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The Edison of our generation. Sad to see Jobs go and hopefully his health has not gotten worse. The greatest turnaround of a company ever – Steve will leave a long legacy.

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Steve Wozniak, John Carmack, Linus Torvalds: yes. Steve Jobs: no.

Maybe the Ray Kroc of his generation?

None of those three are anything like Edison, who was an inventor and shrewd businessman. Jobs is way closer to the mark in my opinion.

I think he is far greater than a Ray Kroc. Jobs' vision has really shaped modern technology for the consumer more than anyone else. One could easily argue that the vision is far more than anything else. As is said, imagination is more important than knowledge.

Here comes the inventor hipsters.

Edison? Please...that's a bit much.

Edison personally created the majority of his inventions. Jobs has an entire company/team behind him. And Jonathan Ives is a big help when it comes to the sleek design of Apple products.

Edison personally created the majority of his inventions.

Citation needed.

From what I know of Edison he was skilled at teamwork, business and PR. Which would make him more like Jobs.

Citiation needed

I don't believe he did. Edison ran a sizeable R&D lab. Look up Menlo Park.

Edison actually took credit for many inventions created by people who worked for him.

Perhaps not Edison - I expect he'll be known soon for his own way of doing things. If you've ever run a technology (or any, I suppose) company it's extremely hard to ship useful AND beautiful AND working products and beyond that offer incredible support. I admire Jobs for his vision and his passion at making it happen and he's been an inspiration to me.

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