one really good idea and then couldn't reproduce. and, you know, steve jobs went off, learned a bunch of stuff, started other businesses, gave us pixar, by the way and then came back and restarted, really restarted apple in the late '90s. as almost a different man. because his vision, his laserlike focus, allowed him to create a run of products that we've never seen before. we've never seen anything quite like it. a decade of iconic products that people simply have to have. there are a lot of other good companies out there making great products, but there's something different about apple products and that is because there was something different about steve jobs. he has been irreplaceable. apple knows that. apple didn't even bother trying to replace him.