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Friends, fans, foes hail Apple's visionary Jobs
Thursday October 06, 2011 12:59:02 PM,
Arun Kumar, IANS
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 Apple co-founder Steve Jobs dies at 56
Steve Jobs,
the visionary co-founder of Apple who led a mobile-computing
revolution with wildly popular devices such as the iPhone, is no
more. He was 56.
The end came Wednesday just a day after Tim Cook, the new CEO of
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Washington: President Barack Obama put him among "the greatest of American innovators",
rival Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates acknowledged his "profound
impact" as tributes poured forth for the visionary Apple
co-founder Steve Jobs.
Only days after talking about how "cool" it was to get an iPad 2
early - and directly from Jobs himself - a saddened Obama placed
him "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, he
said. "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."
Google's Sergey Brin wrote on Google Plus: "From the earliest days
of Google, whenever Larry and I sought inspiration for vision and
leadership, we needed to look no farther than Cupertino.
"Steve, your passion for excellence is felt by anyone who has ever
touched an Apple product (including the macbook I am writing this
on right now). And I have witnessed it in person the few times we
have met."
And on Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg wrote, "Steve, thank you
for being a mentor and a friend. Thanks for showing that what you
build can change the world. I will miss you."
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said "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."
"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," he said. "For those of us lucky enough to get to
work with him, it's been an insanely great honour. I will miss
Steve immensely."
Mourning the death of its founder, Apple said on its own website:
"Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has
lost an amazing human being."
On the same page, the company also published an email address that
it invited fans of Apple to use to send memories or condolences.
(Arun Kumar can
be contacted at arun.kumar@ians.in)
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