Why do people think of Steve Jobs as a god?

I haven't ever seen anyone say Steve was a "god." Rather a genius, someone who, like Fish said, made the tech popular. Lets face the facts, without steve, technology probably wouldn't be as cool as it is today. No iPhones, terrible PCs and Macs alike. Heck, even pixar would be affected. He touched a lot of companies in his lifetime. And He made very large impacts. And I think both individuals deserve credit. Yes, without Dennis a lot of software wouldn't exist. And Without Steve, computer tech would probably still be in the stone age. Point is, we view both as brilliant people, but not as gods.

This is not called for. Steve Jobs was an innovator and turned that technology popular. Whether you like it or not, directly or indirectly he has changed your life. They way you use technology. Have some respect for someone who changed the world. You dont have to be an Apple fan to appreciate his impact on the world of computing and technology.

He is by no means a "god." In fact, he is quite the opposite. He hurt many people in his lifetime and scorned his daughter, Lisa, and practically ruined her childhood. He was a genius, that is without a doubt true, but he was a self-righteous and self-centered man. It his him I feel the most sorry for.

Jobs is not the reason why technology is so great. he just came up with another pc from drugs and just another mp3 player what he called the ipod. the name ipod makes it sounds like a nobody came up with it.

Like you said, This guy did create the programming universe, and did change the world, like steve did. However, steve created items that people use and love. I think people say he's more 'important' because he created a company that changed how technology works, and developed many things that we use today (and will continue to use).

I agree, he didn't do it all alone.

wait everyone, i dont know if u all know but when they did testing Jobs after he died to find the cause of death, they found that he was a huge drug user, like BIG time. reviews that if read and heard say that that is how he came up with all of the crappy ipod and mac stuff. Jobs is not a god, and he is no hero, he was just an old druggy.