Even though I don't own many Apple products, they have made a huge impact on my life. I own an iPad mini, but I use many other Apple products. Macs and my iPad make it easy to share files and documents. I mostly use my iPad for social media and entertainment, however.
Steve Jobs had a harsh and unique leadership style. He always wanted to make the best product, even when others thought it wasn't possible. His ideas may have been impractical, but they were realistic and ultimately worth it. Without Jobs' leadership style, Apple wouldn't have been able to make the innovations and inventions they did as fast as they did.
I think open and customizable systems are better for the future of technology. It gives the average person a chance to be innovative and make a product that will be more useful for individuals. I do not think closed, centralized environments are the only places good products can be produced. These environments would provide less creativity and inspiration. It would also make it harder to in-vision products that would be useful in everyday life.
"Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes, the people that are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."
This quote reflects innovation and creation in the Apple company. Jobs' did not run his business in a traditional way. His out-of-the-box way of thinking is what made his products great.
"So we went to Atari and said, 'Hey, we've got this amazing thing, even built with some of your parts, and what do you think about funding us? Or we'll give it to you. We just want to do it. Pay our salary, we'll come work for you.' And the said, "No.' So then we went to Hewlett-Packard and they said, 'Hey, we don't need you. You haven't got through college yet,'"
This quote shows not only Jobs' determination and persistence, but also his passion for his products. He was willing to give up his ownership of the product for the chance to create an even better product. It was all part of his way of making his vision a reality.
