Why Phobos is cool

[Paul Backus]

On Friday, 26 June 2020 at 16:41:36 UTC, bachmeier wrote:
> On Friday, 26 June 2020 at 16:21:17 UTC, Paul Backus wrote:
>
>> Perhaps this is because we do not have a "Steve Jobs" in our 
>> midst--or perhaps we do, and they simply lack confidence that 
>> their contribution would be valued and rewarded.
>
> I'm not sure what it means to talk about a Steve Jobs in the 
> context of an open source project. He hired many of the top 
> people, paid very high salaries, and shouted at them until he 
> had a product he wanted to use. It's easy to be a visionary 
> leader if you have billions of dollars to implement your vision.

I was using "Steve Jobs" to mean the kind of person Chris 
referred to in this quote:

> You'd need someone like Steve Jobs who has a vision and the 
> energy to push his cause.

Feel free to mentally replace it with "a talented leader," if you 
find Steve Jobs himself objectionable.