Linked by Thomas Hormby on Wed 17th Nov 2004 19:43 UTC
Apple 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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@Everyone
by Concerned Citizen on Thu 18th Nov 2004 00:16 UTC

The thing everybody needs to understand about Apple is that Apple IS Steve Jobs. No one other than Steve Jobs has shown the ability to keep Apple in any state that resembles focused. When Jobs was gone, they had no real direction -- they spent a lot of time on projects that either never finished or yielded products people didn't want (like the Newton). When Jobs returned with the Reality Distortion Field (c), suddenly the company had vision again. Suddenly they were creating brand new markets in online music and digital music players. That's all Steve Jobs.