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Eric Schmidt on Steve Jobs

168 points by tilt 15y ago

missy 15y ago
Although they competed very strongly there was still very deep respect. Very admirable. The quote “It’s your heart running around outside your body.”in reference to his own children is how I think we can perceive his love for his products and why we in turn loved his creations. Same passion.
- cma 15y ago
  "Making the decision to have a child - it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking outside your body." - Elizabeth Stone
prayag 15y ago
This probably the best Jobs's obituary. It's very personal. The admiration and respect that Eric Schmidt have for Steve is heart-warming and the eloquence is impressive.
wuster 15y ago
Even if you're not a fan of Steve's style or products, he was a market maker for Apple's competitors. Great example is the modern smart phone race - if not for his zeal to create the iPhone experience, I think we'd still be lusting after Nokias and Sony Ericsson phones. shudder
- wh-uws 15y ago
  I would upvote you 5 times if I could. I don't think we can even imagine what type of horrible phones we would have to put with if not for the iphone.
  - etherael 15y ago
    Probably not that different from the Nokia N95, except with a whole new bunch of features tacked on. Recalling at the time of the release of the N95 it utterly, completely stomped all over the iphone from a feature checklist perspective, and yet in the market it made almost no difference at all.
    - herval 15y ago
      The fact that every single feature is completely unusable DOES make a huge difference though...
juliano_q 15y ago
Very humble article. He is bold to say that Steve was always ahead of him. The “It’s your heart running around outside your body." quote is just another pearl.
ww520 15y ago
Very good stories. I wish someone can compile a list of stories about Steve Jobs from the people interacted with him, and put them on a website.
- biot 15y ago
  A number of years ago I was fascinated by and read through every story on http://folklore.org http://folklore.org which covers the period in time around the creation of the original Macintosh. It appears to be down/overloaded right now, but the Internet Archive seems to have most of it cached. Start with story #1: http://web.archive.org/web/20101214055008/http://folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=Ill_Be_Your_Best_Friend.txt&sortOrder=Sort%20by%20Date&detail=medium http://web.archive.org/web/20101214055008/http://folklore.or...
  - saddino 15y ago
    Hertzfeld also published a book compilation of folklore.org: Revolution In the Valley http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=Revolution_in_the_Valley.txt http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&s... And (non-affiliate) Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Revolution-Valley-Insanely-Great-Story/dp/0596007191/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1318002359&sr=8-4 http://www.amazon.com/Revolution-Valley-Insanely-Great-Story...

168 points by tilt 15y ago

missy 15y ago

Although they competed very strongly there was still very deep respect. Very admirable. The quote “It’s your heart running around outside your body.”in reference to his own children is how I think we can perceive his love for his products and why we in turn loved his creations. Same passion.

cma 15y ago
"Making the decision to have a child - it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking outside your body." - Elizabeth Stone

prayag 15y ago

This probably the best Jobs's obituary. It's very personal. The admiration and respect that Eric Schmidt have for Steve is heart-warming and the eloquence is impressive.

wuster 15y ago

Even if you're not a fan of Steve's style or products, he was a market maker for Apple's competitors. Great example is the modern smart phone race - if not for his zeal to create the iPhone experience, I think we'd still be lusting after Nokias and Sony Ericsson phones. shudder

wh-uws 15y ago
I would upvote you 5 times if I could. I don't think we can even imagine what type of horrible phones we would have to put with if not for the iphone.
- etherael 15y ago
  Probably not that different from the Nokia N95, except with a whole new bunch of features tacked on. Recalling at the time of the release of the N95 it utterly, completely stomped all over the iphone from a feature checklist perspective, and yet in the market it made almost no difference at all.
  - herval 15y ago
    The fact that every single feature is completely unusable DOES make a huge difference though...

juliano_q 15y ago

Very humble article. He is bold to say that Steve was always ahead of him. The “It’s your heart running around outside your body." quote is just another pearl.

ww520 15y ago

Very good stories. I wish someone can compile a list of stories about Steve Jobs from the people interacted with him, and put them on a website.

biot 15y ago
A number of years ago I was fascinated by and read through every story on http://folklore.org http://folklore.org which covers the period in time around the creation of the original Macintosh. It appears to be down/overloaded right now, but the Internet Archive seems to have most of it cached. Start with story #1: http://web.archive.org/web/20101214055008/http://folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=Ill_Be_Your_Best_Friend.txt&sortOrder=Sort%20by%20Date&detail=medium http://web.archive.org/web/20101214055008/http://folklore.or...
- saddino 15y ago
  Hertzfeld also published a book compilation of folklore.org: Revolution In the Valley http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=Revolution_in_the_Valley.txt http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&s... And (non-affiliate) Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Revolution-Valley-Insanely-Great-Story/dp/0596007191/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1318002359&sr=8-4 http://www.amazon.com/Revolution-Valley-Insanely-Great-Story...