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Originally Posted by Prestidigitweeze
Here's the problem, Sil_liS: At this point, most of us were already aware of the examples you're offering (fixed iPhone screen size; Jobs' appropriation of ideas from Xerox/Parc and others; iDevices not having been created in a vacuum, etc.).
The difference is that you and I form antipodal conclusions about the trajectory of the data overall.
I could try to convince you of my POV and you mine, but each of us is still going to leave with his own opinion of Jobs' role. I think it will be much easier to discuss his contribution in 50 years when his personality and the dominance of Apple aren't deterrents to objectivity. We do the same thing now with similar catalysts and can be dispassionate (Coco Chanel, Henry Ford, Robert Moses, Louis Comfort Tiffany).
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I'm not trying to convince you of my point of view, I just think that you made wrong assumptions regarding what that point is.
The creative people don't need Jobs, or someone like him, companies do.