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Steve Jobs Crowned "Person of the Decade"

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-if-smartmoney-says-so dept.

longacre writes "Apple CEO Steve Jobs won over 30% of the vote in an online poll published by personal finance and investing news site SmartMoney.com, enough to earn their 'Person of the Decade' title by a solid margin over luminaries such as Warren Buffett (17%), Ben Bernanke (13%) and Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page (12%). From the article: 'Certainly, Jobs accomplished more than probably any other CEO since he returned to Apple in the late 1990s: Not only did he revive sales at the failing computer company, he led the stock to a more than 700% increase in value, and forever changed the way people buy and listen to music.'"

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  1. I'd like to thank those gents (and ladies)... by stakovahflow · · Score: 3, Interesting

    at the FreeBSD foundation and those among us that helped improve OS X's source via the OpenDarwin project. (And then Steve Jobs gets credit? Not in my book...)

    Too dang bad Apple had to put it (the OpenDarwin project) down. As if over 90% of the kernel didn't come from the open source community...

    Those guys/gals who did all that code and testing are the ones who really deserve to take a bow...

    Oh, yeah, congrats Mr. Jobs.

    Good job giving no credit to the grunts toiling for your profit margin...

    Sorry to be a pessimist...

    Just a thought, though...

    --Stak

    --
    Holy happy hippy crap!
  2. Re:Am I crazy... by DeadDecoy · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Everyone tends to vote for the name they recognize the most rather than the person that contributes the most. However, to be fair, Jobs did oversee the rise of Apple; helped develop Pixar which helped create the new genre of computer animation; and pretty much ushered in digital music while gatekeepers (RIAA) sought to prove its illegitimacy and stop it. If all Apple did, was simply produce a music-based e-store, they'd be on the same level as napster or pandora. Fact is, Jobs has done a lot to change Apple, which has in turn, changed our culture. Personally, though, I would have picked Sergey Brin and Larry Page (for information distribution) or Warren Buffet.(for distribution of resources). While their names are less visible, think their work has been more essential in improving the fundamental aspects of our society.