[mentos]

Pixar - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixar

"..the Image Computer never sold well.[21] Inadequate sales threatened to put the company out of business as financial losses grew. Jobs invested more and more money in exchange for an increased stake in the company, reducing the proportion of management and employee ownership until eventually, his total investment of $50 million gave him control of the entire company."

I highly recommend reading 'Creativity, Inc. - Ed Catmull' which talks about how Pixar was formed.

[whatshisface]

Steve Jobs is probably the only person in recent human history that you would actually want to have controlling your company instead of you.

[rafiki6]

No. He was a huge jerk. I'd prefer someone who is just as brilliant and less of a jerk. They exist, I've worked with them and they have contributed far more to society than building over priced toys. Let's stop giving credit to this a-hole.

[rafiki6]

I don't know why this got down voted. It seems people don't appreciate honest opinions here. There's more evidence that he was a jerk than there isn't. He didn't need to be a jerk. His company doesn't contribute a net positive to the world. They haven't necessarily made computing more accessible especially since the primarily target a higher end market, and offer a very closed system/ecosystem. I stand by my argument. Steve Jobs was an a-hole and other equally intelligent business leaders who aren't a-holes could have done what he did.

[klohto]

> they have contributed far more to society than building over priced toys

You consider this honest opinion?

[rafiki6]

It is an opinion and it is honest. So yes. If you don't share it about Apple products great.