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Hungarian software company casts Jobs in bronze to remember him

A Hungarian software company named Graphisoft has decided to erect a bronze bust of Steve Jobs in the country's capital of Budapest to celebrate the life and times of Apple's founder. Graphisoft's founder first met Jobs back in 1984, and Jobs has since offered lots of advice, insight, and even financial help to Graphisoft, even while Hungary was under communist rule. The statue will depict Jobs standing and making a presentation, with one arm stretched out and some sort of iPhone-like remote in his other hand.

The statue, which will stand 7 feet tall and have a plaque in the shape of an iPad on it, will be placed in an area called Graphisoft Park, where a number of other commercial technical firms are also located. The plaque will also bear a quote from Jobs himself: "The only way to do great work is to love what you do."

Touching. We didn't really expect to ever see a Jobs statue in Budapest, but clearly Jobs touched quite a few lives all over the world.



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ArchiTAD

As a 23+ year user of Graphisoft's ArchiCAD software program, I fully understand the connection to, and respect of, that Graphisoft has for Steve. Graphisoft Park is a beautiful commercial park located within the heart of Budapest, along the banks the ancient Danube river. Within the park, is a collection of beautiful and technologically innovative buildings, all created with ArchiCAD. The founder of Graphisoft, and original programmer of ArchiCAD, Gabor Bojar, literally smuggled a couple of Apple computers into then communist Hungary, on which he created and then marketed ArchiCAD — fascinating story! I've had the privilege of visiting Graphisoft Park and meeting Gabor and the great people at Graphisoft and will be planning another trip to see the tribute statue of Steve Jobs. Thanks Graphisoft!

December 15 2011 at 10:44 AM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
Tim M.

The new Apple headquarters is going to be a big circle. If there's not something of him like this in the center of it, then I will be upset.

December 15 2011 at 4:17 AM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
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