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Fri 1 Apr, 2011 08:13 am
Steve Jobs conceived of his engineers as artists. He had exhorted them with the mantra "Great artists ship."
What does the "Great artist ship" mean here?
Could he have said, great artisanship? People with great talent or skill?
@PennyChan,
Quote:What does the "Great artist ship" mean here?
I think he meant that talented engineers (who he considered the "great artists") are the ones who get their product ready for shipping and distribution the fastest.
@PennyChan,
To begin with, that was a misquote of Jobs.
It was "Real artists ship".
http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Pirate_Flag.txt
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The Mac team held another off-site retreat in Carmel in January 1983, just after the Lisa introduction (see Credit Where Due) . Steve Jobs began the retreat with three "Sayings from Chairman Jobs", intended to inspire the team and set the tone for the meeting. The sayings were:
1. Real artists ship.
2. It's better to be a pirate than join the navy.
3. Mac in a book by 1986.
http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=Real_Artists_Ship.txt
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?RealArtistsShip
Quote:An old saying at AppleComputer, attributed to SteveJobs, meaning that while producing stuff that is cool, elegant, innovative, and InsanelyGreat is important, it is even more important to actually produce working software that can be delivered to users.
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