The Internet was developed by the US Government (ARPANET) (not Apple board member Al Gore). The concept of cell phone networks was developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories before Steve Jobs was even born. There were other “personal computers” around when the first Apple hit the market, though Apple was the one early company that survived.
Our well-funded military is the reason the USA is the world's technology leader. The first customer for computers, radio phones, flat screens, the internet, GPS, was the military. Now that Barky is defunding our once mighty military in favor of food stamps and free health care for inner city voting blocks, America's technology leadership will quickly fall to second then third place, to the left's great satisfaction.
As an Air Force SAC Comincations Officer I was trained to operate the DARPA net equipment, (which was a backup comm system designed to operate should a nuclear was occur).
Jobs inspired a shole generation of innovaters. In 1981 I was hired by a new telecom company which was formed to compete with MCI after the deregulation of ATT.
At the time my company US Tel had 5 Apple computers and I had two of them. My assistant computer person was an Ex Las Vegas Show Girl! Brains and beauty was an extra feature in my office!
In the last 35 years we've come along way becuase of Jobs and his fellow GEEKS!