One of the few people I worship has passed away. The feeling of shock and disbelief haven't sunk into me yet. Steve Jobs, the modern messiah, is no more. People call him a monarch, a man who looses his temper much too often (and for almost trivial reasons too) and one infected with OCD. But for me, he was and still is more than just a man. He is a legend, a God.
Millions of people pay tribute to him, via technology, the field where Steve changed the whole scenario. FB and Twitter are over flooded with witty sentences to the cliched 'i' references. The world mourns its loss.
Jobs was an enigma. A man who craved perfection and innovation. His business acumen earned his company countless wealth and also a lot of critics. People hate his insistence that an Apple product has to be linked up with other Apple products. But then Jobs was a man who stood his ground. You either love him or hate him. He was a cult figure.
Fervently followed by a group of fanatics, his showmanship and ability to hype his products were the hallmarks of a renewed Apple, one that changed the world.. again!. With cutting edge, path breaking products, Jobs and Apple (to an extent Pixar too) revolutionised technology as we know it radically. A list of many firsts can be asserted to Jobs.
His life story, which he told to the world at a speech in Stanford University, is as inspiring as any. Born to be adopted, dropped out of college, kicked out of a company he owned and giving life and much more to that very same company.
At every keynote, Jobs would hold out a new product, like Joseph showing the baby Jesus to the world, his loyal shepherds wildly cheering him on. Alas! The world will never be the same again!
56 years is not the age for a man like him to die. Jobs has moved on, leaving the whole world wondering what and how much more he could have done for it. If there is such a place called Heaven, where Jobs will surely now reside, it can be assured that he will revolutionise Heaven too. Other companies will still play catch up with Jobs' technology, though they may never find him now.
To an idol, a legend, an inspiration and a great man - with a heavy and sad heart I bid farewell.
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