Bill Gates has done more to hold back progress of software than anyone else.
At least he never created a Windows Store, like, you know, Steve Jobs.
I say this as someone who greatly admires Jobs and watches his Stanford speech for inspiration often. But as far as not holding back progress, Steve Jobs isn't whole lot better than Microsoft.
Second that. If Jobs would have had the opportunity to create a lock in like microsoft had/has on the desktop market he would have done it in a heartbeat.
The guy is an amazing business man and an inspiration to many but I doubt they're ever going to name some ethics prize after him.
I say this as someone who greatly admires Jobs and watches his Stanford speech for inspiration often. But as far as not holding back progress, Steve Jobs isn't whole lot better than Microsoft.