oldpiper
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Lots of posts (67 so far) in the Steve Jobs thread, but many of them are, IMHO, OT, going into the reasons to (not) be a fanboy about one company or another.
SJ may not have been the best technical guy in the world; SJ may not have been the best programmer in the world; SJ may not have been the best bean counter in the world; SJ may not have been the best traditional CEO in the world; SJ may not have been the best (insert any of a bunch of computer-company-centric job titles here) in the world.
But, IMHO, this is why Steve Jobs really *did* change the world:
Anything which has really changed the world has had three people involved, almost always three *different* people:
1 Someone to make it.
Maybe the same person who came up with the theory or the design, but the person who finally built it so it worked.
2 Someone to figure out something to do with it.
Maybe the same person as 1, but probably not. Sometimes persons 1 and 2 are separated by years, even tens or hundreds of years.
3. Someone to show everyone else that they can use number 2's application on number 1's thing for themselves, too.
Again not necessarily the same person as number 1 or 2. But, you need someone who can "cut through the crap" and convince people that not only is the "thing" in question a great thing, and not only can things be done with it that are in themselves great, but that mere mortals can acquire it and do similar great things. Then you can change the world, because then the "thing" can inspire MANY others to think, not only to figure out applications for the "thing" which even further evolve it, but some of them will repeat steps 1, 2, and 3 for the NEXT great thing.
Steve Jobs was the essence of person number 3. He changed the world.
Cameron
SJ may not have been the best technical guy in the world; SJ may not have been the best programmer in the world; SJ may not have been the best bean counter in the world; SJ may not have been the best traditional CEO in the world; SJ may not have been the best (insert any of a bunch of computer-company-centric job titles here) in the world.
But, IMHO, this is why Steve Jobs really *did* change the world:
Anything which has really changed the world has had three people involved, almost always three *different* people:
1 Someone to make it.
Maybe the same person who came up with the theory or the design, but the person who finally built it so it worked.
2 Someone to figure out something to do with it.
Maybe the same person as 1, but probably not. Sometimes persons 1 and 2 are separated by years, even tens or hundreds of years.
3. Someone to show everyone else that they can use number 2's application on number 1's thing for themselves, too.
Again not necessarily the same person as number 1 or 2. But, you need someone who can "cut through the crap" and convince people that not only is the "thing" in question a great thing, and not only can things be done with it that are in themselves great, but that mere mortals can acquire it and do similar great things. Then you can change the world, because then the "thing" can inspire MANY others to think, not only to figure out applications for the "thing" which even further evolve it, but some of them will repeat steps 1, 2, and 3 for the NEXT great thing.
Steve Jobs was the essence of person number 3. He changed the world.
Cameron
