if they were firing him for failures, he would already have been fired for Apple 3 and then Lisa the Apple /// shocked people when announced, instead of being

if they were firing him for failures, he would already have been fired for Apple 3 and then Lisa the Apple /// shocked people when announced, instead of being a 6809 or 68000, it was... two 6502's? what? who does that but you're making the same point, he was casting about for success, not predicting the future.