I didn’t know where to post this. But I just heard it on the news.
Oh man. I can’t believe the news. He has done so much for the Pixar family. He will be missed. I’m gonna go sulk for a minute or so. 
Wow. That really puts it all into perspective…I honestly have no clue how to feel or think about this. I feel like I should be crying. I’m not much of an Apple user, but without Jobs we very likely would never have had Pixar the way we know it today, or at all.
man, what a disaster! Pixar lost another employee! First it was Glenn McQueen, then it was Joe Ranft, and now Steve Jobs!! 
I found out just now on t.v. Sad sad day teared up a bit. RIP Steve Jobs you were true innovator. Not only did you make Pixar what it is today but you were the Walt Disney of Technology.
Found out when drudge report beeped on my iPod!!
Goodbye Mr. Innovator.
Read that eariler. He was a great mind. R.I.P. Steve Jobs.
Imagine what he could’ve done if he lived for another 50 years. It’s a shame. And the thing is, most people don’t even realize his Pixar connection. Without Jobs, we wouldn’t have Woody or Buzz- or the awesome computers on which to create such characters.
I hope Brave is deticated to him.
We’re getting the news in Japan about the death of Steve Jobs on CNNj. This is becoming the worst year ever for deaths.
Without Steve Jobs there wouldn’t Luxo Jr that put Pixar on the Planet.
I wish there is a cure for cancer.
RIP Steve Jobs. You made the world a better place by incubating Pixar.
Check out Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford Commencement Address.
youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc
I’m a fan of Pixar on Facebook and they just posted this:
“Steve Jobs was an extraordinary visionary, our very dear friend and the guiding light of the Pixar family. He saw the potential of what Pixar could be before the rest of us, and beyond what anyone ever imagined. Steve took a chance on us and believed in our crazy dream of making computer animated films; the one thing he always said was to simply ‘make it great.’ He is why Pixar turned out the way we did and his strength, integrity and love of life has made us all better people. He will forever be a part of Pixar’s DNA. Our hearts go out to his wife Laurene and their children during this incredibly difficult time.”
- John Lasseter, Chief Creative Officer & Ed Catmull, President, Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios
I posted this on another forum:
While I have little respect for Apple and the way they conduct their business, Steve Jobs really was a legendary man. While computers were around long before he gained prominence, he saw their potential and unleashed PC’s to the world. It is because of his passion and determination that the ideas behind his technology are in abundance today. Jobs saw the potential in mouse-driven computer interfaces, and continued to make personal computer use easier for the world.
Without Steve Jobs, we wouldn’t have such a wide variety of smartphones on the market. Tablet PC’s, mp3/mp4 players and TV media storage would exist, but only in niche markets. Pixar probably wouldn’t have found the money to make their first movie and computer-animated films wouldn’t be as common as they are today.
An important figure in all facets of technology as it is today, he will be missed.
Walt Disney was the first person I thought about after I heard he passed away. They were both extarodinary people who passed to soon. I know that there have been and are a lot of visionarys in this world, but they were at the top of the list IMO.
I couldn’t believe it when i heard the news. but I head to read it on like 3 other news sites before I’ve come to grasp with the truth. I hope Pixar does something special for him for Brave.
Steve Jobs was an incredible man who has inspired me throughout the years. Not because he was successful, not because of the commonly used products and coorporations he helped to build, because he was truly having fun with his life. I feel as if Steve Jobs was the fun-loving successful uncle we all had. Watching Steve pass away is like watching a family member pass away. He will surely be missed and loved forevermore.
-Nick
Just found out about it 10 min ago while looking on the net here about another local man involved in a rampage at the big quarry in Cupertino.
Jobs didn’t figure that prominently in The Pixar Story and I wonder why? He has been described as an entrepreneur who took a chance with some of his millions on this small group. Initially he didn’t even know what they were doing, at first I think he thought it would involve a new form of computing to get the animation job done. Maybe that what was attracted him to Lasseter’s bunch in the first place. That was sort of what he was doing when he invested in the Next system, after talking to biologist Paul Berg about the future of computing in scientific research. This is something I’m very interested in, but I wouldn’t have bet the bank on it, too limited a market and something that only a behemoth like HP could have funded and supported at that time.
One of the local San Jose Mercury News columnists teetered tonite in his column between helpful Apple products and making lots of money and Jobs the man, but he seemed flummoxed in not being able to zero in what has just happened (for example, he didn’t even mention Pixar, or the “think different” concept). Sort of like how all the pundits in this country were able to say much of anything significant when Mao Tse-Tung died. They knew it and were at least honest enough to say so. But in the next few days I doubt many of the same sort of pundits, even the techie ones, will be able to admit their failure in understanding the man and his mission.
Especially interesting is what Jobs was up to, what was he planning next, flush with all the capital from his recent successes. It may be quite a long time before we know that answer.
They don’t need to fly the flag at half mast. Maybe flying a picture of the unhappy Chuckles would be proper.
This is a man who made so much for the word, and for some people in particular, including all of us.
Without him, Pixar wouldn’t exist as we know it, and we wouldn’t be talking here.
It’s a shame someone with so much potential had to die so young, when there are killers and wicked tyrants out there. But he did something so big for humanity that I think he has been, in fact, rendered as an immortal being.
[size=200]Thanks, Mr. Jobs.[/size]
It’s still wsee such a great mind die so young.
Here’s Pixar response:
—John Lasseter, Chief Creative Officer & Ed Catmull, President, Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios
Even if you wern’t a fan of Apple and their products, you’ve got to hand it to him for how he tried to change this world. At least he’ll be remembered for tons of things, like Pixar and Apple. I found out about this after seeing the front page on Apple’s website while using a Mac in college. Definitely came as a shock to me because he was without a doubt, a great person. Hope he rests peacefully in iHeaven.