An old saying at
AppleComputer, attributed to
SteveJobs, meaning that while producing stuff that is cool, elegant, innovative, and
InsanelyGreat is important, it is even more important to actually produce working software that can be delivered to users.
He was about 2 years late shipping the Mac. The Lisa team finished much sooner, but the product sucked. Steve found approximately the right balance between shipping date and taking improvement/design time, especially in terms of leveraging wimpy hardware. He had the rare knack for finding that balance for products that nobody made yet.
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