I've never understood the "Cult of Steve". Jobs never designed a single product, never wrote a single line of code. He was a ruthless manager, and as far as I know, wasn't much of a humanitarian.
When he died, I knew people who were visibly upset. Blog posts and Twitter updates all lamented the passing of the guy who "changed everything".
He didn't change anything, Apple took existing technology and put their spin on it; the end results were all good products, but not original, and nowhere near as revolutionary as Apple proponents would have you believe.
Steve Jobs was a corporate CEO, who's company made products, to part you from your hard-earned cash. Just like every other CEO in history. The difference is, Steve Jobs was better at it than most.