I'm looking at the stock history. I don't really think they saw "good times" while he was gone, and in fact it looks like stock had little success until a bit of good times in 99. The computers that Apple created while the other CEOs were coming and going were boring beige pizza boxes. I know because I had one. ~ Claire
> Jobs left (was pushed out of) Apple in the mid 80's. Apple fell into > dire straights in the mid 90's. I think that Apple reached it's all > time high in 92. Jobs may have saved the company from oblivion in > '97, but keep in mind several CEOs came and left Apple in the interim > between his ousting and return. > The reason Apple went to the brink was not because Steve left, since > they would definitely see good times before he came back. In any > event, what happened to drag Apple down doesn't have to happen again > by a long shot. Those of us who have been Apple users for a really > long time should be able to remember that. > > On Jan 17, 2009, at 1:46 PM, Mark wrote: > > > > > Dan A. Currie wrote: > > >> Apple tried it once without Jobs and almost sank into oblivion. > > Hopefully they learned something from that, tho. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
