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This looks like Microsoft all over again. Wait for similar news every couple of months. Key-person attrition is gonna be thru the roof at Apple.
by jordhy 15y ago
This looks like Microsoft all over again. Wait for similar news every couple of months. Key-person attrition is gonna be thru the roof at Apple.
- sjwright 15y agoThe CEO of a purchased company is often a redundant position.
- robjohnson 15y agoYeah. This doesn't seem like startling news.
- ploxination 15y agoYEAH!
- josefresco 15y agoA regular CEO is quite a bit different than a co-founder CEO.
- danilocampos 15y agoThis is almost exactly 18 months after the acquisition. Guy probably finished his earn out and is moving on. Nothing surprising for an acquired CEO.
- recoiledsnake 15y agoI think Yahoo leads in botched acquisitions.
- wanorris 15y agoYour comment seems a bit trite and overly dismissive, which is why it has been downvoted into oblivion, but there is a possible grain of truth there to watch out for. It has been rumored for a while that Scott Forstall, head of iOS, is extremely difficult to work with, and has been the reason for a number of people leaving Apple. I can't even begin to guess whether this is true or not -- I don't have any way of knowing. But this may actually be something to watch for over the next couple of years.
- hkmurakami 15y agoWell, even Google (with its great working environment) has issues keeping personnel from acquisitions.