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Steve Jobs and Walt Disney parallels and similarities
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mousehockey37
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And what would you like for us to take from this?
It's a nice article on 2 innovators who total revitalized their industries, but what's the purpose of it here?
It's a nice article on 2 innovators who total revitalized their industries, but what's the purpose of it here?
Take what you want. I found it very interesting!And what would you like for us to take from this?
It's a nice article on 2 innovators who total revitalized their industries, but what's the purpose of it here?
KeithVH
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Hmmmm. While I can somewhat appreciate the story, to me Jobs was nothing more than someone who had the chance to take advantage of a situation (definitely not like the Woz designing logic circuits). But I guess he was smart enough to steal the appropriate ideas from PARC.
OTOH, Walt was a freakin' creative genius. That's pretty much recognized fact and history.
You see these articles pop up somewhat regularly. I think there are some trying way to hard to build and maintain a personality cult arounds Jobs.
OTOH, Walt was a freakin' creative genius. That's pretty much recognized fact and history.
You see these articles pop up somewhat regularly. I think there are some trying way to hard to build and maintain a personality cult arounds Jobs.
FettFan
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Pfft. Walt Disney was an innovator and thinker.
Steve Jobs was just a salesman, little more than Vince the ShamWow guy.
He made his millions from the work of much smarter and more talented people under him, and could no more explain the actual workings of an iPhone than Colonel Sanders could explain contemporary farming techniques and how they are impacted by the Department of Agriculture.
Steve Jobs was just a salesman, little more than Vince the ShamWow guy.
He made his millions from the work of much smarter and more talented people under him, and could no more explain the actual workings of an iPhone than Colonel Sanders could explain contemporary farming techniques and how they are impacted by the Department of Agriculture.
KeithVH
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I dunno about that. Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin changed the way the world lived. But yet we don't worship them as demi-gods the way people gush over Jobs (for some unknown reason). If it's about owning a product, think about cars. Yet Henry Ford and Walter Chrysler don't hold any exalted position in our culture. Maybe it's more about people today, in general, don't really know what is of value and what isn't?
luv
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He fact that you know who those people are, so long after they died, shows that as a society, they were and still are valued.
And technology (not necessarily Apple, of course) is saving many lives, both in the military and the hospitals.
Plus, I can listen to AC/DC while I surf these boards, so that's way cool, too.
Hardly any point to life if it isn't fun! 
englanddg
One Little Spark...
At one point they did, so much so that their last names were the brands they sold, and are still sold and marketed today.
englanddg
One Little Spark...
By many accounts, so was Disney.
luv
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But the iPad is great.