TipsMake.com - Steve Jobs , co-founder of Apple, who turned the Apple brand into one of the most successful technology companies in the world is now dead.
Jobs has had problems with his health in the past few years. In 2004, he underwent a treatment for pancreatic cancer. Soon after, he returned to work. However, in 2009, it took him another 6 months to cure 'hormonal imbalance', which made him more skinny and pale. Earlier this year, Jobs continued to have health problems and was absent for a period of time. On August 24, he announced his resignation as CEO and left Tim Cook to take over as chairman of the board - Jobs's position until his death.
' We deeply mourn the news that Steve Jobs has passed away today, ' Apple announced yesterday. ' Steve's intelligence, enthusiasm and passion are endless sources of creativity that can help our lives. The world has become much better thanks to Steve '.
Alone
Jobs is known to everyone as a visionary, an independent person or a rather difficult person. This traveler has persistently pursued the development of a separate development path for Apple, which may discourage opponents but allow them to introduce unique products. Jobs also successfully ran Pixar Animation Studios for 20 years before selling it to Disney in 2006 for $ 7.4 million.
After returning to Apple in 1996 and working with Jonathan Ive, Jobs has launched a series of products that many admire and follow the design of these products. The iMac computer is a sharp breakthrough compared to the models that dominated the two decades before the iMac came out. Ipod is no less the same when accompanying the iTunes store has changed the music industry. Last but not least, the iPhone and iPad touch screen devices have actually created a new product portfolio.
Andy Grove, former chairman of Intel's board of directors and CEO, called Jobs the most inspirational leader in Silicon Valley.
However, in many ways, Jobs is also quite a fastidious person. He is a manager with discreet interests that can distract colleagues and partners. In 2000, he punished ATI graphics firm for failing to leak details about the iMac product. The refusal for iPhone to support Flash and his monopoly in the App Store have caused public criticism of Apple for being too closed and narrow.
However, Jobs seems to have a strange ability to anticipate the future trends of computers and consumer electronics. This helped Apple lead the market with indispensable products.
Businessman
In 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were co-founders of Apple computer company. Jobs's business skills were soon revealed at a young age. In 1968, he and a friend created a "blue box" device, allowing users to hide long-distance phone charges and sell to student friends at the University of California, Berkeley. At the age of 20, he was a fan of folk music Joan Baez. He likes to wear casual clothes at work and his favorite musician is Bob Dylan.
Wozniak and Jobs became friends after meeting in Hewlett-Packard in 1971. In 1976, they built an Apple I computer in Jobs's parents garage. In 1976, the pair created Apple Computer Co . The company changed its name to Apple Computer Inc. a year later. The second generation of Apple computers, Apple II computers, has been very successful with a record sales of 139 million dollars from 1977 - 1979.
The introduction of Apple Macintosh in 1984 introduced a graphical user interface with desktop computers. This Mac computer runs on 32-bit processors (compared to 16-bit processors of other computers at the same time), has 128K bytes of internal memory and can expand up to 192K bytes. It continued to succeed quickly: more than 400,000 Macintosh computers were sold in the first year.
However, Jobs and John Sculley, Apple's president and CEO at the time, had a conflict in the way the company was run in 1985. As a result, Jobs had to leave the company with $ 150 million in assets. and start a new adventure with Next Computer. The company has also been successful, but more importantly, it has laid the foundation for Apple's future hardware and software.
In addition to Next Computer, Jobs bought Pixar in 1986 for $ 10 million from George Lucas. Since then, it has created five animated films in the top 5 most successful English films of the time: Monsters, Inc. (2001); Finding Nemo (2003); The Incredibles (2004); Up (2009) and Toy Story 3 (2010). Pixar has also won more than 100 awards and nominations for cartoons.
Return to Apple
In 1996, Jobs returned to Apple after the company bought Next Computer. He became the interim CEO in 1997 and revived it through financial problems. Jobs brought Apple into the music industry with the iPod in 2001 and with iTunes Music Store two years later. At the same time, he unveiled the PowerMac G5, the first 64-bit desktop computer.
In 2005, at the Global Apple Developers Conference, Jobs announced that it would enter the world of Intel processors. A year later, to prove that statement, Apple released the MacBook Pro and iMac. By August, the company had completely switched to Intel chips.
At Macworld in early January 2007, Jobs introduced a grandiose about the first generation of iPhone and Apple TV. A month later, the company provided music without DRM (digital rights management) at the iTunes Store.
Health problem
However, Jobs's health quickly became the focus every time he appeared in public. In 2006, everyone noticed that he was thinner and after a speech at Macworld conference in 2008, Apple was forced to act. They said Jobs had a common disease and had to take antibiotics to treat it. Jobs and others said his health problems were 'not life threatening' and were not related to recurrence of pancreatic cancer.
Later that year, Bloomberg posted an accusation of Jobs in an accident (news agencies often have an obituary for well-known elders already written and waiting to be used). Although this story and the cause of death disappeared the following day, it sparked rumors about his health and raised questions about Apple's future without Jobs.
In 2003, Steve Jobs was found to suffer from rare pancreatic cancer. A year later, in August 2004, his illness was announced when the CEO had to undergo surgery to remove the tumor. Steve Jobs went through a lot of pain because many health problems arise after this surgery. January earlier this year, Apple announced Jobs would be absent for a while at the company for medical treatment. By the end of August, Jobs had officially left his executive position.
Jobs also underwent a liver transplant surgery in April 2009 during the planned 6-month break. He returned to work for about a year and a half before health forced him to spend more rest time. Last August, when he decided to resign, Steve Jobs told his employees that ' I always said if someday, when I could not meet the duties and expectations in the role. Apple CEO, I will be the first to let you know that. Unfortunately, that day has arrived '.
Yesterday, October 5, 2011, Steve Jobs died, leaving his beloved wife and four children.
Farewell to Steve Jobs!
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