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Mercurial Mind (10/22/98)
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What goes on in the head of the world's most mercurial interim CEO? Heck, all kinds of stuff, as evidenced by Fortune magazine's recent interview with Steve Jobs. Others may not agree, but AtAT stands by our principle that any Jobs interview is a must-read for any Apple-watcher.
There's seemingly no end to the interesting little tidbits one can extract from the short interview. For instance, we weren't aware that Steve had attempted to have Apple buy the PalmPilot from 3Com. That sort of throws the whole Newton scenario into a slightly different light. And while we're fully aware of how people can overreact, it's more than a little disturbing to read that Steve received death threats for ending the clone business. There's even an explanation of that infamous sale of all of his Apple stock-- except for one share. Call it a case of poor timing.
Certain aspects of the interview are a little worrisome to some of us-- we don't mind, for instance, that Steve doesn't plan for Apple to expand into non-computer electronic appliances. We always thought that Amelio-era idea of having Apple-branded educational toys and cybercafés was just a little bit cheesy. And we're just dandy with his direction of focusing on making Apple primarily a consumer-oriented company, but we hope and pray that Steve doesn't forget about the professionals who have kept Apple alive. We love our iMac, and most of what we do to produce AtAT could definitely be done on it. But not the video capture, for instance... and we'd feel a little cramped putting AtAT together on a 15" display. And those real professionals out there who push pixels all day, or edit broadcast-quality video, rely on pro-level Macs for their livelihood. The iMac rocks, but we're more than overdue for a serious high-end Mac.
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 10/22/98 episode: October 22, 1998: Steve Jobs offers another peek into the mind behind the turnaround, courtesy of Fortune's interview. Meanwhile, "Redmond Justice" stalls out as Microsoft gets lost in minutiae with Barksdale on the stand, while poor Avie Tevanian waits in the wings, and Apple is sued once again-- this time for killing the Newton...
Other scenes from that episode: 1095: Warden's Stallllling... (10/22/98) "Redmond Justice" began its new season with a bang, to be sure, but the pace is now starting to drag. We like Jim Barksdale's style on the stand, to be sure, and his cross-examination by Microsoft's lawyer John Warden definitely started out with some real fireworks; if you want to see just how nasty this soap opera's been getting, we highly recommend checking out Inter@ctive Investor's coverage of the flaring tempers... 1096: Legal Repercussions (10/22/98) It's been a little while since we've seen a new lawsuit rear its ugly litigious head on our show, but the sue-free zone ends here. Some company named Harris Corp. has filed suit against Apple for canceling the Newton project, in a move marking what we believe to be the first legal fallout from the detonation of the Newton bomb last February...
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