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You need someone with vision who enforces strict adherence to that vision. I'm not convinced you have to be a jerk to do that though.

Yes, you don't need to be a jerk to do that. Linus Torvalds used to be a jerk (perhaps still is, but I think much less so these days). Do you have a non-jerk with Torvalds' vision?

The old quote: I would trust Einstein, but I wouldn't trust a committee of Einsteins.

How is Steve Jobs getting left out of this conversation

Maybe because: if you cannot say anything good about a dead person, don't say anything.