Larry Ellison on what made Steve Jobs GREAT!

Steve was my best friend for about you know 25 years we were Neighbors in Woodside and his peacock wandered onto my property and woke me up his girlfriend had given him a peacock and I came over to complain about the peacock said you don't like that bird either he would call me up and said lar let's get together I said see I'm not coming over if you make me watch Toy Story again I've watched 73 different versions of Toy Story now I know the new version of render man is 4% better than the one I saw last week but I'm not watching this thing again it's hilar you got to you you won't believe the sh the different the Shadows look but that was Steve until it was perfect and then once it was perfect and then he moved on to the next problem if you want to know you're like Steve Jobs it's very simple uh you are unable to think about anything about the these serious problems at work that's all you can do and you obsess about it until you solve it and then you move on to the next thing and you obsess about that until you solve it and then you obsess about this until you solve it if you have that kind of obsession combined with Picasso's aesthetic and Edison's inventiveness then you were the next Steve Jobs so that's the test easy yeah apple became the most valuable company on Earth and it wasn't even one of Steve's goals he wasn't trying to be rich he wasn't trying to be famous he was wasn't trying to be powerful he was obsessed with the creative process and building something that was beautiful