Steve Jobs - RIP

Sad news - Apple just announced that Steve Jobs has passed away, likely from the pancreatic cancer that's been plaguing him.

My first reaction was no! Someone who still had so much to give and live for should not die, not yet.


Then I though about the various wonderful products that Apple have made over the last 5 years, and how my kids enjoy these products.

Then I thought about his famous Stanford commencement address in 2005, and about what he's achieved so far, and I believe he died knowing he's lived a good life.

Looking back, his decision to step down a month back was probably because things had taken a turn for the worse.

Also Apple's announcement comes a day after the launch of iPhone 4S. It couldn't have been easy for Tim Cook and the senior Apple management to do the launch knowing Steve was dying.

RIP, and thank you, Mr Steve Jobs.


p.s.  As an aside, I feel kinda weird that I found out about Steve's death from a RSS reader on a HTC Trophy, running Windows Phone 7.5, when I've been the biggest Apple advocate this side of Suntec City the last few years. I'd decided to try out the new Mango software until iOS5 was released, just so I could say more about WP7 when the time comes. Strange how life works out sometimes.