乔布斯是二十一世纪第一位辞世的伟人与天才。
人们缅怀他不是因为他的公司市值最大也无关他的个人财富多寡,甚至他大起大落的创业生涯也无关紧要。
他,一个和大家一样的平常人,有着平常人所具有的所有毛病和缺点,居然凭着个人超凡的努力改善了地球大部分人民的生活,其影响力超过所有政客军阀们。
做为个人电脑发明时代的巨人与苹果手机的创造者,乔布斯其实影响了今天我们所有人获得与交流信息的方式。
真正的影响力就在于惠及没有直接用过你产品的人们。在今天,移动互联网时代,少数人垄断信息封锁消息愚弄百姓的时代一去不返了!
为了更公开更透明更平等的世界,我们将永远缅怀这个平民英雄!
关于乔布斯其人其事,时任美国总统奥巴马的悼文,已经给出平允的评价:
乔布斯通过远见与才华,
让信息革命直观而有趣;改变了我们的生活、重新定义了整个行业。
以下全文:
得知乔布斯去世的消息,我和米歇尔(Michelle)感到很难过。乔布斯是美国最伟大的创新者之一,他勇于与众不同地思考,敢于相信自己能够改变世界,并用自己的才华付诸实施。
他在自己的车库创建了世界最成功的公司之一,证明了美国独创力的精神所在。他开创了个人电脑时代并将互联网装进我们的口袋,不仅让人们感受到信息革命,还让信息革命直观而有趣。他将自己的才华转化为讲故事,为数百万孩子和成人带来了快乐。乔布斯喜欢说自己把每天都当做最后一天来过。由于他做到了这点,所以他改变了我们的生活、重新定义了整个行业,并铸就了人类历史上最罕见的一个奇迹:他改变了我们每个人看待世界的方式。
世界失去了一位有远见的人。而对乔布斯成功最高的致敬莫过于,世界很多人是通过他发明的一个产品得知他辞世的消息的。我和米歇尔向乔布斯的妻子劳伦、乔布斯的家人以及所有爱他的人送上我们的沉思与祈祷。
Michelle and I are saddened to learn of the passing of Steve Jobs. Steve was among the greatest of American innovators – brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it.
By building one of the planet’s most successful companies from his garage, he exemplified the spirit of American ingenuity. By making computers personal and putting the internet in our pockets, he made the information revolution not only accessible, but intuitive and fun. And by turning his talents to storytelling, he has brought joy to millions of children and grownups alike. Steve was fond of saying that he lived every day like it was his last. Because he did, he transformed our lives, redefined entire industries, and achieved one of the rarest feats in human history: he changed the way each of us sees the world.
The world has lost a visionary. And there may be no greater tribute to Steve’s success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented. Michelle and I send our thoughts and prayers to Steve’s wife Laurene, his family, and all those who loved him.