> <edit> This segment made me literally tear up,, his entire speech.. it is clear that they were best friends. </edit>
You were not alone. I teared up quite a few times during the whole thing. A tragic loss, not only for the things he invented/led others to invent, but by the example he set of perfectionism. Al Gore's words summed it pretty well "keep on insisting that good is not enough, that even great is not enough, keep insisting that Apple products truly be insanely great". I don't work for Apple (an iPod and its companion iMac, I don't even use their machines that much), but I can relate to that. I am nowhere near the perfectionist Jobs was, but I would gladly work with him (and I know it was hard) for the selfish reason I'd become a much better perfectionist myself.
You were not alone. I teared up quite a few times during the whole thing. A tragic loss, not only for the things he invented/led others to invent, but by the example he set of perfectionism. Al Gore's words summed it pretty well "keep on insisting that good is not enough, that even great is not enough, keep insisting that Apple products truly be insanely great". I don't work for Apple (an iPod and its companion iMac, I don't even use their machines that much), but I can relate to that. I am nowhere near the perfectionist Jobs was, but I would gladly work with him (and I know it was hard) for the selfish reason I'd become a much better perfectionist myself.