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John Sculley – People are underestimating just how well Apple is run

Thursday, December 6, 2012

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Writing for the Motley Fool, Meena Krishamsetty relays a quote from former Apple CEO John Scully regarding Apple’s current business operations. On the current situation Apple is in, Sculley had this to say: ‘I think they’re going through a very significant change now in terms of product cycles. Traditionally Apple introduces products once a year; […]

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John Sculley talks history of the ARM Processor and the Newton MessagePad

Monday, October 1, 2012

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While at the South Florida Technology Alliance recently, former Apple CEO John Scully – who famously had Steve Jobs booted from Apple – explained how the Newton MessagePad and the ARM Processor came to be. Recall that the Newton MessagePad back in the day sported the first series of ARM 610 RISC processors. Also fun […]

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The story behind Steve Jobs’ 1985 resignation from Apple

Sunday, November 21, 2010

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“Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life, or do you want to change the world?” So said a young Steve Jobs to Pepsi CEO John Sculley in 1983 in an effort to convince the then cola executive to take on CEO duties at Apple. At the time, Sculley was […]

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