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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.

Apple Was Our Benefactor At Starting General Magic, But About A Year Later Decided They Would Rather Be General Magic And Tried To Make Us Blink Out Of Existence... Which We Eventually Did, But It Took A Few Years.

It's [programming] The Only Job I Can Think Of Where I Get To Be Both An Engineer And An Artist. There's An Incredible, Rigorous, Technical Element To It, Which I Like Because You Have To Do Very Precise Thinking. On The Other Hand, It Has A Wildly Creative Side Where The Boundaries Of Imagination Are The Only Real Limitation.

Part Of Steve's Job Was To Drum Into Us How Important What We Were Doing Actually Would Be To The World

Scotty Heard That I Was Thinking About Quitting Apple Because Of His Actions, So He Called Me Into His Office And Asked What It Would Take For Me To Stay? I Said, Maybe If I Could Work On The Mac Project, Which Steve Had Just Taken Over From Jef Raskin.