's basically stepped down (Aces closure is a testament to that but we'll see how Flight shakes out). RIP Steve and thanks for the industry you helped create. Things wouldn't be where they are today in the technology world without your vision.

Who would ever think that that the death of a CEO of a huge company would have the same impact on me as other events in my life? JFK, nine eleven, RFK. He died on my Birthday, October 5th. I use an Iphone, Ipad, MAC air, and I also own a company. His leadership, vison, and passion meant so much to me. I am truly saddened beyond belief. Stan