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There is absolutely no comparison between Steve Jobs -- a man who carved a sizable niche in a market, created another market that never existed before (app stor
by georgieporgie 15y ago
There is absolutely no comparison between Steve Jobs -- a man who carved a sizable niche in a market, created another market that never existed before (app store), built a massive company, and whose direct oversight impacted all sorts of people -- dying, and Atwood simply leaving SO.
- untog 15y agoThere is, by the logic you've set out here. Both were personal events that had no direct consequence to the HN crowd.
- georgieporgie 15y agoNo, Steve Jobs dying had a very real potential effect on many parts of the industry. When the person generally credited with being the driving force behind Apple dies, it's got potential ramifications everywhere. When Atwood simply leaves a website which has already reached critical mass an matured, it doesn't.