Your Thoughts on Steve Jobs
Rather than write about Jobs’ legacy, the effect he’s had on the Brazen team or his inspiring Stanford speech, we’d like to start a Brazen conversation.
The Web is buzzing about the news of Steve Jobs’ death.
But rather than write about his legacy, the effect this Apple co-founder has had on the Brazen team or his inspiring , we’d like to start a Brazen conversation.
We hope you’ll share with us in the comments your response to one of these questions:
What is Jobs’ greatest contribution?
How has Jobs changed what you’re accomplishing in this world?
What, if anything, do you think is missing from the conversation about Jobs’ passing?
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Mark Wiehenstroer says:
I’m not sure whether or not it’s missing in the conversation but I think from here on out the people at Apple (and other places) will ask themselves – What would Steve Jobs do about this matter (fill in the blank)? … and rightfully so. That’s a great way to be remembered.
Galfromdownunder says:
Jobs is also quoted as being prickly, a micromanager of the worst kind, domineering etc – attributes that would normally undo unless you’re calling the shots already (whether leading a company or a country). I shudder to think of nightmare bosses all over the world suddenly vindicated, resulting in a spike in employees jumping out of windows! (Did I say the W word?). So, can the story of Jobs and Apple be a textbook model for ushering a company gagged and bound to greatness, or is it a freaky one-off we should admire and but “do not try this in your office?”
Jrandom42 says:
My thoughts on Steve Jobs?
A raging egomaniac, who had such force and power of personality will that he was able to distort reality around himself and others and get them to share his vison. Not technically oriented as Bill Gates, he approached software and technology from an artistic or literary standpoint. In the “Revenge of the Nerds” he said Microsoft had no taste, but he was wrong. Apple would have gone under if it hadn’t been for Microsoft’s $150 million investment in 2000.
I still think his biggest mistake was in 1983, refusing to license the MacOS to Microsoft and port it to the x86 hardware platform. Microsoft would have done the heavy lifting to get it on the Intel platform and out to everybody. Apple could have collected licensing fees and royalties, and concentrated on innovating, and we could have had all the Mac’s goodies on the PC platform 28 years ago.
I stll remember what he was quoted asking John Sculley, when he was recruiting him to run Apple in 1983: “Do you want to continue to sell colored sugar water or do you want to change the world?” In light of that, Pepsi’s giving away 1 million downloads from iTunes last year was supremely ironic.
Learn Spanish 411 says:
To me, Steve Jobs was always inspiring and pushing ever onward each time making us second guess our selves whether technology could get even faster and cooler. An incredible man!
Weddingdresses says:
He is a big boy with so great talent and inspiration. I love him.
MT-Francis says:
He’s also human who makes mistakes but learns from it, and he did well on learning from those mistakes. He made great contributions to the way we live today. Steve Jobs became a great visionary, an inventor, an artist, an inspiration and a great man.