Government // Enterprise Architecture 11:48 AM Howard Anderson
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Changed Tech: Steve Jobs  Apple co-founder, more artist than
engineer, blew up the status quo in multiple industries.  When
John Sculley drove Jobs from the Apple temple and he wandered in
the desert for 10 years, Jobs went on to build NeXT, a computer
way ahead of its time. And it was the NeXT operating system,
which Apple acquired, that brought Jobs back to Apple. (Moses
wandered in the desert for 40 years because he didn't have GPS
and because, as a man, he refused to ask for directions.)  Jobs
gave directions. He would tell everyone where to put the
unasked-for advice he provided. Jobs often said that the period
after he was fired from Apple until he returned may have been
the most creative in his life. He craved going against the
conventional wisdom and proving it wrong. Think iMac, iTunes,
iPod, iPhone, iPad, iTunes Store, App Store, Apple Store.  That
awesome stubbornness may have