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The Reluctant King (1/9/98)
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It may not be easy being green, but being the unwilling leader of a world-changing computer company ain't no cakewalk, either, we bet. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, whether he likes it or not, Steve Jobs is the man in demand; Adobe, Microsoft, the other Apple board members, and even some financial analysts are all in agreement that Steve is the best man to head up Apple.

Given the results of our survey from a couple of months back, some 80% of AtAT readers agree, and we asked before he introduced the G3's, opened the Apple Store, reorganized the reseller channel, started the CompUSA deal, etc. That's a fantastic approval rating; too bad he's not interested. Now, given that he's accomplished so much in the past three months, just imagine what he could do if he actually wanted the job.

Actually, though, the article states that the board "isn't necessarily in a rush" to hire a permanent CEO, given how well things are going with their scrappy interim one-- and that just validates our conspiracy theory that Jobs is deliberately sabotaging the CEO search as a way to stay in the CEO slot without having to go back on his word and actually take the permanent position. Just because we're paranoid doesn't mean everyone's not out to get us.

 
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The above scene was taken from the 1/9/98 episode:

January 9, 1998: (Sorry—this was before we started writing intro text for each episode!)

Other scenes from that episode:

  • 343: MSIE Pulls Ahead (1/9/98)   It's finally happened: a study has come out which claims that Microsoft Internet Explorer is now winning the browser wars. According to the management consulting firm Positive Support Review, MSIE now has 63% of the browser market, while its arch-rival Netscape supposedly commands only 36%...

  • 344: More COS Conspiracies (1/9/98)   Remember COS? Of course you do, because it's the farfetched hoax that just won't die. Despite its "firm" release date of last November, the public hasn't seen any test data or even a single screen shot of the $99-shareware wonder-OS that claims to do everything but walk your dog...

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