Re: Steven P. Jobs 1955-2011: Here's to the crazy one who inspired us all...

[David Chisnall]

It would be nice if we could link to (or host) some of the videos of Steve Jobs 
demoing the NeXT stuff (NeXTSTEP, OPENSTEP, PDO, WebObjects).  All of these 
demos show just how far ahead NeXT was.  I just watched the one about the 
design of the DMA architecture on the NeXT workstation - it looks crazy today 
because he's talking about stuff that everyone does as if it's new and 
exciting.  Then you realise that the reason that he's having to explain in so 
much detail is that this really is a new concept for anything smaller than a 
mainframe - PCs and workstations are all doing it now, but they weren't back 
then.  

Many of the presentations have the same quality.  You watch them and think 
'well, of course - why would you do it any other way?'  Then you remember that 
the rest of the industry at the time was doing it another way. 

David

On 7 Oct 2011, at 04:08, Gregory Casamento wrote:

> That link is just fine.   I can't think of anything better.   I'll put it up.
> 
> On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 4:54 PM, Fred Kiefer <fredkiefer@gmx.de> wrote:
>> I thought of linking just to the page Apple has set up: 
>> http://www.apple.com/stevejobs/
>> But there may be a better place.
>> 
>> Fred
>> 
>> On the road
>> 
>> Am 06.10.2011 um 22:28 schrieb Gregory Casamento <greg.casamento@gmail.com>:
>> 
>>> Fred
>>> 
>>> I think it's a wonderful idea.
>>> 
>>> Give me the link and I can do it, I have access to the webpage code,
>>> just tell me where you think we should put it.
>>> 
>>> GC
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Fred Kiefer <fredkiefer@gmx.de> wrote:
>>>> Thank you for writing this note. I have been thinking about putting a link 
>>>> to the commemoration page on the GNUstep web page. What do you think about 
>>>> this and who would be able to make this change?
>>>> 
>>>> It has been twenty years now, but I still remember opening the first mail 
>>>> that got send to every account on a Next computer and hearing his voice, 
>>>> "Hi, this is Steve Jobs, I want to welcome you..."
>>>> 
>>>> Fred
>>>> 
>>>> On the road
>>>> 
>>>> Am 06.10.2011 um 19:57 schrieb Gregory Casamento 
>>>> <greg.casamento@gmail.com>:
>>>> 
>>>>> "Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith.
>>>>> I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved
>>>>> what I did." -  (Steve Jobs, 2005 Commencement Speech at Stanford)
>>>>> 
>>>>> Steve Jobs 1955-2011.  Through your shining example, you gave many of
>>>>> us the courge to act, believe and think different.  Thank you.
>>>>> 
>>>>> GC
>>>>> --
>>>>> Gregory Casamento - GNUstep Lead/Principal Consultant, OLC, Inc.
>>>>> yahoo/skype: greg_casamento, aol: gjcasa
>>>>> (240)274-9630 (Cell)
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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