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Full-Time Jobs (10/6/97)
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While it's not our favorite place to go for news, USA Today has an article about Steve Jobs and his slow but sure re-entrenchment in the company he helped to found. When you consider the series of events, it's tough not to think that Steve's going to be running the show for a good long time.
First, there was an interview in Wired magazine a couple of years back, in which he stated that the desktop OS wars were over, and that Apple lost. Then, he sold NeXT to Apple to provide a framework for Rhapsody. As part of that deal, he became a part-time consultant for Apple. Soon, rumors abounded of Steve's influence over almost every major Apple decision; Amelio seemed little more than a puppet. Then Amelio was booted out (and most people assume Steve had something to do with that) and many thought that Steve would become the next CEO.
Steve denied this time and time again, saying that he was offered both the CEO position and that of Chairman of the Board, but that he had turned down both offers. However, he did announce at Macworld Expo that he had joined the board of directors. And not long after, he was, in fact, named "interim CEO."
Following this progression, AtAT can only assume that the next step is full-fledged CEO/CoB, followed by a new Apple position, "Czar of All Things Apple." Far-fetched? Well, Steve is getting involved in the minutiae, according to USA Today. Apparently he's even choosing which icons to use on the Apple web site. Sound like a guy who'll leave at the end of the year? Go figure.
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