If I have to pick an innovator to worship, it´s Jay Miner, father of the Amiga.
He gave us affordable computers with Stereo sound, 32000+ color display, and multitasking, back at the time when the Hype-in-tosh was a dull monochome box just used for desktop publishing.
He passed away in 1994 without any of the obituaries and hype that Jobs now gets... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Miner
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