He would have been a forgotten foot note in history if it weren't for Napster. The record companies were terrified of the first napster and enlisted Apple, giving them access to their music catalogs in itunes since if the gave it to Microsoft the CD business would have collapsed overnight. As it was, Steve Jobs lucky break happened because of his initial incompetence with selling computers which was overcome by all the Apple ninnies proclaiming his genius for 'inventing' MP3's and digital music players.