The desktop metaphor was invented because one, you were a stand-alone device, and two, you had to manage your own storage. That's a very big thing in a desktop world. And that may go away. You may not have to manage your own storage. You may not store much before too long.

Forbes estimated his net wealth at $8. Jobs apparently did not receive chemotherapy or radiation therapy. Steve Jobs was the marketing person.

Through Apple he was widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer of the personal computer revolution and for his influential career in the computer and consumer electronics fields transforming "one industry after another from computers and smartphones to music and movies. He has been referred to as "legendary" a "futurist" or simply "visionary" and has been described as the "Father of the Digital Revolution" a "master of innovation" and a "design perfectionist". He served as CEO and majority shareholder until Disney's purchase of Pixar in 2006.