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The last day or two have definitely been heavy with links, quotes, rememberances and opinions following the death of Steve Jobs.

Headline writers (and social networkers) have been working overtime to get the best, or worst – depending on your perspective – one-liners out there like “Jobs goes to the iCloud” or the particularly nauseating “The iPhone 4S is ’4 Steve’.” Nobody on the Internet could claim that sycophancy is a dead art.

The headlines and stories that have me most confused though are the ones saying what a great inventor he was. I mean, was he? Really?

I’ll tell you why Steve Wozniak and Jony Ive must be feeling a little ticked off right now, and I’ll share my own opinion on Steve Jobs.
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