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NeXT effectively replaced Apple's leadership post-1996. Arguably NeXT affected the single most successful 'reverse takeover' of all time.
by aaronbrethorst 11y ago
NeXT effectively replaced Apple's leadership post-1996. Arguably NeXT affected the single most successful 'reverse takeover' of all time.
- robotresearcher 11y agoPixar did the same at Disney.
- SwellJoe 11y agoStill too complicated of a story and too much tied up with time and place and team for it to be "Steve Jobs did this". And, there were many points during his story where he was catching more flack than Marissa Mayer has ever had directed her way, and probably ever will get. Kinda reinforces my point that CEOs get too much credit and too much blame. But, you're right, I guess. Steve Jobs' life is a long story arc that ends in massive success, with many smaller successes and failures along the path. In all cases, the credit and blame should (in a just world) be distributed a bit more widely than it is. Apple without Wozniak (or any of the several dozen other superstar engineers that Apple attracted in the early years) would not have become Apple.