Steven Paul Jobs (born 24 February 1955), known as Steve Jobs is a famous businessman and computer U.S., president of Apple Inc. and one of the most important figures in the computer industry and entertainment.
Together co-founder of Apple, Steve Wozniak, Jobs helped popularize the personal computer in the late 70's. In the early 80's, still at Apple, Jobs was the first glimpse of the commercial potential of the systems graphical user interface (GUI).
After having problems with the leadership of the company he founded, Jobs was fired from Apple Computer in 1985, later founding the company NeXT, which was reabsorbed by Apple Computer itself in 1997, where Jobs is chairman since then.
Biography Son of a young, unwed college, he decided to give it up for adoption when he was still a baby, a partner university. This couple wanted a child, so at the last moment refused. Steve was offered to a working-class couple, Paul and Clara Jobs, the latter, an employee of the state-owned railway. He grew up in Mountain View and Los Altos, California. Since the age of 17 he entered the University Reed College in Portland, Oregon, is attending only 6 months before deciding to abandon it due to the high costs of studies, that their parents just could finance. Despite abandoning his studies, continues to attend as a listener to those classes that interested him, such as calligraphy.
remained a listener about 18 months until leaving education. Were years of great sacrifice by not having economic means. Interestingly studies in calligraphy would be useful when you design the typography of the first Mac
At 20 he started Apple in his parents' garage with his friend Steve Wozniak. Only in 10 years Apple does make a business of two people in a garage of a house to a company of 4,000 employees.
At just 27 years, Jobs enjoyed the prestige of being the youngest millionaire in 1982, a very young age before it reached the dot-com era.
Ironically, at 30 he is fired from Apple, the company set up by himself but his entrepreneurial spirit led him to create a new company named NeXT, another company named Pixar, which then would make history. During this career, especially during the development of Mac, he forged a reputation as a tyrant to his employees. However, there are opinions against this. Jobs
has been characterized by their dress casually, usually in jeans, black turtleneck and sneakers.
He married Laurene Powell in 1991, who he met in a class at Stanford University and form a family. Both are vegetarians. A Jobs was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, a disease that successfully passes after a mild and expensive process in a cancer clinic called California. Macintosh
Xerox researchers developed Smalltalk, a graphical environment that uses the mouse as a working tool. Xerox managers are skeptical about this new idea, but Steve Jobs finally is in favor of adopting and developing the concept. The computer name is "Lisa", named after the daughter of Steve Jobs. From the basics of Lisa software will start the development of the family of products that Apple would seat in the personal computer market: the Apple Macintosh and its operating system, the first truly user-friendly for any user.
Meanwhile, Bill Gates offers improved spreadsheets and other programs. Threatens to sell its computer equipment to IBM, the apparent enemy of Apple. End end also developing its own operating system based on a similar interface, Windows. Jobs
creates a dedicated team of researchers for Macintosh, and other researchers faced with Apple. And even get better productivity, the company would begin to suffer from various factors a certain period of stagnation.
Steve Wozniak leaves Apple
, while in parallel, we are forecasting sales of Macintosh 80,000 units a year when you end up selling only 20,000 units. This infuriates Jobs, who tries to take control of the company affecting its (then) friend John Sculley. It seeks the support of the board who gives her confidence, and lets assume the responsibilities of Jobs. This is aimed at building the Apple complex called "Siberia." Shortly thereafter, and plunged into a depression, end Apple abandoning and selling all their shares.
in 1989 tries to capture their ideas with a new company called NeXT. Planned to build the next generation of personal computers that would embarrass Apple, but turns out to be a commercial failure despite its technical superiority. After 8 years of fighting and almost 250 million dollars invested, NeXT closes its hardware division in 1993.
In 1999 he produced a film called 'Pirates of Silicon Valley' which tells the above facts. Initially oriented television is relaunched on VHS and DVD format thanks to the success. This film starts with the beginning Apple Computer, Steve Jobs until rehired after being fired.
Pixar
After this failure, and largely thanks to its status as a visionary, you buy a computer animation company, "Pixar" for which its parent company Lucasfilm George Lucas was looking for a buyer. Pixar begins a highlight in the film world with the success of the first major commercial animation film "Toy Story" developed for Disney.
This film was followed by "Bugs," "Monsters Inc." (Monsters, Inc.), "Toy Story 2," "Finding Nemo," "The Incredibles" and "Cars", all of them with great critical and commercial success, thanks to be of good stories with interesting scripts for both children and adults and performed with excellent animation technique.
And the moment that Pixar is a great company, thanks to its height, it is unclear if Disney bought Pixar for 7,400 million dollars or if Pixar was allowed to buy Disney.
So, Jobs is back on the crest of the wave, now president of Pixar.
Meanwhile, Apple hired as CEO Gilbert Amelio in order to save the company of the great crisis that is suffering. Other measures related to management, Amelio must find a solution to the problem posed by the aging of the Macintosh operating system after the failure of the company with Copland, a project that was never completed. Amelio decided from an existing operating system on which to base further work. Competed in the final selection BeOS, Be company of Jean-Louis Gass, and Next's NextStep Steve Jobs and would eventually become the winner. As a result of this election, Apple would buy NeXT.
At this time, Jobs maneuvered to take control and end up out of the company and put Amelio NeXT his team in front of Apple.
STEVE JOBS BACK TO APPLE IN 1997
link: http://www.videos-star.com/watch.php?video=qJs6MB077Bw
Some of his first acts were reach an agreement with Microsoft to make it pump money into Apple by buying 4% of their shares (without voting rights) and ensure the development of Office for Mac, in exchange for various technological exchanges and to disputes by the graphical interface. This measure, very badly accepted by many users allowed Apple a break enough to perform other maneuvers.
Another unpopular measure was the cancellation of licensing Mac OS to other hardware manufacturers (as PowerComputing, which would eventually be acquired by Apple). The reason was that these manufacturers grew at the expense of market share Apple Macintosh market, rather than expanding the overall share of the makers of Macintosh computer market. Another drastic measure was the cancellation of the Newton, recognized as the ancestor of today's PDA, but so far ahead of his time as other technology companies, sooner or later follow the same fate, as OpenDoc.
These measures, however, allowed the company focus on developing fewer, but better, products and business lines to develop some new and surprising if we analyze them in perspective, such as the iPod and digital music business, or the importance of the consumer versus the professional . The hallmark of Jobs in the company is in any of their products, from hardware design to software performance. IMac
The meaning of i minuscula on all products coming from the Internet but the exception is the iPod, which is below. Jobs
commitment to the iMac, a desktop computer with an aesthetic completely uninhibited, modern, and with no floppy drive, a technological challenge risky at the time because it was common to be included in any computer despite the boom in compact disks and other storage devices. The concept of this computer is run by and for the Internet, so it only has a CD player.
At first, this was criticized for not conforming to reality, but the fact is that Jobs is who is defining what will be done on the computer, which years later end up taking other large companies. This computer was one of the greatest successes of the company, which was followed by the portable version. After the commitment to this new hardware, Apple is committed to the development of specialized software for the audiovisual industry, musical or medical, which has a relative success. Although he has tried to compete with Windows, has failed by the weight of his opponent by a landslide that makes the most of the software and hardware development is supported only on many occasions with its operating system rival. But the iMac
always welcome by the people, because who is not going to fix a stunning array of colors, small and of course Macintosh. At this time the range goes from the mini-computer Apple Mac mini to the powerful eight-core Mac Pro (dual Intel Xeon quad-core), a technological and commercial quality. IPod
Moreover, the music industry is changing, largely due to MP3 format and the actual impact of the Internet. Apple in Jobs's hand, betting on the iPod, a digital gadget that fits comfortably in the palm of the hand and is able to store much music information (for example, in one version of some 15,000 songs) with a pretty sound transparent quality similar or even identical to that of a compact disc. The success of the iPod, years after the onset of the iMac, represents a new leap and perhaps the largest company and compared to the success and influence that marked Japan's Sony with its "Walkman".
Currently, different versions have been happening, as the "iPod Nano", "iPod mini", with different capacities and features. Virtually all of these models have resulted in commercial success.
also recently launched the "iPod Shuffle" a risky bet
Apple in the MP3 player market. Without display and with only two play modes: Linear and Random. Apple later launched the "iPod Shuffle 2G" by releasing a more compact, half the previous size, and color variation, the second generation iPod shuffle. Apple lowers the price of the product and add more storage capacity.
The September 5, 2007, Steve Jobs surprised again, presenting the new generation of iPods
. Introducing new colors for existing versions and adding video to the most popular MP3 reprductor history: the iPod Nano. To make matters worse, introduced a version "iPhone" iPod called the iPod Touch, whose interface, management and physical appearance is similar to the iPhone, not only serves as a cell. The accounts given are much thinner and have more capacity than previous versions, making it one more time iPod, Apple's great consented. ITunes Music Store
Along with the launch of iPod in 2001, the Cupertino company is launching a portal selling music online with lower prices than those offered by American music distributors. In this way Apple offered customers the hardware (iPod) and software (iTunes and Music Store) to not need anything else to listen to what they love. The basis of their success is based on a simple interface, and offer the public what they really want, the music. Today, with over two billion songs sold the binomial iPod + iTunes Store pose much revenue Apple Inc. iPhone
The January 9, 2007, at MacWorld Expo, Steve Jobs introduced a new device, combining the functions of a video iPod, a mobile phone a portable web browser. This device is called iPhone. It is equipped with a widescreen touch with an innovative Multi-Touch, flash hard drive (4 or 8GB), 2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, Quad, WiFi, EDGE, a series of sensors to suit all usage modes (landscape or portrait mode, low light, turning off the display when you get close to your ear to save power etc) among other things. It works with the operating system known and recognized Mac OS X, probably in Leopard version, modified for the iPhone. It goes on sale in June 2007 in the United States in the 4th quarter in Europe and 2008 in Asia.
not yet know all the details of this device because the version that was presented is not final, is still expected improvements in the software and is rumored to be adapted to the 3G network with a second front camera to make video calls. Steve Jobs safe bet this time, claiming that Apple reinvents the phone. It is certainly a Macintosh PDA with lots of possibilities to succeed in the market. It is true Apple is unique because it has become the first Smartphone with a single button.
The June 29, 2007 was released for the iPhone's U.S. market at a price that walks in the vicinity of the U $ S 500 (4GB) to 600 (8GB) Only available with a contract for two years with AT & T. He has added a new application: YouTube Service. Is a direct way to go to Youtube and watch the videos, Apple made this decision due to the rise of YouTube and the internet because it has the iPhone has no Java or Flash-Player.
The videos have very good resolution because they are encoded especially with the iPhone. Among other things the iPhone Restricted includes compatibility with Windows) and Mac OS X.
The new generation of Macs. The move to Intel
Apple recently reached an agreement with Intel to make these new processor Mac, gradually abandoning the PowerPC (and not sold iMac or PowerBook with PPC processor). This switch to Intel made it possible to use Windows XP using the application called "Boot Camp" that allows hard disk partition and install Windows XP. It can be a Jobs Strategy to attract more users to the Mac, and gradually get used to Mac OS X. One of the drawbacks of the change to Intel is that the old software is not designed for Intel architecture and must run under an emulation environment called Rosetta that somewhat reduces the execution speed of the Power PC applications. Obviously this depends on the equipment and the application that will run.
To support and speed in their applications Apple has created what is known as applications "Universal" which are those that can run natively on Power PC computers and Intel processors.
be achieved through such applications as building XCode (Apple's development environment) compiles in both formats (so that the programs take twice as above but offer 100% native performance). Some products
Intel are: MacBook, MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac Mini and Mac Pro's three in a wide range of screen sizes or power.
Although the first models were of 32-bit Intel (Core Duo) and have now passed all the 64-bit (Xeon Core2Duo
,...)
Other information:
Steve Jobs married Laurene Powell 1991 and living in Palo Alto, California, with her three children ..
VIDEOS:
FAMOUS SPEECH BY STEVE JOBS IN STANFORD
link: [url] http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3014637678488153340
IPOD FIRST PRESENTATION
link: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8008224410130863941
STEVE THE OPINION OF MICROSOFT
link: http://www.videos-star.com/watch.php?video=upzKj-1HaKw
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