Re:The History of the iPhone on its 10th Anniversary [audio]
by user837387 on Monday January 09, 2017 @12:18PM
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He was an asshole that happened to be right several times in his career. First with Apple, then with Pixar, then again with Next and Apple. Your are being disingenuous by trying to paint it like he was just lucky.
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Re:The History of the iPhone on its 10th Anniversary [audio]
by Swizec on Monday January 09, 2017 @12:28PM
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I'm not saying he got lucky, I'm saying it's obvious he was right in hindsight and impossible to tell in foresight.
Re:The History of the iPhone on its 10th Anniversary [audio]
by sangnoir on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @06:13AM
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Being correct thrice is not proof that he was not lucky, after all, there's a man who was struck by lightning 7 times through no effort or genius on his part.
I'm not saying Jobs was not smart - but chance and luck was a huge factor in his successes. He wouldn't have had his come-back had Apple bought BeOS rather than Next.