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October 7, 2011 at 2:40 AM UTC

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This article is part of the October 10, 2011 issue of businessweek.

Under Steve Jobs, Apple created not only unique consumer gadgets but entirely new computing experiences, vocabularies, and industries. One more thing: They typically succeeded.