You can be great at eating dirt, doesn't mean you should do it.
Especially with the 'financial resources' comment, he was being politely reassured that the recruitment is purely in Palm's technology interests, and Jobs comes back with a 'we're doing better than you' remark.
How some people think he's a saint (or for some a deity in his own right) is truly beyond me.
The point wasn't really "we're doing better than you" but rather that Apple could easily afford to throw away a lot of money so that Steve could get his way.
Especially with the 'financial resources' comment, he was being politely reassured that the recruitment is purely in Palm's technology interests, and Jobs comes back with a 'we're doing better than you' remark.
How some people think he's a saint (or for some a deity in his own right) is truly beyond me.