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Woz was the engineering genius. Jobs was the visionary entrepreneur. They both needed each other.

• trevor99 15y ago
  He was not a visionary entrepreneur, that's the whole point. His vision led him to create product flops for 20 years. Markkula on the other hand got it correct with the Apple II from having the right industry knowledge.
  • comedian 15y ago
    Let's see. Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Barack Obama, Bob Iger, Rupert Murdoch, Michael Dell, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Steve Spielberg, Michael Bloomberg, Stephen Wolfram, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Dick Costolo, Steve Case, Marc Andressen, etc. They all think he's a visionary. Should I believe them or you?
    • Sandman 15y ago
      You should believe neither them nor trevor99. Look at the facts and draw your own conclusions.
      • comedian 15y ago
        Thanks for answering my rhetorical question.
  • yardie 15y ago
    Can you elaborate on what his flops were? LISA? kicked off the team Macintosh? I'm typing from one right now NEXTStep? considering the technology forms the foundation for OSX and iOS doesn't look like it flopped. AppleTV? it's doing better than it's competition, maybe. Apple Hifi? definitely. Pixar? I think other animation studios wish they could as good as their worst films. Over the course of his career most of his "flops" have turned out successful. He pumped millions of dollars over a decade to keep Pixar afloat. And it was him and his technical team at NEXT that turned the Mac into what it is today.