Steve Jobs honoured with bronze statue in Budapest - Polidicks

[quote]In the Hungarian capital, Steve Jobs has been cast in bronze. A Hungarian software company will unveil a bronze statue commemorating the co-founder of Apple on Dec. 21 in recognition of his leadership and vision, and appreciation for Jobs' support of the fledgeling firm while Hungary was still under communist rule. Graphisoft founder Gabor Bojar first met Jobs in 1984 at an information technology trade show in Germany, where the company founded behind the Iron Curtain in 1982 was presenting the first version of its ArchiCAD three-dimensional design software on Apple's Lisa computer. "Steve Jobs was very much convinced about the technology and he offered financial and also marketing support for the company," said Akos Pfemeter, Graphisoft's director of global marketing. "We received some financial support and Steve Jobs helped us distribute our products in the Apple distribution network." Hungarian sculptor Erno Toth's statue depicts Jobs, who died on Oct. 5, with all his trademark characteristics -- a mock turtleneck, jeans and sneakers, round glasses and well-trimmed stubble. Toth chose to show the inventor making one of his legendary product presentations, one arm outstretched, the other holding a remote control with an uncanny resemblance to an iPhone. "Jobs said that the hand is very important in a presentation and the hand is the intermediary energy between man and computer," Toth said while putting the finishing touches on the statue at the Leonardo Gold foundry in southern Budapest. "I liked his personality, and at the same time his temperament and movements were inspiring." The nearly 7-foot-tall (2-meter) statue weighing 485 pounds (220 kilograms) will be placed in Graphisoft Park, a Budapest complex home to several high-tech businesses. "His designs are also very attractive, so his memorial plaque will be in the shape of the iPad," Toth said, and will highlight a quote -- "The only way to do great work is to love what you do." Despite Hungarians' relatively low average income and the financial crisis sweeping across much of Europe, hundreds of thousands of Apple products have been sold in the country, and Jobs' death inspired tributes similar to others around the world. "I think it is very rare when someone dies -- maybe the last time it happened was with Michael Jackson -- that such a frenzy and so much empathy could be seen among people," said Andras Horvath, owner of XMS, one of Hungary's largest Apple retailers. "I feel that Jobs really changed not just the world of Apple but also the competitors' computers and telephones," Horvath said. "At some level, everyone feels his influence, his megalomania, his pursuit of perfection. This can be found in every IT product."[/quote] [url=http://edmonton.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20111210/steve-jobs-budapest-hungary-statue-111210/20111210/?hub=EdmontonHome]**SOURCE**[/url] [img]http://68kmla.org/forums/images/smilies/huh.gif[/img]

You just opened the flood gates for some anti-apple sentiment. This is really cool though, to see the kind of work Jobs did to help other companies.

I'm expressing a powerful anti-apple sentiment!

I prefer oranges over apples

Apple juice is delicious

Nice to do that if Jobs was that important to them.

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[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;33657415]I prefer oranges over apples[/QUOTE] I'm allergic to oranges, so I prefer apples.

Steve Jobs was a pretty cool guy. Too bad his corporation is full of pricks.

[QUOTE=xxncxx;33657421]Apple juice is delicious[/QUOTE] i remember when apples and blackberries were a fruit and i remember when eyes were not phones!!!

All you people are fooling yourselves, pomegranates are the superior fruit.

[QUOTE=aznz888;33657448]Steve Jobs was a pretty cool guy. Too bad his corporation is full of pricks.[/QUOTE]Wasn't he the biggest prick of them all though?

Eeewww, bronze, why not brushed aluminium with a glowing fruit logo in the center?

Who is the prickiest? The head prick or the pricks that follow the head prick?

[QUOTE=xxncxx;33657421]Apple juice is delicious[/QUOTE] You mean Steve Jobs semen?

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;33657581]You mean Steve Jobs semen?[/QUOTE] The [url]www.macrumors.com[/url] userbase would agree with that.

[QUOTE=Bambo.;33657573]Who is the prickiest? The head prick or the pricks that follow the head prick?[/QUOTE] Who is cockier? Cockhead or cock?

2nd generation statue coming out in 6 months.

[QUOTE=Jasun;33657628]2nd generation statue coming out in 6 months.[/QUOTE] It'll be shinier. Only improvement.

[QUOTE=Fatal-Error;33657570]Eeewww, bronze, why not brushed aluminium with a glowing fruit logo in the center?[/QUOTE] It's bronze to indicate he was the 3rd most important, obviously.

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;33657415]I prefer oranges over apples[/QUOTE] I prefer [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c1/ApricotComputersLogo.png/150px-ApricotComputersLogo.png[/img]s

so you wanna talk about fruits

[QUOTE=fruityfruit;33658007]so you wanna talk about fruits[/QUOTE] We don't need to hear about your dried prunes.

What a waste of precious bronze.

This is pretty cool.

This is it: [IMG]http://doublemesh.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Steve-Jobs-Statue-The-Making-Of-2-600x432.jpg[/IMG] It's actually really shitty.

This entire corporation is full of itself with their decent products that they hail are so unique and people who go this far are blinded by advertisement. It's gotten to the point where if you have any other media device than an Ipod it's unacceptable.

I got the impression that Steve Jobs was an asshole of a boss.

[QUOTE='[CWG]RustySpannerz;33658939']This is it: It's actually really shitty.[/QUOTE] Oh god that looks bad

[QUOTE=AceOfDivine;33659424]Oh god that looks bad[/QUOTE] Kind of fitting, don't you think :smug: