04-25-2007, 10:18 PM
The way I see it, what happened at Apple is not the exception but the rule in corporate America. There is too much runaway greed. All is justified by $$$. Corporate greed is not going to disappear by making an example of a few individuals. It just makes the accountants and the lawyers work a little harder.
That said, I think Jobs has done a wonderful job at Apple. But he is by no means a saint. He is not an altruistic figure out to do nothing but good for those who choose to by Apple branded products (we'd like to think so). He is there to make money...for the stockholders and for himself. I don't believe anyone else had the vision to bring Apple back from certain failure.
If Jobs would be found guilty; fine him. But to remove him from Apple's board would be a mistake.
That said, I think Jobs has done a wonderful job at Apple. But he is by no means a saint. He is not an altruistic figure out to do nothing but good for those who choose to by Apple branded products (we'd like to think so). He is there to make money...for the stockholders and for himself. I don't believe anyone else had the vision to bring Apple back from certain failure.
If Jobs would be found guilty; fine him. But to remove him from Apple's board would be a mistake.