John Sculley: 'Steve Jobs was misrepresented in popular culture'

The Telegraph ^ | August 31, 2015 | By Rhiannon Williams

[Swordmaker]

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Steve Jobs (L) and John Sculley, pictured in 1983 Photo: CAP/NFS

It goes without saying that Steve Jobs is perhaps the most famous business leader of the century, if not of all time. The late co-founder of Apple has become a deified figure since his death in 2011 aged 56 from pancreatic cancer, with each new product launch incurring a rash of ‘What Would Steve Do?’ think pieces and endless comparisons with current chief executive Tim Cook. Any new malicious rumour is ferociously slapped down by Apple’s PR team, his office in the company’s Infinite Loop Californian headquarters remains untouched from the day he left it.

[IncPen]

You see a cult.

I see a bunch of like-minded people trying to have a civil conversation while being attacked by disruptors who very well fit the description you’ve posted.

Perspective is everything.

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> I see a bunch of like-minded people trying to have a civil conversation while being attacked by disruptors who very well fit the description you’ve posted.

Ah, but you see, there's an important difference.

The disruptors (in this case, Apple-haters) don't have the wherewithal to have their own deified leader, their own sacred beliefs, their own systems of righteousness.

They merely tear down those who do have them, in this case the Jobs worshipers.

I happen to agree with the criticism that the more fervent Apple fans appear to be a cult. But my reaction is, "Who gives a sh*t? It's a free country. Be a cult, I don't care."

The disruptors, on the other hand, do everything they can to attack, because hating Apple is actually easier and more satisfying for them, than simply ignoring Apple and doing something productive with their time.

I have neither time for cultism, nor time for hatred. Both bore me to tears. I only comment here because your comment was quite on the mark.