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So What's the Word? (3/24/98)
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So we wonder what happened in today's Apple board meeting? Multiple sources have been saying that today's agenda included a "put up or shut up" wake-up call for Steve Jobs. Apparently Steve's been keeping everyone hanging on whether or not he's ever going to take the permanent CEO spot. As far as public statements go, Steve's been relatively tight-lipped about the whole thing, but until a few days ago, it was pretty widely assumed that he wasn't interested. Since then, though, the world's been abuzz with stories of how Steve's asked the board for a better offer a couple of times and has steadfastly refused to make a decision about whether to stay on permanently.
According to a Reuters story, the Wall Street Journal reports that the Apple board was expected to "press" Steve to accept their most recent offer, which totals about 5% of the whole company in stock. They also report that it's possible that the board will set a deadline by which Steve must decide. Speculation on what the outcome would be drove Apple's stock higher than it's been since the Microsoft deal caused the huge spike last August; it closed today at 28, up one and three quarters from yesterday's price.
So just what actually happened today? Oh, to have been a fly on the wall. Preferably a fly with a Polaroid and a tape recorder. (If anyone is privy to the real story-- or for that matter, a really amusing guess-- drop us a line.)
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 3/24/98 episode: March 24, 1998: It wasnt just a rumor after all-- Quicktime is being Javatized. Meanwhile, the world awaits word from the Apple board meeting today, which may have brought an ultimatum to Steve's waffling, and a strange phenomenon involving unmanned ladders is being observed in CompUSA Apple stores within stores...
Other scenes from that episode: 564: Quicktime Gets Wired (3/24/98) Well lookee here, seems like Quicktime's gotten Javatized. There had been rumors of such a project, most memorably on MacNN Reality about a month ago or so, but not too many people seemed to take the possibility all that seriously; many claimed that it was unlikely that such a project would actually ever see the light of day, given Apple's tight focus on Mac OS development... 566: It's an ALIEN Ladder (3/24/98) Thanx a ton to faithful viewer Adam J. Bezark, who pointed out a story we would otherwise have missed in our current overloaded state. Some of you may have already read "The Ladder Theory," the latest Thinking Different article over at the MacTimes Network...
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