Wow, just wow......that's about the most immature and inaccurate comment I've ever seen here at Amiga.org and that says a lot about the author.
It isn't that important to me what he thinks.
I definitely did not play the kind of role Jobs did in the industry.
Although the firm I was working for in the '80's did build multitasking 68K based systems with an X-Windows based GUI.
Unlike higher priced Amiga and Apple offerings, our base four user system started at slightly less than $1000.
As Apple and PC systems have become essentially identical commodity priced appliances, I miss the days when hardware was more diverse.
However, once everything reached a fairly high of competence, the particulars became somewhat irrelevant.
Buying a computer these days is about as exciting as shopping for an air conditioner.
Software COULD make a difference, BUT OSX offers no real advantage over any competing solution. So if you want to pay a premium for your perceptions...
Anyway, at least insulting Steve these days doesn't get you a phone call (thanks to the fact that he's DEAD).
I still remember the conversations I had with the producer of the film "The Hurt Locker" after making the mistake of calling him a whiner online.
AND he had a point (film makers invest money to make a profit, without that, no high budget films).
So, if Steve is to be missed, maybe its not so much for his well polished, if stolen, product ideas.
Its those random phone calls that he would make in his defense that are to be admired.
"Intense personality" has many definitions (not all good), but Jobs was definitely intense.
