I read it as there not being anything else at Apple left to inspire him, which is a reflection on his story at Apple, not Apple itself. If you work at one place

I read it as there not being anything else at Apple left to inspire him, which is a reflection on his story at Apple, not Apple itself. If you work at one place for well over a decade, it makes sense to me that you would eventually run out of things you want to do there and have to move on. But regardless of the interpretation, firing the dude was completely unacceptable.