悼念Steve Jobs

悼念Steve Jobs

雖然悼念Steve Jobs漸行漸遠的生命還早了點，但他的商業生命或者說是創造生命已經正式終止了。

作為一個從來不知道誰是生父私生子，Steve在出生不久就被生母送養在別人家裏。Teenager時代，連頓好飯都難吃到。Steve本人缺點一大堆，比如，他多次否認早期不諳事年代有的一個私生女，甚至成名之後錢已不是問題時依然如此。他也反對慈善事業（這一點本人個人完全理解）。但Steve是被宣揚的美國夢的真正實現者（研究估算表明，在美國白手起家的成功率是That of in Europe的10%）。在實業界，Steve是唯一的一個白手起家的成功者，Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos等等都不是。在金融界，白手起家的最接近如此的成功者是Jim Rogers，但份量太小，而George Soros和Warren Buffet都不是白手起家。

他的離去結束了一段現代科技創新和科技商業的傳奇。

"Stay hungry, Stay foolish" Stanford Univ的演講：

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc

Text：
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html

Appendix：
Steve's resignation letter

To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community:

I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple's CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.

I hereby resign as CEO of Apple. I would like to serve, if the Board sees fit, as Chairman of the Board, director and Apple employee.

As far as my successor goes, I strongly recommend that we execute our succession plan and name Tim Cook as CEO of Apple.

I believe Apple's brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it. And I look forward to watching and contributing to its success in a new role.

I have made some of the best friends of my life at Apple, and I thank you all for the many years of being able to work alongside you.