Commentüs on: Why No One Will Replace Bill & Steve

By: Who Are the Richest People In Tech? « Canggih Laksana

Who Are the Richest People In Tech? « Canggih Laksana — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:23:11 +0000

[...] Why No One Will Replace Bill & Steve [...]

By: Una de Jeff… » El Blog de Enrique Dans

Una de Jeff… » El Blog de Enrique Dans — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:52:46 +0000

[...] veces me saco el sombrero ante su visión de la innovación y su forma de gestionar una compañía. Según Om Malik, Jeff Bezos es el único directivo capaz de llenar el hueco que ocuparon u ocupan en la industria [...]

By: Bill and Steve — and Jeff (Bezos) - GigaOM

Bill and Steve — and Jeff (Bezos) - GigaOM — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:58:21 +0000

[...] 2008 at 11:58 PM PT Comments (0) Earlier this year, when Bill Gates retired from Microsoft, I wrote a post explaining why no one was going to replace Bill and Steve (Jobs). The only person I thought was [...]

By: Anon

Anon — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:11:21 +0000

This is such a poorly written article - it makes no sense. It is not informative or analytical. Om please see Economist article (link)

and don’t write for the heck of writing.

By: fabianschonholz

fabianschonholz — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:55:21 +0000

This was may answer to the referred article in TC:

I think these people are all very capable and I have a great deal of respect - if not some healthy envy - for all of them; but the only one that from an influence point of view can come close if not surpass Gates in some respects is Jobs. Am I a fan of Jobs? not. Not a fan, but I have respect for him as much as I do for Gates.

We are yet to see an influencer such as Gates, Jobs, Tim Berners-Lee , Jerry Young, and a handful more. None of the guys you listed above come close to any of these guys I just listed; and I mean no disrespect to any of them either. But really, put things in perspective.

By: David H. Deans

David H. Deans — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:12:24 +0000

You said “the global distribution of intelligence makes is hard for any one person or company to build a monopoly” — Om, let’s hope that you’re right, and restraint-of-trade as a business strategy isn’t continually rewarded by wealth and power.

Perhaps the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice will come out of hibernation with a new president in the Whitehouse. One can only hope.

By: Jeff M

Jeff M — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:32:59 +0000

Oh, why no mention of Elon Musk? I think Elon has what it takes. Look what he’s doing with SpaceX. If his next rocket actually places something into orbit he will be playing in the big leagues with boeing and lockheed. Tesla motors will most certainly be a huge IPO, he bought SolarCity at just the right time, and he doesn’t appear to have any intention of stopping.

By: Freddi

Freddi — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:52:44 +0000

The key of MS was and is marketing, marketing and selling PCs with a preinstalled Windows.

What would be, if Bill and Steve had not sell QDOS for IBM and later there software got no success?

Would we all be mac users now? :-) Or with OS/2?

By: EP

EP — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:16:28 +0000

Mark Zuckerberg from Facebook? I don´t think so; the guy needs more experience and humility. Learn that from Bill.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:58:15 +0000

Great commentary Om, and very true…the others are in the minor leagues. The other aspect missing from the current generation is truly a rivalry that helps push the companies to new heights. Some arguments can be made the neither Steve nor Bill would have really achieved their greatness without the other…

By: no more spore

no more spore — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:29:37 +0000

Apple will certainly take a stock hit with Mr Jobs decides to call it a day, but to say Apple will be in big trouble is just wrong. Microsoft has suffered from a lack of focus (critical thinking). Since his return, Jobs has laid out a long term plan, executed very well and modified the plan as needed as the market changed. Apple always applies critical thinking to problems, a skill that is likely burned into all senior management and will serve Apple well in the long term.

By: gp

gp — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:30:04 +0000

Tribute to Bill Gates !! Yeah he made lots money selling and still is Crappy Software and exploiting market with his monopolistic and taking no prisoner attitude and doing all these things which any software company should be ashamed of !! This blog is going to dogs !! I really liked reading you , now i think i will remove it from rss reader , who knows whats next, tribute to hitler !!

By: Mr.Spore

Mr.Spore — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:54:43 +0000

No one can replace Steve Jobs. That’s why when Steve does eventually leave Apple will be in big trouble because no one can take his place. Who can have the presence of a Steve Jobs?

By: G

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:49:10 +0000

OM - good commentary - a nice tribute the man called Bill Gates.

BUT, by bringing in the reference to the moronic commentary by Erick Schoenfeld you took away some of the “class” that is normally attributed to your writings. You are a blogger in your own right - please keep it that way - and don’t pollute the GigaOM genre with the ones that do not deserve a mention in your category.

By: RoyRodgers

RoyRodgers — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 08:05:06 +0000

These guys were good. The organizations they established have grown large and gone public. These organizations now have a life of their own and don’t necessarily need a figurehead/spokesman.

Bill is moving on with his life - like everyone else he still has a lot to learn about his next adventure, that is probably why he’s moving on; an even greater challenge.

By: Quickthink » Blog Archive » Gates as Achilles?

Quickthink » Blog Archive » Gates as Achilles? — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 06:46:27 +0000

[...] was proud to say that “I lived in the age of Achilles”. GigaOm would have us say the something similar about our “relationship” with Bill Gates. “I lived in [...]