For those of us who lived during the time when personal computers had yet to exist (there was such a time?), Steve Jobs was not a legend then.
Those were the days when there were many, a legion of innovators and trail blazers who created an industry from a geek hobby.
But Steve Jobs and Bill Gates were like Pepsi and Coca-Cola. Bill Gates went “commercial” and Steve Jobs stayed true to the path of the trailblazers. Frankly, the world today would really not be the same if not for these two gentlemen. The PC would have remained a toy if there were no Bill Gates, but the PC would not have become so much a part of our lives without Steve Jobs.
While Bill Gates brought the PC to new heights for work, Steve Jobs brought it deep into our lives and our imagination. In a speech in 2007, Steve Jobs made a cheeky statement that if not for his dabbling in caligraphy, proportioned fonts would not have come to the Mac, and since Microsoft just copied everything they did, then the PC would not look as good today.
While it may be that we might have gotten to where we are today without Steve Jobs, but the journey would have been much, much longer; and so much more boring.
As Steve Jobs retire to relax, recuperate and enjoy his own time; we will always remember his contributions. He has made work more fun. He has made life more fun.
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