He couldn't set anything up within Apple. Obviously he was free to do what he wanted outside of Apple.

Honest question for you: Were you nitpicking for the hell of it, or honestly confused as to what I meant?

I think he's trying to say: In '85 - Jobs couldn't really do any succession planning / future products / directions / etc... So he didn't set anything up for apple (unless you count the fact that long term they bought NeXT etc etc)

In '08 - Jobs will be sorely missed. The WWJD (What would Jobs Do?) question will be asked around apple for years to come