AppleCEO Tim Cooksent to staff to announce Jobs' death:
"Team,
Ihave some very sad news to share with all of you. Steve passed away earliertoday.
Applehas lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazinghuman being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work withSteve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor. Steve leaves behind acompany that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be thefoundation of Apple.
Weare planning a celebration of Steve’s extraordinary life for Apple employeesthat will take place soon. If you would like to share your thoughts, memoriesand condolences in the interim, you can simply emailrememberingsteve@apple.com.
Nowords can adequately express our sadness at Steve’s death or our gratitude forthe opportunity to work with him. We will honor his memory by dedicatingourselves to continuing the work he loved so much."
Some of the World Leaders Tributes
USPresident Barack Obama President BarackObama also paidtribute to Jobs in a statement, saying "the world has lost avisionary".Steve was among the greatestof American innovators - brave enough to think differently, bold enough tobelieve he could change the world, and talented enough to do it. He transformed our lives,redefined entire industries, and achieved one of the rarest feats in humanhistory: he changed the way each of us sees the world. The world has lost avisionary. And there may be no greater tribute to Steve's success than the factthat much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented.Twitter feed for the official re-electioncampaign of Barack Obama stated on Twitter, "rest in peace, SteveJobs...thank you for the work you make possible every day".
AustralianPrime Minister Julia Gillard said "it's not too much to say he literallychanged our world"
Facebook chiefexecutive and founder Mark Zuckerberg also wrote on his official profile pagesaying, "thank you for being a mentor and friend...thanks for showing thatwhat you build can change the world".
Mike Lazaridis and JimBalsillie, co-CEOs of Blackberry-maker Research in Motion: "Steve Jobs was a great visionaryand a respected competitor."
Dell Inc. founder andCEO Michael Dell:"Today the world lost a visionary leader, the technology industry lost aniconic legend and I lost a friend and fellow founder."
Microsoft co-founderBill Gates:"For those of us lucky enough to get to work with Steve, it's been aninsanely great honor. I will miss Steve immensely."
Larry Page, CEO of Google:"He was a great man withincredible achievements and amazing brilliance. He always seemed to be able tosay in very few words what you actually should have been thinking before youthought it. His focus on the user experience above all else has always been aninspiration to me."
Steve Wozniak, Apple co-founder: "Peoplesometimes have goals in life. Steve Jobs exceeded every goal he sethimself."
Paul Allan, co-founder of Microsoft: "We'velost a unique tech pioneer and auteur who knew how to make amazingly greatproducts. Steve fought a long battle against tough odds in a very brave way. Hekept doing amazing things in the face of all that adversity. As someone who hashad his own medical challenges, I couldn't help but be encouraged by how hepersevered."
Steve Case, Founder of AOL: "I feel honoredto have known Steve Jobs. He was the most innovative entrepreneur of ourgeneration. His legacy will live on for the ages."
Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yangsaid "Steve was my hero growing up."
John Biggs of Tech crunch saidthey have given reflections on the death of "one of the greatestthinkers" of this generation: It’sbeen a hard night and Erick and I thought it would be fitting to reflect a biton Steve Jobs and his legacy. We’re both understandably crushed by the news butrather than look back we wanted to look forward, forward to what comes next ina world without one of its greatest thinkers.SteveJobs is important to us because the gifts he gave mankind are innumerable. Hegave us the gifts of elegance, of clarity, of drive. He gave us computers thatspawned industries, phones that paid millions of salaries. He made it so I canFacetime from the road with my children before they go to bed and not have toworry about connection issues, downloads, fiddling. The stuff he made just works.
Some of my friends tributes
InconsolableJason Roberts, a MOCE software developer sent me an email saying Jobs was a manof conviction who left an indelible mark on computing and that the sector willnever be the same again.
HarunMakandi, a well renowned researcher posted on his facebook;iCry
VilleMakinnen also posted on the same topic;This isthe most painful death to me outside a family member.
Another friend of mine Tumaini Foya postedon his Facebook page;
Samcook from New South Wales currently in Washington USA posted on her facebook;
As I post this,tributes are flowing fromcorners of the world and all walks of life. For now I say,go in peace Steve,you have left us with an awesome legacy.my only hope is that your colleagues atApple can continue to stay on the bleeding edge with constant innovation iswhat turned me to Apple and keeps me going .Am lucky to have met you.
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