Jobs'sunwillingness toacceptcompromisesand the unquestionedauthority that lets himissue last-minute edicts have become a key to Apple's success in developingnewproducts.
It was only when the stock market showed its growing concern, by rolling over into corrections each spring, that politicians awakened to reality and in panicked late-night sessions reached last minute agreements on whatever was the worrisome issue at the time.