[mikeryan]

My immediate thought on this comment was of was Steve Jobs but I’ve backed off a bit. The man seems to have been a bit of an asshole to some, the stories are numerous, but in some ways he seems different.

I think mostly because he didn’t seem devious, or self serving, just blunt and his mission was to the company or product more so than to himself.

[martythemaniak]

Hi died relatively young and before the general tech backlash, which is why people look back at him fondly. Had he lived, he would've been taken down many notches. I mean, rich asshole who verbally abuses and berates his staff, upgrades his Benz every six months so he doesn't need a license plate like the plebs AND parks exclusively in the disabled spot? That was never gonna fly.

[bredren]

Steve’s overriding mission was to the customer. He used his own taste as a proxy for customer goals.