Google is more than happy to throw together a minimum viable product and release it, as they have with Wave, GMail, their numerous other 'beta' programs, etc. I

Google is more than happy to throw together a minimum viable product and release it, as they have with Wave, GMail, their numerous other 'beta' programs, etc. I can only imagine how much Jobs would have slowed this process, making sure that everything was just perfect. The other edge of the sword is that some of the products that failed may have succeeded had someone paid attention to the word "viable" in the phrase "minimum viable product." Also, AppleTV is evidence that Jobs/Apple is willing to be patient with a product if the circumstances warrant.