About the iPod—it was a validation that Apple's philosophy did matter, despite a continued loss of market share from Macs to PCs at the time. "It turns out with the iPod we kind of got out from that operating-system glass ceiling and it was great because [it showed that] Apple innovation, Apple engineering, Apple design did matter." Can I get an iAmen? As previously reported, Jobs believes there are plenty of talented and capable people who could run Apple besides him. The fact that this question comes up makes you wonder, though.