>> A man with the calibre of Steve Jobs is born once in 3 centuries.
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> C'mon now, that's a bit much.
David, I agree with you.
> Is Steve Jobs more important than the person who invented the transistor, which is what makes all of Steve Jobs's creations possible?
Funny you should mention that....
The transistor was patented in 1927, but this had very little impact on the electronics industry, in part because the mathematics had not been developed yet to understand the physics.
It got reborn nearly 20 years later.
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