I think in the end it sounds like they both had very different skill sets.
Woz seems in his comment and from comments in this topic to have wonderful integrity, and empathy. He builds cool things because he can and because he wants to help others. He had incredible intellectual power and expertise in a newly developing field and worked in almost all aspects of it.
Jobs on the other hand had an incredible business sense. He lacked the empathy that Woz had but had the drive which actually put certain products out to market where they reached millions and millions of people.
I think this is very much a case of comparing apples to oranges.
Who would you rather hang out with and have as your lead engineer? Woz. Of course. No brainer.
Who would you rather have as your lead business man, innovator, and idea man? Jobs. No brainer.
Are there things both can probably be faulted for? Sure. Are there things that both can be idolized for? Sure. You don't have to idolize an entirety of a person. Just like no one things you idolize wife beaters for liking Rick James music, or idolize pedophiles for liking Michael Jacksons. The list of people who've done incredible things but had terrible sides to them is tremendous. And the list of terrible things is incredibly subjective in a lot of cases. Is being an asshole manager who accomplishes amazing things a bad thing? Yes to some and no to others. It's a very gray area I believe.
Woz seems in his comment and from comments in this topic to have wonderful integrity, and empathy. He builds cool things because he can and because he wants to help others. He had incredible intellectual power and expertise in a newly developing field and worked in almost all aspects of it.
Jobs on the other hand had an incredible business sense. He lacked the empathy that Woz had but had the drive which actually put certain products out to market where they reached millions and millions of people.
I think this is very much a case of comparing apples to oranges.
Who would you rather hang out with and have as your lead engineer? Woz. Of course. No brainer.
Who would you rather have as your lead business man, innovator, and idea man? Jobs. No brainer.
Are there things both can probably be faulted for? Sure. Are there things that both can be idolized for? Sure. You don't have to idolize an entirety of a person. Just like no one things you idolize wife beaters for liking Rick James music, or idolize pedophiles for liking Michael Jacksons. The list of people who've done incredible things but had terrible sides to them is tremendous. And the list of terrible things is incredibly subjective in a lot of cases. Is being an asshole manager who accomplishes amazing things a bad thing? Yes to some and no to others. It's a very gray area I believe.