[dchichkov]

That is not the answer to the question that I had asked. The question is, if you have to choose, which world would be the sadder place? World without Jobs or world without Woz?

The reason to ask that question is because it gives a clue, which person and which principles we ought to celebrate more.

[mattlutze]

Maybe it was the wrong question to ask.

Why does either need to be celebrated more? Vision and perseverance, determination and resolve, integrity and magnanimity are all culturally celebrated virtues.

To honor one man while denying the other is to ignore part of what made that endeavor the success it was.

[sammathews]

Well said.

[dchichkov]

I don't know. I've seen real damage done by somebody trying to imitate mercurial and ruthless aspects of Jobs. And let me remind you that Jobs was not afraid of telling direct lies to his partners "... Jobs told him that Atari gave them only $700 (instead of the offered $5,000), and that Wozniak's ...". I really really don't know....

[mattlutze]

^^ This is exactly why we at least need to talk about both men when trying to emulate the Apple phenomenon. Probably a few others from the last decade as well. Apple didn't happen because of Jobs (full stop).

Jobs was but one part, and emulating only him will leave almost anyone miserable, despised, lonely and broke.