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by PopAlongKid 1166 days ago
Compare to Edison, who was both an inventor and a successful businessman. His products are in use and delivering benefits to almost everyone in the world today.

All the laud for Jobs ignores that there is a sizable portion of people who don't use Apple products and do just fine. I've been using computers since the time when the only Apple Corp. was the Beatles' record label, and with one minor exception[0] have never felt the need to purchase any Apple computer product or software or MP3. I have eight computers, one MP3 player, and one smartphone at this time and they are all Linux or Windows or Android machines.

[0]One time many years ago I need software to play a video on short notice and paid for a license for Quicktime.