We haven't heard much recently about the CTO of the
It would have been appropriate for the classiest politician on the planet to have chosen the world's classiest techie to be his CTO.
Round about election time Jobs retired from public view to fight his medical problems. So could the White House have put the announcement of his appointment on hold, pending resolution of his medical condition?
If it is Jobs, it would be the new President's most exciting appointment bar none.
Most of the world's major electronics innovations have come from
If Jobs were CTO of the
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Interesting thought, but would it be fair to thrust all innovation responsibilities on Mr Jobs alone? In all fairness, Jobs is an innovator, and amongst the best. But is he the person who can setup an environment for innovation? Let's not forget that the silicon valley concept is the cradle of innovation - allowing garage startups such as Intel, HP, Microsoft, Apple, Google and now the web 2.0 guys to blossom. Shouldn't the CEO of the USA be looking to create more such cradles (and not just for electronics and software) rather than looking to one bright-eyed kid in the cradle and entrust him with the task of building more cradles? Also, Mr Jobs (not unexpectedly) is criticized for his style (my way or high way). While that style works in creating innovations, does it work in creating innovation cradles? No, I think Jobs should come back to the industry - and start something new. Policy making requires a very different kind of vision, attitude and philosophy.
Cheese, "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man" - George Bernard Shaw,