Oh, I agree. Having a "smart friend" though is why we have Apple and not who-knows-what.

I was actually trying to make the point that he was exactly positioned because of his personality to find some level of greatness. That that greatness would end up being AAPL is, I claim, the "smart friend".

Jobs, for one, knew better to have smart friends, knew also how to push smart friends to do big things.

I am in no way trying to take Jobs down a notch.