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Cupertino Catfight? (2/18/98)
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Say what you will, but we're convinced that the fundamental conflict at Apple these days is the tag team of Steve Jobs' personality and ego vs. the implicit power and threat of whoever takes the CEO slot. Remember, Steve's trying to carve his place out in 20th century legend by being the guy who returned to save Apple when the company came crawling back for help. But if a strong CEO moves in and cuts Steve off, that's the end of the fairy tale, at least as far as Steve's concerned. So is it any wonder that Mac OS Rumors is reporting outbursts of violent conflict between Steve and the apparent top dog CEO candidate Jim Cannavino?
As the story goes, Steve's trying to guarantee his place at Apple long enough to be there when Apple makes it back on top. He's currently pushing for a three-year contract, and he's only asking for a buck a year. (That's right, one buck. Sound appropriate for a CEO with only one share of stock?) The board, however, isn't so thrilled about Steve insinuating himself into Apple's affairs for such a long period of time; they, and Cannavino, opposed the contract. Steve, in classic Steve form, is then rumored to have gone postal and screamed at Cannavino to leave immediately. Cannavino is apparently no fool, as he got the heck out of Dodge and left Jobs screaming at the other board members...
So if these rumors are true, this is a sad state of affairs; will Apple have to choose between Jobs and Cannavino? Torn between two leaders, feelin' like a fool. What can we say? Some days, this soap just seems to write itself...
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 2/18/98 episode: February 18, 1998: No day would be complete in Cupertino without reports of screaming tantrums and verbal threats among higher-ups ringing through the halls of Apple. Meanwhile, CompUSA prepares for a massive onslaught of Apple advertising next month, and rumors of InfiniteOS' potential toxicity begin to simmer...
Other scenes from that episode: 463: Patience is a Virtue (2/18/98) Apparently we weren't the only ones peeved by the absence of Macs in the the Sunday color supplements; over 1700 people so far have signed our petition requesting that CompUSA start advertising Macs in its Sunday circulars... 464: Infinite Controversy (2/18/98) Oy vey, the alternative operating system known as InfiniteOS continues to vex and perplex. We received third-hand word today of a "professional Macintosh developer with 14 years' experience" calling the whole thing a "Trojan Horse virus," and classifying it as "toxic."...
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