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To: Swordmaker

I agree. Aside from co-inventing the single-board PC(and forever changing the world forever), and single-handedly inventing digital publishing (and thereby changing the world forever), downloadable music by the song (and thereby changing the world forever), directing the invention of a Unix (NeXTSTEP - one with plug ‘n drivers, etc.) that is useful on PCs at his Next, Inc. company (and thereby changing the world forever) , inventing the iphone, ipod, and ipad (and thereby changing the world forever), and saving Disney by having his Pixar company merge with (actually subsume) Disney, Steve Jobs didn’t do squat.

Reference: “Jobs” by Walter Isaacson


12 posted on 03/16/2015 11:04:07 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: catnipman

Downloadable music by the song was marketed long before iPple got into the game.


14 posted on 03/16/2015 1:38:44 PM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: catnipman

I read that book, good read. You left out a few inventions of Jobs. Most notably, inventing the Apple Store retail experience. At the time, pundits said they would fail. Hugely successful. Microsoft copied Apple, with the Microsoft Store (same look and feel); but left out the part about filling the store with something folks want. Apple makes more money per square foot in their stores than anyone else (changing the world forever).


22 posted on 03/16/2015 6:26:22 PM PDT by roadcat
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