Please, macosx releases have an history of being bug ridden. So much that one upgrade was free (the first one, if I recall correctly).
The man built his own legend by rewriting history and bullying press. And selling computers, phones and walkmans, too.
Compared to what other OS that was "bug free" on release?
Also, "bug ridden"? Please. Some people had issues with some features (and in some hardware setups). For most people it was a smooth ride.
>So much that one upgrade was free (the first one, if I recall correctly).
Yes, the FIRST version of a new OS, adopted by very few people at the time (most still run OS 9 still for one year more), and put out by a company with 1/1000 the resources of later Apple, was buggy...
>The man built his own legend by rewriting history and bullying press. And selling computers, phones and walkmans, too.
And changing several markets profoundly. Like the PC industry (taking Apple from 2% to nearly 20%), the music industry (iTunes, the #1 retailer in the US), the music player industry (made mp3 players a mainstream phenomenon, still holds 70%+ of the market), the phone industry (the iPhone was a game changer, at the time Google was not only not even started on their touch Android thing, but Eric Schidt appeared on stage at the iPhone introduction), the mobile app industry (made a huge quality jump from BS Java and Symian apps of the past, and a massively bigger marketplace), and the tablet industry (made tablets from a nerd niche and a tiny market to a huge success, still commands 70%+ of the market).
Also, "Bullying press"? Like doing what? I call BS.
It would be interesting to hear your ideas how somebody staring with a nearly bankrupt company, with 2% market share of the desktop/laptop market "bullies the press" or gets to the most valuable company of earth.
From your comment it seems like it all is some 'saleman trick' or some mass hypnosis...