What now, Apple?

[Miriel]

I'm not sure how anything you've posted really contradicts the fact that this guy was an innovator and a game changer. MP3 Players were around, but the iPod was the first truly popular one. Smart phones were around, but none as popular and as influential as the the iphone. Tablets existed, but none of them defined the device as much as the iPad has done. There are other digitally animated films, but none of them as intensely beloved as Pixar's work. The fact that he's been such a driving force behind the popularization of these things is the very reason why people are saying that he changed people's day-to-day lives. Just because something exists, doesn't mean it's important. It only because important when it starts impacting people's lives. Steve Jobs impacted a lot of lives.

You say that he was a good businessman and marketer as though those things and inventor/innovator are mutually exclusive. They're not. He was an extraordinary business man. He was an extraordinary innovator. He was a creative powerhouse. It's not like the guy was there just to market apple products. He was literally the one whose vision was carried out from beginning to end. Design, functionality, marketing, etc.

And yes, I do believe Bill Gate's death would make an incredible impact. For me, Bill Gates is probably one of the best humans on the planet.

I get it if you're someone who doesn't use any of his products, so you're just like, "wtf? He was just a CEO". But saying that he was "simply" this or "simply" that seems pretty dismissive. He took a company on the verge of bankruptcy and then made it one of the most (if not THE MOST) profitable companies in the entire world. Simply good? Damn, talk about an understatement.

Like I said, I never even watched one of his presentations, never stood in line for any of his products, and know very little about him outside of his role as the head of Apple & Pixar. I have no emotional attachment to the guy. But god damn, I do believe the man was a genius.