Apple’s early days and the origins of "real artists ship"

This Steve quote is great:

"No way, there's no way we're slipping!" ... "You guys have been working on this stuff for months now, another couple weeks isn't going to make that much of a difference. You may as well get it over with. Just make it as good as you can.

Especially after I started working on apps in my spare time, I realized how hard it is to actually finish and how easy it is for days to drag on while I add just one more little tweak. Here's to shipping quicker.

I'm thinking this is more likely the actual origin of "real artists ship": http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Pirate_Flag.txt

(The story in the original link above, of course, exemplifies the phrase).

It occurs to me that even if we set aside that Steve Jobs is a genius, has a RDF and "taste" etc, the fact remains that he (and Woz) invented the personal computer industry - and so he just has more experience than anyone.

“By the fall of 1983, we had committed to announcing and shipping […]”

Old habits die hard.