Steve Jobs' Death: Tech Leaders Reflect On The Apple Co-Founder

Some of the most notable and influential figures in the tech industry took to the web Wednesday evening to mourn the loss of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

On Twitter, personal blogs, Facebook and Google+, among other sites, luminaries from Bill Gates and Larry Page to Mark Zuckerberg and Tim Cook offered their condolences to Jobs' family and paid tribute to his unparalleled contributions.

Read what these tech tians have to say about Jobs in the slideshow below.

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[alistairpolitic]

11:12 PM on 10/06/2011

I had arguments with people over Steve Jobs. Probably the only CEO that would inspire that sort of exchange. He was brazen and dismissive ... could be even churlish but learned from his mistakes, took great risks, recognised and nurtured talent and change the world as a result. His spirit will be missed.

[merlynson]

09:01 PM on 10/06/2011

BB Steve, legend. IT Gurus do not die, they always use a back door.

[prufon]

07:16 PM on 10/06/2011

I just read in Wikipedia that Steve Jobs biological parents; a Syrian Muslim father and a Swiss-German mother. Wow... that's America. A genius like him can be produced in America from any ethnicity if you really work hard and love your country. Steve Jobs exemplified the best of our country can give to the world. God bless you Steve and rest in peace. Amen.

[NuclearWar]

04:45 PM on 10/06/2011

Steve Jobs was a great capitalist who created jobs. His Apple corporation is to be admired.

[etcapela]

03:19 PM on 10/06/2011

I feel desperately sad about this and I have never even met the man nor was ever likely to but just occasionally we discover wonderfully gifted people and they are always taken away too quickly.
I am sure Apple will continue without him and everyone is replaceable...but perhaps Steve Jobs is the exception to that rule.

[caprawalie]

02:30 PM on 10/06/2011

Steve Jobs was a brilliant man not just for his commercial and technical success but for the apparent dignity that he handled his disease. In an era where the heroes are screen and day time televison personalities and their private life shenanigans it is a breath of fresh air that Americans and people elsewhere in the world are mourning the death of somebody who achieved his fame in ways other than his looks and being cast in a movie or caught cheting on his wife etc. However, Steve could have done more to spread his technology to those who for reasons of not their own making could not afford the ever soaring price of Apple products or some philanthropic work like Gates and Buffet from his largess. But he was a brilliant as a marketer and the type of hero Ayn Rand would have admired. He said once, that death is the greatest invention of all. It makes way for a new generation.

[Stitch420]

01:09 PM on 10/06/2011

Here's someone who earned our grief and admiration:

The Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, 89, one of the most dynamic leaders of the civil rights movement, who survived bombings, beatings and dozens of arrests in his efforts to end segregation in Birmingham, Ala., and throughout the South by nonviolent means, died Wednesday at a Birmingham hospital. His daughter said the cause of death was not yet known.

[PrettyBlackThing]

12:44 PM on 10/06/2011

I can just see Steve Jobs talking all the Angels in Heaven into using IPAD, IPODs and Macs.
Trying to takeover that market before Microsoft and Samsung guys start showing up.
Grab the market while you can Steve.
Guess Gods got a new Techie onboard.

[edwoodjr]

12:27 PM on 10/06/2011

Can't help but think these guys may see their mortality a bit more clearly in the passing of Mr. Jobs; the tech industry is loaded with "younger" folks with Lots-o-Cash(r) and power. Even 56 is to young to go based on life expectancy.

[Stilyagi]

12:16 PM on 10/06/2011

"For those of us lucky enough to get to work with him, it's been an insanely great honor. I will miss Steve immensely. " - Bill Gates

Ummm....did you get the memo where he said you have no taste and make third rate products?

[jmaycock]

01:41 PM on 10/06/2011

Ummm....they actually liked and had a lot of respect for each other. Check out an interview they did together at all things digital a few years ago.

[patgraham3]

05:21 PM on 10/06/2011

Thats what people say in the media, but human being to human being is usually much different. There was much respect between them, man to man.

[TheEnergyDD2]

12:04 PM on 10/06/2011

A true example of someone truly doing what they were put on this Earth to do. Follow your dreams. Like I tell all of my employees, figure out what it is that you love about life or want to change, and find a way to make an honest living doing it.

[whychooseaside]

11:40 AM on 10/06/2011

I think the legitimate ones are those who worked with him.

[djtejas]

11:57 AM on 10/06/2011

My guess is none of them are here...

[djtejas]

11:21 AM on 10/06/2011

WOW, seems to be a few jealous people...

[Bedros Afeyan]

10:52 AM on 10/06/2011

Steve Jobs, endlessly curious about life's possibilities and how to live it to the fullest, with Ashrams, dropping acid, spirituality chased barefoot through India, quest happy, ended up revolutionizing Silicon Valley where dreams are made from scratch by those who have the imagination and the drive for it. He took no prisoners. He was a true heavy hitter. An American Original. A man whose dreams were almost always within his grasp, eventually.

[timk2000]

10:49 AM on 10/06/2011

How come all the pictures are of white guys? Thought you libs were all for diversity? No Asians are tech people? A black guy? Indian? Women?

[furby6]

11:30 AM on 10/06/2011

A genius and all that he had yet to accomplished have died. No time for pettiness.

[terry in utah]

11:48 AM on 10/06/2011

"You libs"? What does that have to do with this article, Jobs passing, or the legacy he left behind?

What businesses do you support or avoid because they are owned or managed by or employ Americans who are Black, Indian, Native American, Women, Asians or Caucasian?

What is the diversity in your circle of friends? Race, political party affiliations, religion, gender and orientation?

We inhabit this earth together. We can heal it or we can be part of the division that's tearing us and our planet apart. Where do you stand in your daily life on this matter?

[jozie]

11:10 PM on 10/06/2011

Well said! It's a choice, be part of the problem, or part of the solution. Guess we know which one timmy chooses!