Larry Ellison Sees Dark Future for Apple Without Steve Jobs
Business mogul and island owner Larry Ellison believes that Steve Jobs was the key success factor in Apple.
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison appeared CBS This Morning and expressed a lack of faith in Apple now that Steve Jobs is gone.
Interviewer Charlie Rose asked Ellison what he thought it was about Jobs that made him great at Apple. Ellison had very complimentary things to say, comparing Jobs to Edison and Picasso. Rose followed up with the question, "What happens to Apple without Steve?"
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"We already know," responded Ellison. "We conducted the experiment; it's already been done.
"We saw Apple with Steve Jobs," Ellison said, raising his finger toward the sky. "We saw Apple without Steve Jobs," as he lowered his finger. "We saw Apple with Steve Jobs," raising his finger again. "Now, we're going to see Apple without Steve Jobs," as he dropped his finger.
Now nearly two years since the loss of Steve Jobs, Apple remains an immensely successful and profitable company. The question remains, however, if Apple can keep up its track record for innovative design that manages to capture the mass market.

I would agree, both were the biggest technology thieves of their time.
The only thing that would keep Apple alive, is if Wozniak took the reigns again. And if that happens, we may start to see Apple innovating again, and not being the recipe company that they are.
Because now this had time to come to fruition, it isn't speculation anymore.
Get me right - Apple did a tremendous work with the iPhone one and have my respect for that but since then the competition have gone from following to leading the market in darn short time along with the expectations that the future innovations from Apple will be lackluster.
How did that happen? Exactly the same thing that happened back in the early PC days, no need for history lessons only that it seems some companies will ever learn from their past mistakes.
I would agree, both were the biggest technology thieves of their time.
Apple may be different without Steve Jobs, but as a company, they are still a dominant technology force/innovator to be reckoned with and will be for some time to come.
I think P.T. Barnum is more accurate.
Edison was ALSO an ethics and moral devoid POS who exploited the genius of others, outright stole inventions, took credit for other's innovation.... and then proceeded to PATENT TROLL LIKE A BOSS!