>> I think that is clearly open to debate. Jobs took the company in the
>> direction HE wanted it to go, and has at BEST had mixed results, great
>> success with the iMac, nothing special anyplace else, and he did tremendous
>> damage. He killed the clone program and the alliance with IBM, and in so
>> doing lost droves of developers and caused a half dozen of the most loyal
>> companies that supported Apple to fail. Long term Jobs may be seen as the
>> person who sent Apple to obscurity trading a loyal base of creative people
>> for a fickle consumer user base.
>
>I think one thing is for certain: if it wasn't for Jobs, Apple by now
>would probably have been a bitter memory.
>
>My advice: don't count Apple out yet. If I had money I'd invest in their
>stock.
Apple IS a bitter memory.
Perhaps we can agree to disagree on this issue. ;) I'd rather have seen
another road traveled.
Received on Fri Nov 02 2001 - 00:40:32 GMT
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