Comment Re:Apple will never forget (Score 1) 563
I seriously doubt this is a matter of Jobs being trumped by his Board. One of the biggest gripes from the financial markets has always been that Apple's Board of Directors is not nearly independent enough and that they often succumb too easily to Jobs' whims.
It may be fair to claim that they encouraged the licensing of the iPod, but to suggest that Jobs' was strong-armed by them flies in the face of precedent. Somehow I don't see Al Gore and Larry Ellison, among the others, successfully pressuring Jobs to any significant degree. And if you don't believe that, I'd point to the rather authoritative way that Jobs runs both Apple and Pixar. Most everything done in each are because "Jobs' will be done".
It may be fair to claim that they encouraged the licensing of the iPod, but to suggest that Jobs' was strong-armed by them flies in the face of precedent. Somehow I don't see Al Gore and Larry Ellison, among the others, successfully pressuring Jobs to any significant degree. And if you don't believe that, I'd point to the rather authoritative way that Jobs runs both Apple and Pixar. Most everything done in each are because "Jobs' will be done".
