One of the greatest projects Steve Jobs undertook, after coming back to Apple, was to ensure Apple wouldn't need Steve Jobs. Apple University was created to pe

One of the greatest projects Steve Jobs undertook, after coming back to Apple, was to ensure Apple wouldn't need Steve Jobs. Apple University was created to perpetuate the culture he created, and perpetuate the company by keeping its executives operating according to his standards. I'm sure these efforts accelerated after he was diagnosed with cancer, but they existed before that time, and even to some extend before he was pushed out the first time. Steve Jobs last product was to Bottle Steve Jobs. I think that this is the most proprietary product Apple will ever make. I don't think anyone outside of Apple will ever see it, and it will be closely guarded. We'll see how successful he is. In a way this is a test of the great man theory. I don't think that any other point in history can you have a great man die, and leave behind such a set of capable, intelligent executives, who are also absolutely aligned with the beliefs of the dear leader. No corporate turnaround or technology story can compare to Apple over the last decade, and Tim Cook has been at Apple for 14 years, much of that mentored by Jobs. Let's hope the project was successful, and Apple is able to keep operating as the singular source of innovation in our industry. But even if it doesn't, it won't be for lack of effort on Steve's part. People credit him with a lot of products, and while all of them were more the result of others under his guidance than his inventions, he did create one great machine... and that is Apple. Apple is his legacy. He has tried to preserve it.