U2 front man Bono has paid an amazing tribute to Apple founder Steve Jobs – and described him as a ‘hardware software Elvis’.
Jobs finally lost his battle with pancreatic cancer on Wednesday when he died at the age of 56.
Tributes have poured in from all around the world for Apple’s pioneering former chief executive, the brains behind Mac computers, iPhones and iPads.
“Steve Jones was a man only interested in doing truly great things,” said Bono, as he paid his own tribute to a man who supported his charity work in Africa.
“What made Steve Jobs truly great is that he was only interested in doing truly great things. He was bored by an easy ride or easy profit.
“In a world littered with dull objects, he brought the beauty of clean lines and clear thought. This rhyme of intellect and intuition could be applied to a wide range of subjects from the US education system, to sculpture, to the fight against HIV/AIDS where his support of (RED) literally transformed the lives of two million people in Africa.
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“He changed music. He changed film. He changed the personal computer and turned telephony on its head while he was at it.”
Bono then compared Jobs to Elvis as he admitted he misses the man he was proud to call his friend.
“Steve told me as proud as he was of Apple and Pixar, his real pride was his family,” added Bono.
“He was a thoughtful and tender father, and loved nothing more than hanging out in the house with his belle Laurene and the kids.
“I already miss him - one of a very small group of anarchic Americans who through technology literally invented the 21st century. We will all miss the hardware software Elvis.”
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.jfoynyc | Oct 07, 2011, 11:32 AM EDT
I respect wealthy people who can direct their money to benefit the poor, the sick, the disenfranchised. That is much better than Tridents, war mongering or subsidizing companies that lack a social conscience. When did Social responsibility get dropped from Annual Plan discussions? Too long ago! Hail to the American Spring this Fall and hopefully lasting to November 2012.
jfoynyc | Oct 07, 2011, 11:27 AM EDT
LoyalCitizen has a point. However, keep in mind that a number of rich people have come up with an alternative to pouring money into Washington, Dublin, London etc. for a reason other than greed or selfishness. While I am not sure, I suspect that Bono is one of them and gives more money to effective, deserving causes than he would pay in taxes. BTW, Bono now enjoys the NYC apartment, designed to Jobs's specifications by I.M. Pei, which Jobs sold.
AengusOg | Oct 07, 2011, 10:54 AM EDT
Steve Jobs was a giant. Compare his creative accomplishments to those of Bill Gates and Microsoft. Rather than pirate business from other, more creative firms, Jobs looked into his crystal ball to continue Apple's position of the cutting edge firm in personal technology products. Remember Windows 95 was Mac OS in 1984. I take nothing away from Bill Gates, he made a very wise and/or very lucky decision to take the software used in IBM computers, while IBM concentrated on hardware. Gates' great success has been on his balance sheets. Steve Jobs has been the Man.
LoyalCitizen | Oct 07, 2011, 08:33 AM EDT
Do Tax Dodgers have something useful to say as a character witness for others who pay no child support until embarrassed to do so............Seems the Tax Dodgers (lack of integrity) Bono and the rest might prioritise paying their taxes first, its character building to contribute to your country.