Linked by Thomas Hormby on Wed 17th Nov 2004 19:43 UTC
According to many economists, Gilbert Amelio is the savior of businesses in trouble. With this in mind, the board of directors at Apple decided to appoint Gil Amelio to the board after reporting another huge loss in 1994. At the time, Michael Spindler was the head of Apple, and sales in every division. The board accepted Spindler's resignation and appointed Gil Amelio to the helm of Apple.
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I agree. Apple was going down fast, Sculley and Spindler just didn't get what made Apple special in the first place and Amelio could not have saved Apple at the point he was brought in.
Apple needed Jobs back, not just for the OS he brought along but he is not just Apple's CEO but he is also Apple's best sales guy. Jobs did everything right after his return, he simplified product lines, and sparked innovation in a company that besides the Newton hadn't done anything interesting in a decade.
In my mind Jobs forcing Amelio out was in the best interests of Apple.