It's fun to chuckle at the mis-punditry on display here but the author had no idea how strong Apple's product line would become. Jobs had a clearer picture. A b

It's fun to chuckle at the mis-punditry on display here but the author had no idea how strong Apple's product line would become. Jobs had a clearer picture. A balanced article would have talked more about the drivers and risks, but that's no fun to read. Even today the question still remains, did the stores drive the product success or the other way around? But nobody even bothers to ask. The success bias ("All's well that ends well.") buries all mistakes. That's why business people learn more from failure than success.