Jobs legend was created because he built upon his skills. He enhanced his ability to spot and aquire great talent and learned (the hard way) how to become a great businessman.
All were equally important in starting the company.....
Building really cool technology that you decide to give a way sounds a lot like how many startups have failed.
You've attributed arbitrary value to peoples worth when you have absolutely no way to know if you are correct.
From an non-vested point of view, I see an article presenting a point of view, 95% of comments disagreeing with the article, and the remaining 5% are you telling them they're wrong.
It feels like you've got a bit of an axe to grind. You've said your piece, now it's time to just accept that not everyone (or in fact most hacker news readers this morning) agrees with you