But I think Steve's main contribution besides just the pure leadership is his passion for excellence. He's a perfectionist. Good enough isn't good enough. And also his creative spirit. You know he really, really wants to do something great.

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Scotty heard that I was thinking about quitting Apple because of his actions, so he...

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I left Apple in April of 1984, pretty soon after the introduction of the Mac.

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Part of Steve's job was to drum into us how important what we were doing...

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Being idealistic really helps you overcome some of the many obstacles put in your path.

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I started working at Apple about 18 months after I bought my Apple II.

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I developed some unique software to public it on the web that I call the...

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But typically for a project like the Mac, the size we had was pretty good....

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