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Apple fanboys and fangirls, did you just lose a little faith in Apple's ability to innovate?
As I reflect on the death of Steve Jobs, I'm realizing how much he himself game me confidence that if I committed to the Mac platform, they would continue to innovate. I'm noticing I don't have as much confidence now in this (not that there's any evidence that they can't continue to innovate). What do you think?
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I'm not an Apple "fanboy", so I may not be qualified to answer your question. But I will anyway.
Steve Jobs was obviously a dynamic, charismatic, demanding (define that however you like) leader. He had great vision and set high standards. But he alone was not Apple. Apple is and will continue to be thousands of very smart and dedicated people who have great ideas. The legacy that Jobs left at Apple is that he set the bar for excellence. And from this point forward Apple will continue to surpass the mark he left.
I'm a fangirl, and therefore slightly biased, but 100% agree with Robert's statement.
Steve Jobs was a great leader, but there is an incredible amount of smart and innovative people that work at Apple. He may have had the vision for the iPhone, but I don't for one second believe that he was the only person on that team working on the idea and prototype. As a former employee, I feel that he has left a wonderful legacy built on hard work and innovation that will continue to inspire great products in the future.
Caty and Robert, I guess my concern is not around Apple's incremental product innovation but they next time they have take a major step or a major risk. I guess Tim Cook will have to take up that mantel.
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