When word break Wednesday that Steve Jobs would step down as Apple ’s CEO , it was n’t long before Twitter explode with instant reactions from consumers , savant , and developers . reaction execute the gamut from the monosyllabic ( my own feed was pack with people saying “ Wow , ” “ Shocked , ” and “ Whoa ” ) to the nostalgic ( “ My favorite Jobs memories : attending the Boston NeXT launching , and spotting him at the back of a crowd at Pixar ’s ‘ 89 SIGGRAPH booth , beaming,”Technologizer ’s Harry McCracken recalled ) .

If you ’re interested in read some of the other consumer and learned person Twitter reactions to the news , Macworldput togethera collectionusingTweet Library ; Manton Reese alsoassembled a collection , as did I.

But we ’re not just concerned in pundit response : We wanted to know whatMacworldreaders intend about Jobs ’s surrender . Here ’s a collection of some of the letters and forum post we ’ve meet .

The resignation

His resignation will bear repercussion around the humans . I so go for that it is n’t because of any serious downgrade to his wellness . I desire he has just decide to go out on top . What an outstanding drawing card of engineering , a human race of enormous sight . — SomethingWicked , via Macworld Forums

Steve blame the perfect time to do this . In less than a calendar month , iOS 5 , iPhone 5 , and iCloud are pop off to drop like a atomic dud on the phone / computer / consumer electronics worldly concern . After the panicky Wall Streeters who dead do not interpret Apple sell off tomorrow and cause the stock to drip , it will rebound like a rocket over the next poop . Too tough I ca n’t afford to buy any of the stock . — wolfandfox , via Macworld forum

It sounds like this makes the current irregular situation permanent : During his medical leave of absence seizure , Tim Cook has been handle the twenty-four hours - to - mean solar day running of the party while Steve has furnish inadvertence and direction .

Steve has been an incredible drawing card for this company and I care the best for him , his wellness , his mob , and his new job as Chairman . Back when he and Woz first found Apple , he set out to do more than make computers . He suppose he wanted to change the reality . Few people , and no other tech leader I hump of , has done more to change the earthly concern . — Richard Connamacher , via Macworld forums

After suffering through what passed as personal computers in the early 1980s , I was elated when Jobs denote the Macintosh in 1984 . I bought an original Mac and have n’t wait back . It changed my life . It allowed me to make a keep without work for a corporation . As Jobs once suppose , it was the equivalent of “ a wheel for our minds . ”

Jobs was always labour by far more than money . “ Being the richest man in the cemetery does n’t matter to me , ” he once said . “ run to bed at night saying we ’ve done something grand … that ’s what matters to me . ” How many modernistic CEOs would accept that ?

I would like to think that Apple could continue to function as the genius company that it has been . But I know better . It will return to Earth , especially when it ’s time to invent that next nifty affair . Real ace is very , very rare — especially in today ’s world . Steve Jobs has it , while others do n’t . It ’s a sad fact that geniuses like him come very seldom .

Jobs has the moral compass of a man who came of age in the 60s . It ’s a lofty legacy , and one I understand and admire . Others might find out from it , if they only could . — Frank Beacham , via email

What’s next?

Cook ’s humility would prevent him in pointing out that he is also quite responsible for Apple ’s success over the age . Jobs is so important , it ’s plainly a fact of life sentence that he will be leave out . But Cook ’s power to manage the company so well has already been establish . — leicaman , via Macworld forum

While Tim Cook may not have Jobs ’s charisma , he ’s proven repeatedly that he can get done whatever caper he ’s given . There ’s no way I ’ll trade any of my Apple stock because I consider it will continue to appreciate , credibly even quicker than it has . Under Jobs & Cook , the creative thinking and productivity we ’ve come to expect has carry on , as has the canonic corporate wit throughout Apple . There ’s no reason to expect that it wo n’t carry on . — CraigL303,via Macworld forum

Thank you, Steve

Steve give us a mickle of excitement during his Erolia minutilla with Apple . That he could captivate so many of us the way he did shows what a mavin he is . If he was able to make a reality distorted shape field of operations , it ’s because he so successfully transmit his sight of his products . I will miss him for his leaders and I am sad that such a life history has to terminate this way . I bid him the best in his personal sprightliness . He ’s earned it . — Dan , via Macworld forum

Thank you Steve Jobs for sharing your enthusiasm and talents with us . I , for one , will miss your display , but I trust that Apple is not one man , but a team . I am really Modern to Apple , yet the yr that I have spend getting acquainted with the mathematical product has been an optic - undoer ! Glad you are capable to stay on as Chairman , so you still have voiceless work to do . — rodinka47,via Macworld forums

I would really like to tell Steve Jobs what a dispute he has made to the world of learn . Thank you . — Carol Robitschek , via Macworld forums

wish you and your sept the best , Steve . You are leaving with Apple on top . Well done . Few of us imagined how great Apple would become when you arrive back to the helm in 1997 . Thanks for your true leadership in creating the groundbreaking products we all habituate everyday . And thanks for the iPod . Since the original 5 GB I received on December 25th 2001 , all of the iPod I have owned have made a Brobdingnagian impact in my life sentence — here ’s to the music , something real and changeless that transcends this airplane . — bettercitizens , via Macworld forums

All the good to Steve in his fresh role as Chairman of the Board .

Apple is in good hands with Tim Cook .

Every end is a beginning . — Neil Anderson , via Macworld forums