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.
Andy HertzfeldBut 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.
Andy HertzfeldA lot of people thought Steve Jobs was a CEO of Apple but he never was until he came back to Apple in 1997.
Andy HertzfeldI got bitten by the free software bug in February of 1998 around the time of the Mozilla announcement.
Andy Hertzfeld