Why Jobs is no Edison

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Post by hammock » Tue, Oct 04, 2011, 4:59 PM UTC

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Post by sehugg » Tue, Oct 04, 2011, 5:10 PM UTC

Apple II would have been impossible without innovations by Xerox’s PARC

Minor quibble; the author is probably talking about the Mac -- not the Apple II, which predates the PARC visit by at least two years.

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Post by j45 » Tue, Oct 04, 2011, 5:25 PM UTC

More like, Why Jobs is no Tesla, Edison took credit for the work of others.

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Post by raganwald » Tue, Oct 04, 2011, 5:28 PM UTC

This is a response to another article that made the comparison. Given that neither Apple nor Jobs have suggested Jobs is an Edison, and given that I haven’t heard anyone calling Jobs an Edison outside of the article this author cites, I’d call this “Feeding a troll.”

Sure, one person called Jobs an Edison, but it doesn’t feel particularly worthy of a reply, much less of a spot on the HN front page.

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Post by chugger » Tue, Oct 04, 2011, 5:31 PM UTC

That's right, Steve's no Edison. Steve's better than Edison.

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Post by william42 » Tue, Oct 04, 2011, 5:32 PM UTC

j45 wrote: post #3

More like, Why Jobs is no Tesla, Edison took credit for the work of others.

But Jobs took credit for the work of others(Wozniak) too.

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Post by frankus » Tue, Oct 04, 2011, 5:40 PM UTC

Both men led organizations that took the "raw materials" of their generation and created end-to-end solutions that very quickly dominated the market.

In Edison's time the interesting innovations were happening at the first-order level. Now most of the interesting innovations are happening higher up the technological food chain.

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Post by brudgers » Tue, Oct 04, 2011, 5:45 PM UTC

sehugg wrote: post #2

Apple II would have been impossible without innovations by Xerox’s PARC Minor quibble; the author is probably talking about the Mac -- not the Apple II, which predates the PARC visit by at least two years.

Even more minor quibble: the parent comment is probably talking about the Lisa which predated the Mac by more than two years.

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Post by joev » Tue, Oct 04, 2011, 5:49 PM UTC

That's not what the "Entrepenurial Walk of Fame" sitting in front of the Kendall Square Marriott says.

http://boston.tumblr.com/post/10274370791

Re: Why Jobs is no Edison

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Post by j45 » Tue, Oct 04, 2011, 6:01 PM UTC

william42 wrote: post #6

j45 wrote: post #3

More like, Why Jobs is no Tesla, Edison took credit for the work of others.

But Jobs took credit for the work of others(Wozniak) too.

So Jobs is idea/credit snatcher Edison, and Tesla owns them all. I can agree with this.

The one things Jobs has done that no one has is changed how the masses use technology in such a short period of time. I don't think many fall into that category.