fanboys out of control

I just read an article on BBC about the death of Steve Jobs. I appreciate that it is sad that a shrewd businessman died young after battling cancer, and left a family behind. What I can't appreciate is the idiotic adulation by half the world of this man. It really portrays how fickle and shallow so many people are. I could really rant on and on and on about this for a while, but I'm schreibfaul right now. I'll just paste in two comments made in response to the article. The first is reminiscent of the vast majority of the comments, and depicts well how out of control this iDolization issue is. The second comment represents one of the sensible readers.

1) there are souls in Apple product, that's the core difference with the others in the industry, I also feel passion when I am using Apple products, there are very few things in the world can make you feel the way apple could do. I am so sorry to hear this news and I believe steve now is in everyone's heart, this is the truth and will never change.R.I.P, Steve, there is only one Steve in the world.

2) The day some obscure nobel medicine price winner will be given such an emotional tribute at the time of his/her demise, I will fell so much better.
For instance, Ralph M. Steinman, the canandian immunologist, just died in what, compared to Mr Jobs tribute, sounds like complete oblivion. Still his relentless efforts of a lifetime might contribute at saving the lives of so many iphone owners.