Steve Jobs Commencement Speech

Don it sounds like you're deep in technology...you and my wife would get along great, she loves technology. As for me, I have no idea what Apple is from...from...from whatever this is that I use...my cell phone is a "Droid" or "Android" I think....Sprint and I have a couple of apps on it, a couple as in maybe two...maybe three at most. The most recent one I put on this morning for gas prices, mygasbuddy.com or something like that. It's suppose to update with who's selling gas for how much depending on the area I'm in at any given time. I got burned at the pump last night...truck was on "E" and gas just so happened to jump from $3.09 to $3.35 which made for a $98.00 dollar fill up!

So if it was Steve Jobs who is directly or indirectly responsible for ALL of the cool technology that changed the world, including this app on my iphone this morning, then rest in peace Steve, what a life you lived man!

[QUOTE=Big Gills;468635]ummm Was he a personal friend of someone on this board? I dont see why all the hoo ha over his death. It is always sad when someone who is young has to die of cancer but it happens all around us everyday. Prayers are for the family he left behind. I guess to America he is a hero cuz he lived your American Dream of starting a business and getting super rich. Yes that he did. I guess that is what alot of you aspire too.[/QUOTE]
He wasn't so much a "hero," he was one of the great minds of our time. Many many people are paying respects to him all over the world, Gills, including up in Canada, and it's not because he was rich. I'm surprised at your attitude; I thought you realized that not all we Americans are selfish money-grubbers any more than all Canadians drink Yukon Jack and say "eh?" all the time.

what attitude? I paid respects by saying he was too young to die and send prayers to his family. He was a guy who made gadgets and toys for people and made a ton of money for it. People die all the time and I dont see them mentioned so I am trying to understand it. No reason for you folks to get yourselves all worked over it. "Me think thou doth protest too much"

If I am still around here when Bill Gates dies I promise I wont say a word.:)

He wasn't "a guy who made gadgets," he was a guy who changed the way the world uses computers. The fact that he made a lot of money at it is just a side note. And by "attitude" I was referring to your openly derisive statement that "I guess that's what a lot of you aspire to."

When it come s to Steve Jobs, no defense needed! His life time achievements speak volumes. RSP Steve