Steve Jobs
Sales clerks work at an Apple store in Manila as a placard mourns the death of Apple co-founder and chairman Steve Jobs (portrait) on October 7, 2011. The world mourned the premature passing of the Apple visionary, who revolutionised computers and transformed modern life with inventions like the iPhone and iPad. Steve Jobs died at 56 of pancreatic cancer on October 5.
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We got rolled like a bunch of puppies [by Steve Jobs].
We were just grateful that someone was selling online. The problem is, [Apple/Steve Jobs] became a gatekeeper. We make a lot of money from [Apple], and suddenly you're wearing golden handcuffs. We would hate to give up that income.
If you don't have the Steve Jobs around to do the revolutionary sort of thing...Do the evolutionary thing and you can still have a very good company that gets better.More quotes »
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