Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs, has died at age 56 after years of battling pancreatic cancer which he suffered. Jobs death was announced by the company Apple on Wednesday evening, October 5, 2011.
In the announcement, quoted from page ABC News, Jobs called the father of Apple innovation that has made the world a better place. Why not, under his leadership, Apple has become one of the world’s leading companies with innovative products, such as the iPhone, Macbook, and now the iPad.
Here are the contents of the announcement:
“We are very sad to announce that Steve Jobs had died today.
With energy, passion and intelligence of the brilliant, Steve is the source of many innovations that enrich our lives. World a better place because of Steve.
Greatest love was his wife, Lorene, and their families. Our deep condolences to them and everyone who was touched by the incredible gift given to Steve. ”
Jobs resigned as Chief Executive of Corporate Apple in August after saying he could no longer be routinely manage the company. Jobs is known as the businessman handed the gold.
After being frozen out, Jobs returned to Apple in 1997 and ultimately save the company from the threat of bankruptcy. Before returning to Apple, he also successfully established the company of cinema cartoons, Pixar Studio.
Jobs is the only company in the world’s leaders on the payroll of U.S. $ 1 per month. However, income derived from the results of its greatest advantages of Apple and Disney. Jobs has Apple’s 5.4 billion shares and 138 million shares of Disney. Of the two, he got a profit of about U.S. $ 578 million or around Rp 4, 9 trillion.
He was raised foster parents. His childhood was unhappy and he was lazy school. Even so, Steve Jobs managed to overcome all obstacles and challenges him. Now he became one of the most successful in the IT industry and film as well.
Steven Paul Jobs, or better known as Steve Jobs was born February 24, 1955 in San Francisco, California. His name is popular as a founder of Apple Inc., A company that manufactures the Macintosh and iPod. Even so, the journey of life and his career was not smooth. At Apple he never removed even though eventually he came back and actually even save the company.
Steve Jobs was raised by adoptive parents that Justin and Clara Jobs. As a child, she mereasa school is a very boring obligation. Fortunately at Crittenden Middle School fourth grade, his teacher, Imogene Hill, Steve managed to change the view. He helped Steve and made him interested in serious learning.
After that, the ability to learn Steve shot. Even let him skip school and go straight to the fifth grade to middle school.
Even so, Crittenden Middle School is a school that is not comfortable for Steve Young. He insisted to his parents to move to another school. If not, Steve threatens to quit school altogether.
Eventually the two hearts luluhlah Steve adoptive parents. They agreed. In 1967, when Steve was 11 years old he entered the Cupertino Junior High School in Los Altos.
Steve Jobs family’s move to Los Altos is the beginning of the jumpsuit Steve into the world of electronics. In this city a lot of engineers and electronics companies emerging.
It is then dragged Steve Jobs to intersect with the electronics. Very soon, electronics has become a major hobby. Especially after he went to Homestead High next year.
At Homestead High was the first time Steve was officially studying electronics. There also he met with Bill Fernandez, a fellow electronics enthusiasts. Bill then introduced Steve to the Woz, his very genius of electronics.
Woz the age of 5 years older than Steve Jobs is none other than Steve Wozniak. Mind you, this man has an important role in Steve Jobs’s career later on.
In 1972, Steve graduated from high school. Both parents were asked Steve where he’s going to college. With a steady heart, Steve chose Reed College in Portland, Oregon. Instantly, Justin and Clara Jobs bridles. They know the schools are good schools. But Reed College away from home and one of the most expensive schools in the country.
Since the school would not elsewhere, Steve’s parents finally let him lecture there. Although that means they have to spend all the savings for college tuition.
But Steve just settle for a semester in college there. Instead of a serious deepening of physics and English literature who is majoring in which he chose, instead he studied Eastern mysticism and culture. At that moment he decided to quit college.
But Steve is different from other kids who quit school because it is not serious about learning. He did not want to disappoint both adoptive parents. Even if stopped, Steve did not leave Reed College. He still get into classes according to interest. For example a calligraphy class.
At that time he had no money. To be alive, he must find a job. In 1974, Steve getting his first job at Atari. There he is only allowed to work on night shift because his body odor and appearance are not neglected.
Steve did not give up. He is still working hard and saving to reach his goal. Went to India to seek enlightenment.
Once when he met with his boss Al Alcorn. Steve asked for money to make a spiritual journey to India. His boss agreed on condition he had to do a job in Germany. Steve agrees.
Done affairs in Germany, with Dan Kottke, a friend since at Reed College, Steve went to India. Precisely in the summer of 1974. Unfortunately, in perjalananannya month-long search for enlightenment, he returned with a feeling of disappointment. Returning from India, Steve returned to work for Atari.
At the same time, Steve found that Woz has successfully designed a very compact computer. Steve saw that made his product is great potential for sale.
With determination, on April 1, 1976, Steve and Woz founded Apple Computer. Apple’s first product first, it made Steve Wozniak. Apple’s own name be used because Steve was very fond of the fruit.
Steve Jobs to Apple
The next year, the Apple II was launched with great success. Apple became the most important companies in the computer world at that time. Next, vigorously, Steve designed the Lisa project. Lisa is a computer that has a graphical user interface (GUI), folders, point and click features, and cut and paste. Lisa is also the first computer with mouse and affordable.
But since the feud Apple’s Steve’s view of President Mike Scott, Steve and Lisa are removed from the project was appointed Chairman of the Board. With this position it the name of Apple’s Steve managed in the national media just before Apple went public on December 12, 1980. And when Apple went public, Steve shares originally worth $ 7.5 million U.S. dollars rose to 217.5 million U.S. dollars. Steve instantly became a wealthy young man.
However, this is not desirable. Steve always wanted to be involved directly in any products developed by Apple. He then formed a team of R & D and building a computer called the Macintosh.
Initially, the project spearheaded by Jef Raskin was intended to make a $ 300 computer that is easy to use. Although liked the idea, but Steve insisted to make the Macintosh became economical version of Lisa, including all features groundbreaking graphics.
When IBM launched its PC in 1981, Apple began to get tight competition. Even though it has lagged far behind IBM PC Apple II, and yet still able to undermine the market the Apple II. Apple then responded by launching the product Apple III and Lisa, but both failed. Although Lisa has a revolutionary GUI facility, but the price is 10 thousand U.S. dollars is too expensive.
The launch of the Macintosh on January 24, 1984 also does not help Apple. Products are only interested by the campuses in the United States. This makes Steve stripped of all its position in the division of the Mac and Lisa. Not at home isolated and given the positions that are not associated with product design, Steve chose to resign from Apple.
Realizing the potential of the Macintosh is quite good at the campus, he persuaded five of his colleagues to come out from Apple. They founded the NeXT Computer Inc.. On October 12, 1988, the first product they launched the NeXT Cube. A number of innovative technologies such as magneto optical drive and a digital signal processor, and ethernet port (to connect to a network) have been provided. But the price is very high, ie above 6000 U.S. dollars. On top of consumers’ ability campus who only have the budget for 3000 dollars worth of computers.
Sales of the NeXT Cube is very slow. Steve then expand the target to the outer segments of education. He then launched a NeXT Station in 1990. NeXT Station is that exhibited significantly improved compared to the Cube, but because the price is still rather expensive, 5000 U.S. dollars, even this product is less acceptable to the market. After continued to lose money, eventually leaving NeXT hardware division and concentrate on NeXTSTEP, the operating system that runs on the NeXT.
Ten facts about Steve Jobs
Ten facts about Steve Jobs:
1. His full name is Steven Paul Jobs
2. He was born in San Francisco, February 24, 1955
3. Steve Jobs was raised by adoptive parents
4. Fernadez who introduced the bill with Steve Jobs Steve Wozniak
5. Atari is a company where the first time Steve Jobs worked
6. Steve Jobs make a spiritual journey to India with his partner and Kottke at the expense of Al Alcorn, his boss at Atari
7. Kobin Chino Otogawa, Steve Buddhist teacher who convinced Steve to become a businessman and open the Apple in 1976
8. Steve resigned from Apple in 1988
9. He founded the NeXT Computer Inc.. and pick up some of his colleagues at Apple Computer Inc..
10. December 1996, Apple Computer Inc.. Next Computer Inc. bought. and Steve back into the company he founded.
In 1995, Apple Computer at the lowest point. Although able to continue to survive from the sales of the Macintosh that is the only computer with a GUI at the time, Apple gets stiff competition from Microsoft.
Microsoft, the software company that originally made the program for the Mac has grown into a large enterprise. One of them because they sell MS-DOS operating system for PCs. Even as inspired by the Mac OS, Microsoft then developed a GUI for DOS, that is Windows.
In 1995, when Microsoft introduced Windows 95 operating system was immediately greeted with a very good market. As a result, Apple continues to erode the market and only 5 percent.
Apple CEO at the time, namely Gil Amelio struggled to save the company. One plan is to launch an operating system that is able to compete with Windows NT. Initially he intended to buy the BeOS. But the void, finally on December 20, 1996, Apple choose NeXT’s operating system Software Inc.. and buy the company. This is the beginning of the return of Steve Jobs to Apple Computer Inc..
The next two quarters, Apple continues to lose money. Gil Amelio was removed and replaced by Steve Jobs, even if only temporarily. Steve’s first step is to clean the Board of Directors. Including some people who could “get rid”. This he did simply to save the company.
Steve also canceled a number of projects and cut its budget as much as possible. On August 6, 1997 he even took the radical step. He worked with Bill Gates. And then Apple and Microsoft are bitter enemies. Bill invest $ 150 million in Apple and pledged to continue to release a version of Office for Mac. Instead, Apple made Internet Explorer the default browser on Macs.
Finally, in early 1998, Steve held the announcement. After several years of losses hit, Apple managed to make a profit. Selamatlah Apple from the brink of bankruptcy. Steve was a hero in the company he founded.
On May 6 the same year, Apple released the iMac. It turned out to be a computer all in one elegant highly sukeses. Steve Jobs’ leadership proved able to bring Apple’s gotten much better him re-elected as permanent CEO of Apple. Precisely on January 5, 2000.
About a year later, Apple presents a phenomenal product that is launching the operating system Mac OS X 10.0 and UNIX-based NeXTSTEP. On 23 October the same year, Apple launched the iPod. Under Steve Jobs, Apple’s now back flying with their products which always has an elegant design and innovative.
Behind all Steve’s success, there is one person who is quite influential there. Kobin Chino Otogowa, teacher Steve, a Buddhist monk he knew in the early 1970s. This pastor is convinced Steve to pick founded Apple, and not become a monk.
Kobin Chino Otogawa also who became the prince when Steve married Laurene Powell, a graduate of Stanford graduate in 1991. Laurene remain faithful to accompany Steve on hard times until it returns to its glory. The couple live in Palo Alto along with their three children