Steve Jobs pioneer and giant of modern technology

 

The story and personality of Steve Jobs, the pioneer of modern technology, is one of the most inspiring stories in the world, a man who, with his intelligence, persistence, hard work, ambition, and belief in his dream, managed to dominate the technological field in the world.

 The era of advanced technology

The technological age, i.e. the present, from its title, you can deduce that the feature that distinguishes it is the dominance of the technological field and various modern technologies over our lives.

Technology imposed its control over all other sectors and fields, whether we like it or not, as technology has become a large part of our daily lives.

We have been using it in all daily works, from applications, devices, and foodstuffs to others, and hardly a product is devoid of an advanced technological process.

When we talk about the technological field, the prominent figure that comes to our minds must be the legend of the technological era, Steve Jobs, whose products were famous for the bitten apple that we find in all devices issued by Apple.

The life of Steve Jobs

This man, known for his genius and distinction, succeeded in transforming dreams that seemed impossible into a reality that we are witnessing and tangible.

Steve Jobs was born in California, San Francisco, and his date of birth was on February 24, 1955. His full name is Stephen Paul Jobs, his father is Abdel Fattah al-Jandali from Homs, Syria, and his mother is Joanne Schieble. They had Steve when they were in college without getting married.

Jobs' family life

Steve's family offered to give Steve Jobs to another family for adoption after Joan's family opposed her association with a person who was not affiliated with their Catholic Christian religion.

Jobs' son was adopted by a Polish-Armenian family, Paul and Clara Jobs.

Abdel-Fattah Al-Jandali did not like to appear in the media and remained hidden, and even after the success that Jobs had achieved on his part as well, Steve Jobs did not mention him in his statements to the press and was keen that his name not be associated with the name of his biological father.

Mona, or Mona Simpson, the name by which she was known and known, is one of the most famous novelists. She is the sister of Steve Jobs, but she is keen not to always reveal her family background. She also never met her father, but she met her brother Steve when he was 27 and this was their first meeting.

After Steve Jobs was born and put up for adoption, his biological parents, Jandali and Joan Lengba, married two years later to his little sister Mona on June 14, 1957, but despite their marriage, they did not return their first child, Steve, and abandoned him permanently.

Steve Jobs grew up in another family that lived in Silicon Valley in the United States of America, and this region is the technological and industrial capital of America, which was also inhabited by the founder of Microsoft, the leading technology company, Bill Gates.

The educational life of Steve Jobs

With regard to the educational stage of Steve Jobs, Steve Jobs was considered a hobbyist of computer science and programming, and he was not a glorious child or diligent student.

Steve was passionate about technology, which led him to enroll and take training courses at the company near his home, HP.

There he met Steve Wozniak, one of the most important people who greatly influenced Jobs' career, besides that Steve was studying in the winter and working in the summer during the holidays.

Steve Jobs finished high school and joined the study to complete his undergraduate studies at Reed College in Oregon, but he failed the first semester and was unable to complete the rest of the classes, and his family at that time was suffering from severe financial hardship.

The emergence of Apple - Apple

After Jobs withdrew from the university because of his failure, he searched for a job and found it in the well-known Atari company, in which he worked as a maker and game designer. Jobs submitted to her through a request in which he wrote down the various ideas on his mind, which prompted them to accept his employment.

It didn't take long for him to get a job at Atari, then he left America for India, only to return after a period of time as a Hindu man after he converted to Buddhism, which he still believes in until now, and he also turned into a vegetarian.

The fact that Steve Jobs had close friendships with Steve Wozniak, who was a smart and innovative inventor, during the year 1970.

Wozniak, despite being smart, was not aware of his abilities or how to use them, and this is why Steve Jobs exploited and used his ideas and the sharp intelligence of his friend, and his genius in the field. He invented what we are witnessing now in terms of types and forms of computers that contain the logo of the bitten apple.

How was the first computer invented?

The original idea of ​​creating the first laptop or computer was a wooden box that Wozniak made the box contains a keyboard, and Wozniak asked Jobs to help him connect it to the electric current and a screen in 1976, the year of the birth of the first laptop.

In the beginning, computers were very large and not easy to acquire, and no one could use them at that time, not for personal use. These problems were the motive behind making permanent changes to the shape of the computer, as it was gradually developed to reach the shape and capacity we know today.

Wozniak made the first computer in history, and after completing its manufacture, he presented it to Steve Jobs, who suggested that they sell the device for fear of losing money, and they did so.

Marketing plan Steve Jobs

After that, Steve Jobs undertook the task of marketing the manufactured computer, as he was offered $ 50,000 by the “Byte Shop” which specialized in e-commerce located in Silicon Valley.

But the store will give this amount for the manufacture of 100 computers, ie $ 500 each, and this amount is twice the amount that Wozniak was earning per year in his work in the company.

It was a profitable deal for Jobs and Wozniak, but it needed time to obtain the necessary supplies to make the required number of computers, and for this, Jobs asked the store to give him a 30-day guarantee because small devices were not easy to manufacture at the time.

The first employee of Apple

After that, Jobs called his welding friend Dan Kottke to work with them, and Kottke was the first employee at Apple.

Jobs and Kotke met in the hippie movement. Kotke was not involved in anything related to the world of technology or computers, but he was a proficient welder, so he worked for the company at $ 3.70 an hour as a welder working on computers.

As for the place of work, Kotke was initially working in Steve's room, then after that, he turned to the living room in Steve's house and then moved to the warehouse or garage, which today has become a historical monument in America that people visit, as it witnessed the manufacturing process of the first Apple 1 computer in the world.

Unveiling the first Apple device

After the announcement of the Apple 1, which people called “the first personal computer in history,” the Apple 2 was announced, and the name was considered by Steve Wozniak.

The Apple 1 device was sold without a screen, and its buyer had to be well-versed in computer technology in order to connect it to electricity in the proper way.

This is what made Steve Jobs not look at the computer and not consider it a personal device, which was the reason for his development and launch of the Apple 2, and he was distinguished by the ability of everyone to buy it.

As for the Apple 2 computer, it is not much different from the existing computers now in terms of characteristics. It was wrapped in plastic in order to facilitate the process of connecting it to electricity without being subjected to electrocution. The Apple 2 also provides a display screen.

While Wozniak was interested in the hardware industry, Jobs had another task, which he stressed was also necessary. It is not enough to manufacture only, but it must be accompanied by marketing, and this is the aspect that Jobs cared about on his part.

Jobs worked on methods to market the manufactured devices and make advertisements to get Americans to buy these easy-to-use and effective devices.

After that successful step, the company gained widespread and rapid fame, as interest and thinking began in the use of computers in educational institutions. 1,000 Apple II computers were marketed in just one month, and then the number rose to 300,000 units.

Competition with IBM and the launch of the Macintosh

After this achievement and its succession, the global company known for manufacturing and producing IBM mainframe computers emerged in 1981, announcing its competition to Apple, by entering the manufacturing, production, and marketing of personal computers in turn.

After fierce competition appeared on the part of IBM, Steve Jobs's passion increased and he was very pleased with the presence of a competitor to his company, Apple, in the market.

Although the computers manufactured by the competing company are not of that quality, which aroused the ridicule of Apple employees, the company imposed itself in the market with its trademark and multinationality, which negatively affected Apple and made its price low in the market.

After the intensification of competition between his company Apple and IBM, Steve Jobs resorted to seeking the advice of one of the most prominent businessmen at the time, CEO of PepsiCo "Jones Cali", who decided to agree and cooperate, which constituted a fatal blow to IBM according to press statements Andak.

Apple won the competition with the Macintosh

Apple Macintosh, the new baby of Apple, ended the course of competition between the two companies in favor of Apple. This project, any Apple Macintosh device, was announced by Steve Jobs in January of 1984, three years later. Apple employees and workers worked in it for 90 hours a week, and it is one of the most important devices that Apple has created.

Even in the advertising presentation for the Macintosh, Steve Jobs was creative, as he presented a promotional advertisement using the device, which was characterized by a set of characteristics, such as graphics and font techniques, and its owner invented the mouse, windows, and menus. Dealing with the device spread at a faster pace than the first.

The promotional scene was in which the device gave Steve Jobs information and data and presented it to the masses as the father of the device with voice and text written on the screen.

The competing company, IBM, was eliminated, and Apple's Macintosh sales increased, despite the fact that its selling price was much higher than the device that IBM was selling, as the marketing price was $2,500.

Microsoft's entry into the competition

During the fierce war that was between Apple and IBM, and while Steve Jobs was preoccupied with defeating his competitor, there was another company whose fame loomed on the horizon, which was Microsoft, founded by Bill Gates.

Microsoft has made the computer operating system similar to the system invented by Apple called Windows. This angered Steve Jobs and made him accuse Bill Gates of theft and copying.

Steve Jobs fired from Apple

In the year 1985, an order was issued to dismiss Steve Jobs from work at Apple after a conflict arose between its officials over management and power in the company.

After the company achieved many successes and achievements, and after the Macintosh was manufactured and marketed, which achieved great success and huge profits for the company, its founder was expelled by the employees and workers he personally employed, such as Jones Calley, who was appointed by the CEO of Apple two years before the issuance of this decision, which He thought it was the perfect solution to get out of this hardship.

As for Steve Jobs, he was shocked and disappointed by this decision, which made him withdraw from the region as a whole and decided to start establishing his own business outside Apple and outside Silicon Valley.

Founding of Next

After the experience that Jobs had at Apple, he decided to embark on a new experiment called Next, or Next, a company he established in California's Preddio City, and he did not stray too far from the technological field in which he previously worked.

During the year 1988, Next launched its first device. The next company worked in the sector of producing and manufacturing a special type of device that works in the business and higher education markets. Two years later, a device smaller than the previous one was made, called Next station.

Despite this, the work of Next was not similar to Apple's achievement in terms of the profits achieved by Andaq, as it had only marketed 50,000 devices, which prompted it to stop the hardware production process in 1993.

After that, the company worked on another project called Next Step, which aims to improve the quality of innovative operating systems.

Work in the field of animation

After that, Steve Jobs decided to go to work in the field of animated films a year after the creation of Next, so he bought the Pixar studio and paid $ 10 million for that.

In addition to assuming a job on the board of directors of Disney World, Walt Disney, Pixar Studios and Walt Disney united to work on producing a successful and diverse group of animated films, such as Toy Story films in all its parts, and Bugs Life. In addition to Monsters Inc., and Nemo, it was a successful and distinguished business that made them famous and well-known.

Jobs' return to Apple, the union with Microsoft, and the beginning of a new technological era

After Steve Jobs left, Apple's situation did not improve at all but continued to suffer losses and setbacks until it lost its value in the market and reached 3 percent.

After Microsoft swept the market and dominated the technology sector with its Windows system by up to 95 percent, in the mid-nineties, it was clear that Steve Jobs was not the problem.

Meanwhile, Steve Jobs was summoned by CEO Gilbert Emilio, who was hired by Jones Kelly.

In the year 1997 August, the spiritual father and the first founder of Apple returned to criticize the company from the impasse in which it was located, as he worked on finding a plan to get the company out to safety, and the plan that we approach was considered a bit strange.

The plan that he thought about and determined to implement was to make the competing companies, Microsoft in the first place, and Apple form a strong and united team, and he invited Bill Gates to the conference, which appeared on the stage and was his guest.

Jobs' plan is based on both parties making a series of concessions or sacrifices, so to speak. Jobs had to implement his plan as required to cancel all the cases that he filed against Bill Gates regarding the Macintosh system.

In exchange for Bill Gates providing new and modern programs from Microsoft and giving them to Apple for use in its devices, he was also paid an amount of money estimated at $ 150 million.

The powerful return of Steve Jobs

After the success of his method of winning Microsoft, Steve Jobs announced that the Macintosh would be returned to the market, but with a new, more modern, and more effective version, as this version on offer can be used by children.

In addition to the fact that its price is not very high and everyone can buy it, as the price was 1300 dollars, the new version of the Macintosh was characterized by a set of new functions as it did not carry a CD player, but it contained a modem inside and an easy-to-use screen, and it was launched under the name “I Mac".

From here, devices began to be offered in different colors different from the usual gray, starting with the iMac, which appeared in different colors, as the circle of computers in the world expanded and spread more. This certainly affected the company's profits and led to a significant increase in a record period, thanks to Steve Jobs and his plan and smart planning.

New World and Technology Revolution

After the success achieved by Apple, and in the year 2001 in particular, Jobs worked to expand the circle of Apple's business, so he decided to enter the field of entertainment with its advanced devices.

He invented the iPod device, which in turn made him dominate the music market, achieving a breakthrough in the field of technology, and obtaining new markets for marketing his company's products.

The iPod invented by Jobs made Apple the leader in the music market as well, as about 275 million iPods were marketed, in parallel with the establishment of an online store to sell songs and albums called iTunes.

The single song is charged at $0.99, while the album is sold at $9.99, without negotiation. Finally, these prices were adopted in the music market for a certain period as a reference for the prices of songs and albums.

Steve Jobs is an ambitious person

Jobs is a personality, in addition to his genius and sophistication, he is also an ambitious person who did not stop at this point. In exactly the year 2007, on January 9, the first iPhone, invented by Steve Jobs, was unveiled. This device formed a real and impressive technological revolution that combines communication and working with the Internet at the same time.

This device constituted a technological revolution and was very popular with people, and the technology market knew an unparalleled crowd, as it was expressed that in a store if a person succeeded in acquiring the phone, he would go out waving it in the sky as if he had won a prize.

During the three years, about 75 million iPhone devices were marketed by Apple, as the device gained wide popularity and the iPhone became number one in the ranking of smart devices for communication and communication.

When Jobs was out of Apple, the company invented the iPad, but it failed, prompting Jobs to return and develop it in 2010, but this time a large amount of it was sold and was well received by users.

The death of Steve Jobs

On August 24, 2011, Steve Jobs left the company permanently and voluntarily left his position with it, after he was last seen on March 2, 2011, at the Apple conference, where he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in June 2004, and this was the last conference to appear. in it.

The date of October 5, 2011, was the day when Jobs left the world, he died leaving behind many achievements and innovations that changed the course of human life and more effective technical and scientific concepts emerged.

The death of Steve Jobs was a great loss to the world and to the technological field in particular. Steve Jobs had a strong, confident personality and insisted on achieving the impossible and worked for that throughout his life without getting bored or losing determination.

With his insistence, he presented the world with advanced devices that would not have been possible without the efforts of Steve Jobs, his genius, his acumen, and his strong belief in his abilities.