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What has always interested me in this vein is the intersection between Jobs' own "Real artists ship" and his obvious and well documented details-oriented perfectionism. It seems to me the real power of Jobs intellect is in that ability to know that the product has reached some critical mass of good enough to ship (and improve later).

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I think what sets Apple apart is an unshakable belief in the quality of their own products. While Blackberry etc. release a whole armada of smartphones, as if to say 'we hope variety can make up for a lack of quality,' Apple typically release one model with some minor variation, as if to say 'we tried to make the best, and we know we have, so here it is. There's no point in releasing anything else.'

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