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Should Steve Jobs be placed on the list of great inventors?
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Not Yet.
Most of the people on that list, it took a while to understand what they brougth to the table.
What did Steve Jobs invent? Directly... He brought Apple back from the brinks, to get it to the place it has today.
Apple as a company has built some amazing devices, and have changed a lot of things.
But did Steve himself build them? There is no doubt he had ideas and influence.
Time... Time will dictate what direct impact Steve the individual had.
There is no doubt, he is one of the great minds of the industry.... But was his positioning of the product, the marketting aspects that put the iPod above all other players... is that what started the trend? (as we all know the iPod wasn't the first mobile mp3 player).
Time... too soon...
And this isn't to say that he doesn't belong... eventually..
I just think we need to see what happens now... does the innovation continue? Does the dominance continue? Can all paths be traced back to Steve? (Or most paths)
Most of the people on that list, it took a while to understand what they brougth to the table.
What did Steve Jobs invent? Directly... He brought Apple back from the brinks, to get it to the place it has today.
Apple as a company has built some amazing devices, and have changed a lot of things.
But did Steve himself build them? There is no doubt he had ideas and influence.
Time... Time will dictate what direct impact Steve the individual had.
There is no doubt, he is one of the great minds of the industry.... But was his positioning of the product, the marketting aspects that put the iPod above all other players... is that what started the trend? (as we all know the iPod wasn't the first mobile mp3 player).
Time... too soon...
And this isn't to say that he doesn't belong... eventually..
I just think we need to see what happens now... does the innovation continue? Does the dominance continue? Can all paths be traced back to Steve? (Or most paths)
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I voted not sure. Steve really didn't invent anything. Even the Apple 1 that he and Woz built and marketed, wasn't an 'invention' - several other micros were developed and marketed in that time frame. Their's just led down the trail to bigger things.
However, he did have a major effect on several technologies: printing, music, software sales, cellphones. . .
While Guttenberg is credited with inventing the printing press (movable type), Jobs exploded the printing market with fonts and computer graphics.
He did the same with music - Sony had both the players and music content but they couldn't do what Jobs did to revolutionize the music market and the way we buy and listen to music today.
However, he did have a major effect on several technologies: printing, music, software sales, cellphones. . .
While Guttenberg is credited with inventing the printing press (movable type), Jobs exploded the printing market with fonts and computer graphics.
He did the same with music - Sony had both the players and music content but they couldn't do what Jobs did to revolutionize the music market and the way we buy and listen to music today.
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I was curious as to how to vote... then I read the above and it was clear.Earl Bonovich said:
I voted "Not Sure."
~Alan
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The question I ask myself was how I would have voted when I was in the fifth grade. Voted no.
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I agree with the above. Jobs and Woz invented the Apple "pc" in their garage, and that started it all, but when it comes to the later products, isn't it more that he managed many individual projects really well, by assembling teams of creative thinkers, design specialists, etc., and collaboratively the Apple company invented the great devices so many people call revolutionary today?Steve said:
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OK, I should have continued reading past Steve's post (our Steve!Earl Bonovich said:
) before replying but agree with Earl as well. Take his last sentence... does everything trace back to Steve and Woz in the garage? If so, then you have to credit Steve AND Woz as the great inventors, right?
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Overall an interesting list. I honestly am not a big fan of Edison, most of what he invented was actually invented by someone else in his lab. Tough he certainly did some major things himself.
I don't think I'd put Jobs on the list, but would add Tesla.
I don't think I'd put Jobs on the list, but would add Tesla.
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I'm not really sure. Did he invent anything or was he the guiding hand.
Thomas Edison was an inventor. Does Steve Jobs fit that definition of an inventor?
Honestly. I don't know if Steve Jobs has any inventions to his name. :shrug:
Mike
Thomas Edison was an inventor. Does Steve Jobs fit that definition of an inventor?
Honestly. I don't know if Steve Jobs has any inventions to his name. :shrug:
Mike
I'm not sure how someone who didn't invent something can be on a list of all time inventors? He was a great marketer and CEO, but nothing he Apple has released is evolutionary. Every single product that was released was already in the world before Apple released it.
Apple reminds me of those BASF commercials: We don't make a lot of the products you buy. We make a lot of the products you buy better.
Apple reminds me of those BASF commercials: We don't make a lot of the products you buy. We make a lot of the products you buy better.
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