Steve Jobs passes away

One more Genius passes away early. Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs, born February 24, 1955 has passed on October 5, 2011. A person who lived a real heroic life which we only see on Films. Several ups and down in the life never stopped the genius to achieve what he wanted. 


Steve was born in San Francisco and and was adopted by Paul and Clara. His childhood went in poverty and never showed interest in Studies. He caught interest in making electronic gadgets from his fathers shop. Later he attended Reed college which he dropped out after one semester but continued auditing classes (Calligraphy) at Reeds. He used to sleep on floor of his friends room, and earn 5 cents by returning the bottles of coke also used to walk 8 miles just to eat free meal at Hare Krishna Temple. In 1974 he attended meeting at Homebrew computer club with Wozniak and also took a job as technician at Atari (A leading video game manufacturer). 


Even Jobs travelled India in search of peace and meditation with Daniel his college friend. he even indulged in drug addiction, however it did not made him stop there. He returned back to Atari and was boosted by Atari owner (Nolan) to start his own company. Wozniak and Jobs started assembling the computers and selling it and there the company Apple was born. In 1976, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne, with later funding from a then-semi-retired Intel product-marketing manager and engineer A.C. "Mike" Markkula Jr., founded Apple.

In 1978, Apple recruited Mike Scott from National Semiconductor to serve as CEO for what turned out to be several turbulent years. In 1983, Steve Jobs lured John Sculley away from Pepsi-Cola to serve as Apple's CEO, asking, "Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life, or do you want to come with me and change the world? At Apple's annual shareholders meeting on January 24, 1984, an emotional Jobs introduced the Macintosh to a wildly enthusiastic audience. Due to certain working relationship issues with Sculley, Jobs was forced to leave his own company, which later he said that was the best thing that happened to him. Again he has to start from scratch and started NeXt Computer in 1985 and bought The Graphics Group (later renamed as Pixar) in 1986. In 1996 Apple announced that it would buy NeXt for  $429 million. The deal was finalized and Jobs was again back in Apple as CEO. 




With the purchase of NeXT, much of the company's technology found its way into Apple products, most notably NeXTSTEP, which evolved into Mac OS X. Under Jobs' guidance the company increased sales significantly with the introduction of the iMac and other new products; since then, appealing designs and powerful branding have worked well for Apple. At the 2000 Macworld Expo, Jobs officially dropped the "interim" modifier from his title at Apple and became permanent CEO. Jobs quipped at the time that he would be using the title 'iCEO.


The company subsequently branched out, introducing and improving upon other digital appliances. With the introduction of the iPod portable music player, iTunes digital music software, and the iTunes Store, the company made forays into consumer electronics and music distribution. On June 29, 2007, Apple entered the cellular phone business with the introduction of the iPhone, a multi-touch display cell phone, which also included the features of an iPod and, with its own mobile browser, revolutionized the mobile browsing scene. While stimulating innovation, Jobs also reminded his employees that "real artists ship", by which he meant that delivering working products on time is as important as innovation and attractive design.


In August 2011, Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple, but remained at the company as chairman of the company's board. Hours after the announcement, Apple Inc. (AAPL) shares dropped 5% in after-hour trading. 

Much was made of Jobs' aggressive and demanding personality. Fortune wrote that he was "considered one of Silicon Valley's leading egomaniacs". Commentaries on his temperamental style can be found in Mike Moritz's The Little Kingdom, one of the few authorized biographies of Jobs; The Second Coming of Steve Jobs, by Alan Deutschman; and iCon: Steve Jobs, by Jeffrey S. Young & William L. Simon. In 1993, Jobs made Fortune's list of America's Toughest Bosses in regard to his leadership of NeXT. Cofounder Dan'l Lewin was quoted in Fortune as saying of that period, "The highs were unbelievable ... But the lows were unimaginable", to which Jobs' office replied that his personality had changed since then.

On October 5, 2011, Jobs' family made a statement that he "died peacefully today".

Apple released a separate statement saying that Jobs had died. The statement read: "We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today. 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. His greatest love was for his wife, Laurene, and his family. Our hearts go out to them and to all who were touched by his extraordinary gifts."