{"id":12185,"date":"2011-10-05T20:04:58","date_gmt":"2011-10-06T01:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=12185"},"modified":"2020-07-23T14:15:41","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T19:15:41","slug":"apple-co-founder-steve-jobs-1955-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/12185-apple-co-founder-steve-jobs-1955-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Co-Founder Steve Jobs: 1955-2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/jobs_glasses_oct2011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12227\" title=\"Jobs_glasses \u00a9 2011 Other World Computing\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/jobs_glasses_oct2011.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 2011 Other World Computing\" width=\"475\" height=\"197\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On behalf of the team at OWC, I extend our condolences to Steve&#8217;s family, friends, and everyone for who Steve was anything but ordinary. Few words need be said about a legendary genius, brilliant businessman \u2013 who wasn\u2019t just about innovation, but always was about the user experience.<\/p>\n<p>We get but a short time in the grand scheme of things. Steve Jobs\u2019s time will not be forgotten any time soon, although his time certainly ended far sooner than what can be considered fair. Many of us are in a state of shock with his passing and mere words just can&#8217;t express what many team members are feeling. Our prayers go out to his family whose loss is the greatest of us all.<\/p>\n<p>Apple has asked that remembrances of Jobs be emailed to them at <a href=\"mailto:rememberingsteve@apple.com\">rememberingsteve@apple.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Larry O&#8217;Connor<br \/>\nOWC Founder and CEO<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>glasses image \u00a9 2011 Other World Computing<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On behalf of the team at OWC, I extend our condolences to Steve&#8217;s family, friends, and everyone for who Steve was anything but ordinary. Few words need be said about a legendary genius, brilliant businessman \u2013 who wasn\u2019t just about innovation, but always was about the user experience. 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