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'''Steve Paul Jobs''' (born 1955 Los Altos CA) served as the CEO of [[Apple Inc.|Apple, Inc.]] until August 25, 2011, which he had co-founded with [[Steve Wozniak]] in 1976, left in the mid-1980s after losing control of the company, and then returned in the mid-1990s to eventually restore it to preeminence. He also co-founded [[Pixar]] Animation Studios in 1986. Pixar merged with The [[Walt Disney Company]] in 2006, and Jobs now serves on Disney's board of directors.  Jobs is one the very few persons who has been successful with running a company that takes a horizontal diversification approach (selling and marketing a variety of products that would appeal to their original consumer base). He is also one of the [[adoption success stories]].
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'''Steve Paul Jobs''' (1955-2011)<ref>http://www.apple.com/stevejobs/</ref>; born in Los Altos CA served as the liberal CEO of [[Apple Inc.|Apple, Inc.]] until August 24, 2011, which he co-founded with [[Steve Wozniak]] in 1976. He also co-founded [[Pixar]] Animation Studios in 1986. In 2010, Steve Jobs was recognized as the “best-performing CEO in the world.”<ref>[http://blog.intego.com/2010/01/06/steve-jobs-worlds-best-ceo/ Steve Jobs, World's Best CEO], [[Intego|blog.intego.com]], January 6, 2010.</ref> Steve Jobs grew up in the apricot orchards which later became known as [[Silicon Valley]], and lived there with his wife and three children until his death on October 5, 2011.<ref>http://www.geocities.com/franktau/History1.html</ref><ref>[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304447804576410753210811910.html?mod=WSJ_Home_largeHeadline/ Steven Paul Jobs, 1955-2011], ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', October 6, 2011.</ref>
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==Biography==
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Jobs reportedly claimed that he left [[Christianity]] when he was thirteen and saw a Life magazine picture of starving children.<ref>http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44979333#.TqN5x0cRqO8</ref>  That story, however, sounds implausibly similar to the reason given by [[Buddha]] for founding [[Buddhism]], a belief system that Jobs later found attractive.  Jobs was, in fact, similar to many California teenagers in the 1970s who did what they liked, while rejecting Christianity. But that all changed when he found out about his cancer.  "Ever since I've had cancer, I've been thinking about (God) more. And I find myself believing a bit more. Maybe it's because I want to believe in an afterlife. That when you die, it doesn't just all disappear."
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<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/10/24/steve-jobs-shocker-bill-gates-should-have-dropped-acid/?test=faces#ixzz1biO9g7Pl Steve Jobs Shocker: Bill Gates Should Have Dropped Acid, Fox news, October 24, 2011]</ref>
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Jobs left Apple in 1985 when the CEO he recruited in 1983 gave the board of directors a "him or me" ultimatum, but later returned in the mid-1990s to eventually restore it to preeminence. He was credited with overseeing the development and marketing of the Macintosh, the iPad, the iPhone, and the iPod.
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Steve Jobs co-founded [[Pixar]] Animation Studios in 1986. Pixar merged with The [[Walt Disney Company]] in 2006, and Jobs served on Disney's board of directors.  Jobs was one the very few persons to successfully run a company that takes a horizontal diversification approach (selling and marketing a variety of products that would appeal to their original consumer base). He was also one of the [[adoption success stories]].
  
 
::''I love beautiful objects. I love creating them. Negative people upset me... Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.''  
 
::''I love beautiful objects. I love creating them. Negative people upset me... Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.''  
  
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Steve grew up in the apricot orchards which later became known as [[Silicon Valley]], and still lives there with his wife and three children. <ref>http://www.geocities.com/franktau/History1.html</ref>
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Jobs co-invented 313 Apple patents, mostly on designs rather than as utility patents.  This is far more than most technology executives, such as [[Bill Gates]].  
  
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Jobs is a liberal who has donated over $150,000 in soft-money to causes related to the [[Democratic Party]].<ref>http://www.newsmeat.com/billionaire_political_donations/Steve_Jobs.php</ref> Jobs has been criticized for being a hypocrite who promotes liberal causes to further his own business agenda.<ref>http://www.wired.com/gadgets/mac/commentary/cultofmac/2006/01/70072</ref>
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Jobs donated a modest amount (relative to his wealth) of $150,000 in soft-money to causes related to the [[Democratic Party]],<ref>http://www.newsmeat.com/billionaire_political_donations/Steve_Jobs.php</ref> but it is likely that Jobs supported liberal causes simply to further his own businesses, rather than based on his personal views.<ref>http://www.wired.com/gadgets/mac/commentary/cultofmac/2006/01/70072</ref>  There are strong indications that Jobs became more [[conservative]] on issues like the [[public schools]] as he grew older.  When he met with [[Barack Obama]], Jobs was sharply critical of his policies. <ref>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/20/steve-jobs-biography-obama_n_1022786.html</ref>
  
 
== Awards ==
 
== Awards ==
 
National Technology Medal from President Reagan in 1985, before founding NeXT; Jefferson Award for Public Service in 1987; Entrepreneur of the Decade by Inc. Magazine in 1989. [http://www.theapplemuseum.com/index.php?id=49]
 
National Technology Medal from President Reagan in 1985, before founding NeXT; Jefferson Award for Public Service in 1987; Entrepreneur of the Decade by Inc. Magazine in 1989. [http://www.theapplemuseum.com/index.php?id=49]
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==See Also==
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* [[Apple Computer]] [[MacOS]] for [[Apple Macintosh]]
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* [[Apple Computer|Apple]] [[iOS]] for [[iPhone]]-[[iPod]]-[[iPad]]
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* Steve Jobs and [[Steve Wozniak]], [[Linus Torvalds]], [[Bill Gates]], [[Larry Ellison]]
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* [[Tails (operating system)|Tails Anonymous Secure Operating System]]
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* [[Linux]]
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* [[IBM]], [[HP]], [[Dell]] and [[Microsoft]] [[Windows]]
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* [[Mobile device]]s: [[Smartphones]] and [[tablet computer|tablets]]
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* [[Android (operating system)|Android]]
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* [[BlackBerry OS|Blackberry]]
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* [[Microsoft]] [[Windows Phone]] with [[Windows 8]]
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* '''[[Censorship]]:'''  [[Tools of censorship]], [[Censorability]], [[Fairness Doctrine]], [[Liberal censorship]], [[Media censorship]]
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* '''[[Perpetual war|The Perpetual War]]:''' [[War on Drugs]], [[War on Terror]] and the [[Police state]]
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* '''Domestic [[Mass surveillance|Mass Surveillance]] of Law-Abiding [[Citizen]]s:'''  via [[Utah Data Center]], [[PRISM]], [[NSA]]-[[DHS]]-[[BATF]]-[[FBI]]-[[CIA]] and other [[Intelligence agency|Intelligence agencies]]' [[Computer surveillance]], [[Eavesdropping]], [[Data mining]], [[Spyware]], [[Wiretap]] - [[Roving wiretap]], [[Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act]] of the [[Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court]], [[NSA warrantless surveillance controversy]], [[National security letter]], [[Patriot Act]], [[NDAA]], [[Executive Order]]s, [[United States Census]], [[Common Core]], "[[Stasi]]"-like [[secret police]] "[[If You See Something, Say Something]]" [[informant]]s, and other exponential expansion of the [[Police State]]
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* '''[[Asset forfeiture|Asset Forfeiture]]:''' [[Confiscation]] for [[Police]] [[budget deficit]] via [[RICO]]
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* '''[[Mililtarization of police|Mililtarization of Police]]:''' [[SWAT]] and [[Pre-dawn raid|Pre-dawn]] [[No-knock raid]]s, [[Sneak and peek warrant]]
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* '''[[War on Drugs]]:''' [[Addiction]] and [[Drug trafficking]] of the [[Drug cartel]]s, [[Mafia]], [[Gangs]], [[Drug dealer]]s, [[Hollywood values]] - [[Fashion industry values]] - [[Public school values]] - [[Professor values]]
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* '''[[Computer crime|Computer Crime]] and [[Cyberwarfare]]:'''
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** '''[[Hackers]]:''' [[China]], [[Russia]] and others
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** [[Bradley Manning]] - [[Homosexual]] [[Hacker]] [[Traitor]] of [[State secret]]s
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** [[Wikileaks]] and [[Julian Assange]] - [[Australia]]n [[leftist]] [[hacker]]
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* '''Dangers of [[Social media|Social Media]]:''' Facebook, Twitter, [[Google|Google Plus]], [[YouTube]], [[Yahoo]]
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* '''[[Big government|Big Government]]''': [[ObamaCare]]-[[Common Core]]-[[Social Security]] [[Welfare state]] leads to [[Nanny state]], leads to '''[[Police state]]''': [[Globalist]]-[[Statist]]-[[Socialist]]-[[National Socialist]]-[[Communist]]
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* '''[[Liberal totalitarianism|Liberal Totalitarianism]]'''
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'''Contrast with:'''
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* '''[[Security]] [[Software]] and [[Security-focused operating systems|Security-Focused Operating Systems]]''' to protect [[unalienable rights|unalienable]] [[Fifth Amendment]] - [[Fourth Amendment]] [[Right to Privacy]] ([[Internet privacy]], [[Information privacy]], [[Expectation of privacy]]) and [[Second Amendment]] - [[First Amendment]] ([[Freedom of information]] and [[Political freedom]]) rights against [[unconstitutional]] [[Gun control]] - [[Internet censorship]] [[Big government]] [[Police state]], [[hackers]], and "[[5 U.S.C. § 3331|all enemies, foreign and domestic]]" of [[American values|American]] [[liberty]].
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** '''[[Anonymity]] with [[Tails (operating system)|Tails Operating System]]''': [[Linux]]-based with [[Tor (anonymity network)]],  [[Firefox]] [[Iceweasel]] [[browser]], [[HTTPS Everywhere]] [[encryption]]
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** '''[[Prism-break.org|Prism-Break.org]]''': Opt out of global data [[surveillance]] programs like [[PRISM]], [[ECHELON]], [[XKeyscore]] and [[Tempora]].<ref>"Help make [[mass surveillance]] of entire populations uneconomical! We all have an [[unalienable right]] to [[privacy]], which you can exercise today by [[encrypting]] your communications and ending your reliance on proprietary products and services."</ref>
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** '''[[Open source|Open Source]] [[Free software]]''' not over-priced tracking by [[Microsoft]]-[[Apple]]-[[Google]]-[[Android]]
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* '''[[Privacy search engines|Privacy Search Engines]]: [[Duck Duck Go]]''' and [[Ixquick]]: [[Privacy]]-oriented [[Search engine]]s instead of tracking by [[Google]], [[Yahoo]] and [[Bing]]
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* '''[[Internet anonymity|Internet Anonymity]] - [[Right to be forgotten]] [[Pseudonymity]]''' ([[Pseudonym]]) using [[Anonymous web browsing]] with [[Tails]] and [[VPN]] ([[Virtual Private Network]]), [[HMA]], [[OpenVPN]] and [[IPsec]] , [[Proxy server]]s, [[Anonymizer]] ([[Anonymous proxies]])
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** '''[[Mozilla Firefox]]''' with [[Browser extension]]s instead of [[Microsoft]] [[Internet Explorer]], [[Google Chrome]], [[Safari (web browser)]] and [[Opera (web browser)]]
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** '''[[Browser security|Browser Security]]''' via [[HTTPS Everywhere]] ([[HTTPS]] ([[HTTP Secure]]) instead of [[Plaintext]] ([[Cleartext]]) [[HTTP]]; and [[NoScript]] to stop [[JavaScript]]
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** '''[[Ad filtering|Ad Filtering]]''' ([[Privacy mode]] and [[Adblock Plus]] or [[Ghostery]]) to stop [[Ad tracking]] - [[Website visitor tracking]] via [[Geolocation]], [[Geotargeting]], [[Personally identifiable information]] and [[Device fingerprint]]s
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* '''[[Internet safety|Internet Safety]], [[Computer security|Computer Security]] via [[Password strength]] and [[Password manager]]s''' via [[KeePass]] or [[LastPass]] and [[Antivirus]]-[[Firewall]]
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* '''[[Secure communication|Secure Communication]]:'''
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** '''[[E-mail privacy|E-mail Privacy]] and [[Email encryption|Email Encryption]]:''' [[Claws Mail]] or [[Enigmail]] or [[Kontact]] using [[Hushmail]] or [[MyKolab]], [[Anonymous remailer]], instead of tracking by [[Microsoft Outlook]], [[Mozilla Thunderbird]] using [[Yahoo! Mail]], [[Gmail]] [[iCloud]]
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** '''[[Secure messaging|Secure Messaging]] and [[Off-the-Record Messaging]] via [[I2P]]''' [[Instant messaging]], [[Cryptocat]], [[Bitmessage]] instead of [[Skype]], [[Yahoo! Messenger]], [[Internet Relay Chat]], [[Google Plus]], Facebook
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** '''[[Silent Phone]] with [[Silent Circle]]''' instead of [[Android]] or [[iPhone]] [[Smartphone]]
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** '''[[OPSEC]]:''' "[[Loose lips sink ships]]"
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* '''[[Encryption]]:''' [[Encryption software]], [[Disk encryption software]], [[LUKS]] or [[TrueCrypt]] instead of [[Microsoft]] [[BitLocker]],  [[PGP]] and [[GNU Privacy Guard]], [[Data encryption]], [[Public-key encryption]], [[Cryptography]]-[[Cryptanalysis]]-[[Cryptology]]-[[Steganography]]
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* '''[[Peer-to-peer|Peer-to-Peer]]:''' [[Sneakernet]], [[Friend-to-friend]], [[Darknet (file sharing)]], [[Anonymous P2P]] instead of [[BitTorrent]]
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* '''[[Deep Web]] - [[Dark Internet]]:''' [[Tor]], [[AmRD]], [[Tor2web]], [[The Hidden Wiki]], [[Anonymous blog]]
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* '''[[Cryptocurrency]]-[[Digital currency|Digital Currency]]-[[Alternative currency|Alternative Currency]]-[[Virtual currency|Virtual Currency]]: [[Bitcoin]]''' and [[Hard money]]-[[Precious metals]]-[[Tangibles]] versus [[PayPal]], [[Credit cards]] and [[inflation]]-prone [[Dollar (U.S.)|U.S. Dolars]]: [[Federal Reserve System]]'s [[Keynesian economics]] [[Ponzi scheme]] of [[Quantitative easing]]-[[Debt monetization]] [[devaluation]] of [[Fiat currency]] through [[Money supply]]-[[Treasury bill]]s bought mostly by [[China]] and [[Japan]]
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* '''[[Privacy resources|Privacy Resources]]:'''
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** ''[[Hologram of Liberty]]'' - The Constitution's Shocking Alliance With Big Government by [[Boston T. Party]] - [[Kenneth W. Royce]]
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** ''[[One Nation, Under Surveillance]] - Privacy From the Watchful Eye'' by [[Boston T. Party]]
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** ''[[How to Be Invisible]] - Protect Your Home, Your Children, Your Assets, and Your Life'', by [[J. J. Luna]]
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** '''[[Electronic Frontier Foundation]]''' and [[Electronic Privacy Information Center]], [[Oath Keepers]], [[Judicial Watch]]
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** '''[[Freedom of Information Act]]''', [[Electronic Communications Privacy Act]] of 1986 and [[Privacy Act of 1974]]
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** '''[[Edward J. Snowden]] Revelations''' of [[unconstitutional]] domestic spying on law-abiding [[American]] [[citizen]]s; [[GlobaLeaks]]
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* '''[[Crypto-libertarianism]] [[Limited government]]''' implies:
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* [[Conservative values]], [[American values]] - [[Small town values]], [[American Patriots]] and [[Bill of Rights]] [[liberty]]
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** [[Capitalism]] and [[Free enterprise]]
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** [[Family values]] and [[Parental rights]]: [[Sanctity of life]], [[Family]]-[[Marriage]], [[Homeschooling]] teaching [[Virtue]], [[Patriotism]], [[Duty]], and [[Self-reliance]]
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
 
*[http://www.apple.com/pr/bios/jobs.html Steve Jobs] Apple-Macintosh computers-iPods.
 
*[http://www.apple.com/pr/bios/jobs.html Steve Jobs] Apple-Macintosh computers-iPods.
 
*[http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~history/Jobs.html Steve Paul Jobs]
 
*[http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~history/Jobs.html Steve Paul Jobs]
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*[http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html "You've got to find what you love," Jobs says] Stanford Report, June 14, 2005.  
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*[http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html "You've got to find what you love," Jobs says] Stanford Report, June 14, 2005.
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*[http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/09/st_essayjobs_ceo/ Steve Jobs, the Perfect CEO], ''Wired Magazine'', September 27, 2011.
  
 
==References==
 
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Steve Paul Jobs (1955-2011)[1]; born in Los Altos CA served as the liberal CEO of Apple, Inc. until August 24, 2011, which he co-founded with Steve Wozniak in 1976. He also co-founded Pixar Animation Studios in 1986. In 2010, Steve Jobs was recognized as the “best-performing CEO in the world.”[2] Steve Jobs grew up in the apricot orchards which later became known as Silicon Valley, and lived there with his wife and three children until his death on October 5, 2011.[3][4]

Biography

Jobs reportedly claimed that he left Christianity when he was thirteen and saw a Life magazine picture of starving children.[5] That story, however, sounds implausibly similar to the reason given by Buddha for founding Buddhism, a belief system that Jobs later found attractive. Jobs was, in fact, similar to many California teenagers in the 1970s who did what they liked, while rejecting Christianity. But that all changed when he found out about his cancer. "Ever since I've had cancer, I've been thinking about (God) more. And I find myself believing a bit more. Maybe it's because I want to believe in an afterlife. That when you die, it doesn't just all disappear." [6]

Jobs left Apple in 1985 when the CEO he recruited in 1983 gave the board of directors a "him or me" ultimatum, but later returned in the mid-1990s to eventually restore it to preeminence. He was credited with overseeing the development and marketing of the Macintosh, the iPad, the iPhone, and the iPod.

Steve Jobs co-founded Pixar Animation Studios in 1986. Pixar merged with The Walt Disney Company in 2006, and Jobs served on Disney's board of directors. Jobs was one the very few persons to successfully run a company that takes a horizontal diversification approach (selling and marketing a variety of products that would appeal to their original consumer base). He was also one of the adoption success stories.

I love beautiful objects. I love creating them. Negative people upset me... Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

Jobs co-invented 313 Apple patents, mostly on designs rather than as utility patents. This is far more than most technology executives, such as Bill Gates.

Jobs donated a modest amount (relative to his wealth) of $150,000 in soft-money to causes related to the Democratic Party,[7] but it is likely that Jobs supported liberal causes simply to further his own businesses, rather than based on his personal views.[8] There are strong indications that Jobs became more conservative on issues like the public schools as he grew older. When he met with Barack Obama, Jobs was sharply critical of his policies. [9]

Awards

National Technology Medal from President Reagan in 1985, before founding NeXT; Jefferson Award for Public Service in 1987; Entrepreneur of the Decade by Inc. Magazine in 1989. [1]

See Also


Contrast with:

External links

References

  1. ↑ http://www.apple.com/stevejobs/
  2. ↑ Steve Jobs, World's Best CEO, blog.intego.com, January 6, 2010.
  3. ↑ http://www.geocities.com/franktau/History1.html
  4. ↑ Steven Paul Jobs, 1955-2011, The Wall Street Journal, October 6, 2011.
  5. ↑ http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44979333#.TqN5x0cRqO8
  6. ↑ Steve Jobs Shocker: Bill Gates Should Have Dropped Acid, Fox news, October 24, 2011
  7. ↑ http://www.newsmeat.com/billionaire_political_donations/Steve_Jobs.php
  8. ↑ http://www.wired.com/gadgets/mac/commentary/cultofmac/2006/01/70072
  9. ↑ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/20/steve-jobs-biography-obama_n_1022786.html
  10. ↑ "Help make mass surveillance of entire populations uneconomical! We all have an unalienable right to privacy, which you can exercise today by encrypting your communications and ending your reliance on proprietary products and services."
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