Andy Hertzfeld

Part of Steve's job was to drum into us how important what we were doing actually would be to the world. ”

A lot of people thought Steve Jobs was a CEO of Apple but he never was until he came back to Apple in 1997. ”

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

But typically for a project like the Mac, the size we had was pretty good. And it has different stages. The team grows as you have to write manuals and do testing... though the Mac had no formal testing. ”

The Apple II was not designed like an ordinary product. It used crazy tricks everywhere. ”

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. ”

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

The Macintosh having shipped, his next agenda was to turn the rest of Apple into the Mac group. He had perceived the rest of Apple wasn't as creative or motivated as the Mac team, and what you need to take over the company are managers, not innovators or technical people. ”

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. ”