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Yet More on a CEO (11/14/97)
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Oracle's Larry Ellison has been chatting to the press again, and you know what that means-- More rumors about a new Apple CEO! According to a Reuters story, the latest word from Larry is that the board of directors has narrowed things down to a single favorite candidate, and that candidate is not his best friend Steve Jobs (who "wants to focus on Pixar and his kids").

So who's this front-runner? Larry won't say. Could it be Ed McCracken, the ex-CEO of Silicon Graphics, who resigned a couple of weeks ago, as recently proposed by Webintosh? Or someone we haven't yet heard of in this context?

By the way, that article included a nifty Ellison quote (he's just full of it them): "I'll hold the government's coat if they want to go against Microsoft." That Larry... he's wacky.

 
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The above scene was taken from the 11/14/97 episode:

November 14, 1997: (Sorry—this was before we started writing intro text for each episode!)

Other scenes from that episode:

  • 178: That's the Spirit (11/14/97)   The first custom-built Mac in Apple's history was completed last night, serving as a milestone along the road into the build-to-order business. And while this in itself is good news, we at AtAT are heartened to read at MacOS Rumors that the recipient of that personalized Powermac G3 also received some bonuses with his/her order-- namely, a personal letter, an Apple T-shirt, and a free Quicktake digital camera...

  • 179: Let's Have a War (11/14/97)   But just as Apple is facing some sunny days with its new Apple Store kicking into play, the dark clouds of a massive price war loom on the horizon-- so says an article at MacWEEK. One of the changes Apple made to its reseller channel policies was the announcement of the severe reduction of co-op funds, starting on January 1st...

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