pixar

I, Cringely has a new post about the real prize in Disney acquiring Pixar is getting Steve Jobs. Some interesting snippets:

What we have are people in power who have no muse and wouldn’t recognize one if they could even hear her. Steve Jobs knows his muse.

Against a century-old tradition of corporate bloat, Jobs successfully preaches (and proves) that smaller is really better. How else can Apple compete with Microsoft AND Dell and HP, and still have $8 billion in the bank? Because smaller is better and cheaper, too, when it comes to creative development.

I still don’t like Steve Jobs. I’ve known too many people he has hurt. But this is clearly his time, maybe even his century. And what of Bill Gates? Bill Gates is a very successful philanthropist, but he’s no Steve Jobs.