Steve Jobs: 1955-2011

Oct 6, 2011   //   by: Pedro Mac Dowell Innecco   //   IT, Thinking out loud  //  3 Comments

I started using Windows 3.0 at the age of 12 and even though I worked with a lot of different systems, from Linux and OS/2 to BSD (and a few times, Apple OSes), I have pretty much solidified my profession career with Microsoft products.

I saw Jobs solely as a difficult man who mistreated his employees, and I never understood his value to the market. That is, until I did my Masters Degree and I was introduced to the concept of industry paradigms.

Regardless of any feeling of rivalry one can feel on “Apple Vs Windows” subject, Steve Jobs was undeniably a visionary and a paradigm pioneer who challenged concepts and developed new markets and trends. Before the iPod, the digital music players were all but a joke, and the iPad succeeded to launch the tablet industry where others previously failed.

The world will be less innovative without him. My sympathies to Apple Inc, his family and friends.

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3 Comments

  • Rodrigo 8 February 2012 at 18:37

    Who cares about your opinion you asshole!

    • pmdci 12 March 2012 at 11:40

      This comment was sent to my blog by someone from the IP address 200.160.58.66. Upon tracing the IP, I noticed that it came from CIPHER ( http://www.cipher.com ) an information security and management services company with its headquarters in São Paulo, Brazil, where I worked for a short period of time.

      At first I thought of simply ignoring the inflammatory incident, but I did mentioned it to Cipher's management, as they might be interested in knowing of any harmful/questionable actions being taken within their premises. However, the next day or two I noticed in my logs several attempts by a user to access my site's administration area, coming from the same IP adress.

      It was then that I decided to publish this comment, so everyone can see the sort of professionals Cipher hires (which is the main reason why I decided to move on from Cipher).

      It is amazing that people within that organisation have so much time in their hands to be engaging in such pity and childish behaviour.

      PS: The censored word in the above comment starts with "a" and ends with "hole".

  • Fernando 12 March 2012 at 21:26

    All we have to respect the opinions of others, after all we live in a democracy. Always and idiot who does not respect the opinion of others.