Steve Jobs - a small overview and his impact on the world of music
One of the heroes of our time has passed out on sixth of October this year. Businessman, inventor, pioneer, legendary CEO and co-founder of Apple he's one of those who had dramatically changed the human technological history. You just don't need a reason to write an article for the great Steve Jobs.
Stated by many it's one of the most tragic if not the most tragic events of the last year. As a blogger I feel the urge to pronounce my condolences and share some of the most important facts about this genius.
The life of Steve Jobs was stormy and dotted with unusual events. Adopted child, university drop-out, buddhist and a technician in the beginning of his career, he turns his then small and problematic company in a technological giant for hundreds of milliards of dollars, setting records in rising the average share price - one of the precedents in the corporate business history.
As a one of the inventors of the MAC architecture in technological aspect his name can stand beside the names of the likes of John von Neumann and John Atanasov. The commercial success of Iphone and Ipad and the changes in music trade imposed by Itunes hardly need comment.
Some important facts regarding Apple's corporate philosophy and product characteristics will be taken in account in the following paragraph.
Apple officially operates about 360 stores around the world, which is very small number for such a huge company (for example compare to McDonald's 33000 restaurants). If we talk about business characteristics we should mention Itunes which stands as the world's biggest and most known legitimate market for buying musical tracks (one institution which does more for fighting piracy than the RIAA without filling lawsuits).
Few readers know that Steve Jobs and his company made a major contribution to the development of music in general by buying the German company Emagic some years ago. Emagic were the developers of very serious digital audio workstation capable of producing tracks of professional quality. In general digital workstation is software package used by composers and audio engineers. Apple has bought and updated this piece of software making it one of the most (if not the most) widely used professional studio software packages, which is crucial for writing, mixing and mastering most of the electronic and non-electronic tracks, you're listening nowadays on your Ipod or Iphone - the powerful Logic Studio. In this context we can mention Apple developed music programs such as Garage Band, known for their educational and entertaining values, and a lot of Iphone musical applications.
Lets remember Steve Jobs again and never forget him. RIP!
Stated by many it's one of the most tragic if not the most tragic events of the last year. As a blogger I feel the urge to pronounce my condolences and share some of the most important facts about this genius.
The life of Steve Jobs was stormy and dotted with unusual events. Adopted child, university drop-out, buddhist and a technician in the beginning of his career, he turns his then small and problematic company in a technological giant for hundreds of milliards of dollars, setting records in rising the average share price - one of the precedents in the corporate business history.
As a one of the inventors of the MAC architecture in technological aspect his name can stand beside the names of the likes of John von Neumann and John Atanasov. The commercial success of Iphone and Ipad and the changes in music trade imposed by Itunes hardly need comment.
Some important facts regarding Apple's corporate philosophy and product characteristics will be taken in account in the following paragraph.
Apple officially operates about 360 stores around the world, which is very small number for such a huge company (for example compare to McDonald's 33000 restaurants). If we talk about business characteristics we should mention Itunes which stands as the world's biggest and most known legitimate market for buying musical tracks (one institution which does more for fighting piracy than the RIAA without filling lawsuits).
Few readers know that Steve Jobs and his company made a major contribution to the development of music in general by buying the German company Emagic some years ago. Emagic were the developers of very serious digital audio workstation capable of producing tracks of professional quality. In general digital workstation is software package used by composers and audio engineers. Apple has bought and updated this piece of software making it one of the most (if not the most) widely used professional studio software packages, which is crucial for writing, mixing and mastering most of the electronic and non-electronic tracks, you're listening nowadays on your Ipod or Iphone - the powerful Logic Studio. In this context we can mention Apple developed music programs such as Garage Band, known for their educational and entertaining values, and a lot of Iphone musical applications.
Lets remember Steve Jobs again and never forget him. RIP!
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