Steve Jobs

Nothing like having a bucket of cold water thrown at your hero. My first Mac was an SE, wrote my PhD dissertation on it, and I've never managed to escape the Mac universe. Not that I expected all to be rosy in wonderland, nor am I big into hero worship, but I had a lot of admiration for Jobs. But wow, too bad he was such an ass. I started reading the book before the Foxconn revelations, and that REALLY disappointed me. But you can't take the marketing genius and vision away from the man, and it remains go be seen if his shoes can be filled. While reading this biography, I also started Wozniak, Steve Wozniak's autobiography - the contrast was enlightening and gave me a much better feel for the context in which the Mac was developed. And what a sweetheart! But it's clear Wozniak would not have put Apple on the map like Jobs did. Does the end justify the means?