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Or, Just Possibly... (3/30/98)
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On the other hand, we may not have to wait for the Jobs CEO announcement too long after all, if Reality's clues have any merit. Consider the following: next month's stockholder meeting, already delayed several times since February, has Jobs slated for the keynote address. He's also keynoting the Worldwide Developers Conference in May. Seeing as he's ensconced himself pretty solidly into two huge Apple events over the next two months, it's not unlikely that Reality's source is quite right when he/she states that Jobs accepting the permanent position is a "done deal."
If this scenario turns out to be true, our personal AtAT prediction is that Steve will announce his formal acceptance of the post at the stockholders' meeting. That would guarantee a standing ovation, a huge media blitz, and most likely a significant spike in Apple's stock price-- and recall that the package that the board is rumored to have offered Jobs includes something like 5% of the whole company in stock. Remember, too, that Steve's got no particular problem with selling that stock if he feels like it (he's only got one share now, fer cryin' out Pete's sake). That could be one lucrative announcement for Steve, both financially and egotistically.
The other interpretation is just that Jobs plans to remain in the "interim" slot for many more months to come, with no plans to make things official. Either way we'd be glad to have him stick around-- he makes things fun. And we certainly hope he'll at least stay on long enough to deliver the keynote address at MacWorld New York this July, an event that AtAT will be attending come hell or high water.
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 3/30/98 episode: March 30, 1998: Steve Jobs' Reality Distortion Field continues to hold the rest of the Apple board helpless in its unbreakable grip. Meanwhile, debate rages on over whether Steve plans to announce his formal czarship in April, or just keep stringing the audience along for as long as he can, and a future incarnation of the venerable Mac OS illustrates what happens when you replace every part of your old car with new merchandise...
Other scenes from that episode: 581: Steve's Little Finger (3/30/98) As most of you are well aware, the big news tonight is the confirmation that Steve Jobs really does have the rest of the Apple board eating out of his hand. That should come as no surprise to anyone, given that, since assuming the role of interim CEO last summer, he's managed to double the company's stock price and post a profit, all the while slowly and subtly reversing the trend of the media portraying Apple as a lame duck... 583: Mac OS-a-Go-Go (3/30/98) Man, it's not like it was hard to get excited about the Mac OS before, but these days, the future is positively thrilling. Sure, the first customer release of Rhapsody's coming out this July, according to Mac OS Rumors (probably to be unveiled at MacWorld Expo New York?), but Allegro's due in the same time frame, which will bring a slew of cool features to the "average Mac user's" desktop, such as better performance, awesome Appearance themes, and improved memory protection...
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