With Steve Jobs’ passing, last week was a sad one for the technology industry, which owes much of its current success to him and will remain forever diminished by this event. Even as people talk about his uniqueness, they also don’t seem to get that he can’t be replaced like you would replace a shoe or a shirt. Teams are complex, and the team that ran Apple was uniquely successful and powerful. Without Jobs, it is diminished; we just don’t know how much yet.
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Passing the Torch at Apple and HP
Posted by: Rob Enderle October 10, 2011 05:00 AMWith Steve Jobs’ passing, last week was a sad one for the technology industry, which owes much of its current success to him and will remain forever diminished by this event. Even as people talk about his uniqueness, they also don’t seem to get that he can’t be replaced like you would replace a shoe or a shirt. Teams are complex, and the team that ran Apple was uniquely successful and powerful. Without Jobs, it is diminished; we just don’t know how much yet.