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I think that this says a lot about John Sculley's character. He has the strength to admit the realities about Apple. I find it surprising that so many former-
by larryfreeman 16y ago
I think that this says a lot about John Sculley's character. He has the strength to admit the realities about Apple. I find it surprising that so many former-CEOs are unable to admit the obvious.
I used to own his book Odyssey which describes his view of the world in 1987.
- flomo 16y agoI have read a number of interviews with Sculley over the years, and it seems he has the wisdom to understand that he will be remembered as "the guy who fired Steve Jobs", and this has brought about a certain humility not seen in most ex-CEOs from major companies. And contrary to the usual simplified narrative, Apple was quite successful with Scully running it: + they built the Mac from a toy computer into a real platform + the "sales and marketing" was top-notch with brand-loyalty singlehandedly kept the company alive for years + the company did some great R&D producing huge wins like QuickTime + he correctly understood that Apple was locked-out of the broader PC market, but had a shot at dominating handhelds Plus the the consensus view in ~1998 was that Sculley had failed Apple by not moving MacOS to Intel and licensing it out to PC vendors. I imagine very few people hold that opinion today - as Sculley said, the company ran according to Jobs' basic business plan.
- rimantas 16y agoAnd contrary to the usual simplified narrative, Apple was quite successful with Scully running it From article I got an impression that these were benefits of Jobs' "methodology".