ஆப்பிள் நிறுவனத்தை உருவாக்கிய ஸ்டீவ் ஜாப்ஸ் (வயது 56) மரணமடைந்தார். புற்றுநோயால் அவதிப்பட்டு வந்த அவர் நியூயார்க் நகரில் மரணமடைந்தார். அறிவாளிகளும் சாதனையாளர்களும் நீண்ட காலம் உயிர் வாழ்வதில்லை என்பதை நிரூபிக்கும் வகையில் இவருடைய மரணம் அமைந்துள்ளது.1976ல் தமது நண்பர் வோஸ்னியாக்குடன் அப்பிள் நிறுவனத்தை துவங்கினார் ஸ்டீவ் ஜாப்ஸ்.
உடல்நலக்குறைவுக் காரணமாக அப்பிள் நிறுவனத் தலைவர் பதவியிலிருந்து கடந்த ஒகஸ்டில் ஸ்டீவ் ஜாப்ஸ் விலகினார்.
இந்நிலையில் புற்றுநோயால் பாதிக்கப்பட்டு கடந்த சில ஆண்டுகளாக சிகிச்சை பெற்று வந்த 56 வயதான ஸ்டீவ் ஜாப்ஸ் கலிபோர்னியாவில் உயிரிழந்ததாக அப்பிள் நிறுவனம் அறிவித்துள்ளது.
ஸ்டீவ் ஜாப்ஸ் நடந்து வந்த பாதையை ஒரு முறை திரும்பிப்பார்ப்போம் .
This 1977 file photo shows Apple co-founder Steve Jobs as he introduces the new Apple II in Cupertino, Calif. Apple on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011 said Jobs has died. He was 56.
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In this April 24, 1984, file photo, from left, Steve Jobs, chairman of Apple Computers, John Sculley, president and CEO, and Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, unveil the new Apple IIc computer in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Sal Veder, File)
In this Jan. 24, 1984, file photo, Steve Jobs, chairman of the board of Apple Computer, leans on the new "Macintosh" personal computer following a shareholder's meeting in Cupertino, Calif. Apple on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011 said Jobs has died. He was 56. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
In this Sept. 18, 1990, file photo, Steve Jobs, president and CEO of NeXT Computer Inc., shows off his company's new NeXTstation after an introduction to the public in San Francisco. Apple on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011 said Jobs has died. He was 56. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
In this Jan. 7, 1997, file photo, Steve Jobs, chief executive of Pixar, speaks at the MacWorld trade show in San Francisco. Apple Inc. said Jobs died Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011. He was 56.
(AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
In this May 6, 1998, file photo, Steve Jobs of Apple Computers unveils the the new iMac computer in Cupertino, Calif. Apple on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011 said Jobs has died. He was 56.
(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
In this Jan. 6, 2004 file photo, Apple CEO Steve Jobs displays the iPod mini at the Macworld Conference and Expo in San Francisco. Jobs, the Apple founder and former CEO who invented and masterfully marketed ever-sleeker gadgets that transformed everyday technology, from the personal computer to the iPod and iPhone, died Wednesday. He was 56. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
Apple Inc.'s Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs is shown in this combination photo of file photographs dating (top row L to R) July 2000, November 2003, September 2005, (bottom L to R) September 2006, January 2007 and September 2008. Jobs will take a medical leave of absence until the end of June because his health problems are "more complex" than he had thought, shocking investors and sending the company's shares down as much as 10 percent on January 14, 2009. REUTERS/Files (UNITED STATES - Tags: OBITUARY BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY PROFILE TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
In this Jan. 9, 2007 file phtoo, Apple CEO Steve Jobs holds up an Apple iPhone at the MacWorld Conference in San Francisco. Jobs the CEO, Jobs the technologist and futurist, Jobs the inventor and innovator and refiner of others' ideas: All of them, in the end, relied upon another Steve Jobs who sewed the others together and bottled their lightning: Steve Jobs the storyteller, spinning the tale of our age and of his own success, and making it happen as he went. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
In this Jan. 15, 2008, file photo, Apple CEO Steve Jobs holds up the new MacBook Air after giving the keynote address at the Apple MacWorld Conference in San Francisco. Apple on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011 said Jobs has died. He was 56. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
Apple Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs holds the new " iPad" during the launch of Apple's new tablet computing device in San Francisco, California, in this January 27, 2010 file photo. Apple Inc co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs, counted among the greatest American CEOs of his generation, died on October 5, 2011 at the age of 56, after a years-long and highly public battle with cancer and other health issues. REUTERS/Kimberly White (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS OBITUARY)
Apple CEO Steve Jobs poses with the new iPhone 4 during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, California in this June 7, 2010 file photo. Apple Inc co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs, counted among the greatest American CEOs of his generation, died on October 5, 2011 at the age of 56, after a years-long and highly public battle with cancer and other health issues. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith/Files (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY OBITUARY BUSINESS)
Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs introduces the iPad 2 on stage during an Apple event in San Francisco, California in this March 2, 2011, file photo. Apple Inc co-founder and former CEO Jobs, counted among the greatest American CEOs of his generation, died on October 5, 2011 at the age of 56, after a years-long and highly public battle with cancer and other health issues. REUTERS/Beck Diefenbach (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS OBITUARY)
An iPhone displays an image of Steve Jobs as it sits with a memorial to the Apple founder and former CEO outside an Apple Store, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011 in New York. Jobs passed away Wednesday at the age of 56. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)