Newsgroup: it.comp.macintosh
Titolo: CI RISIAMO......Apple Announces Resignation of Gil Amelio

e via di questo passo...alla faccia della continuita'
Steve Jobs Apple CEO Again???
        Apple Board Announces the Resignation of Chairman and CEO Gil
        Amelio
        CUPERTINO, Calif.--July 9, 1997--Apple today announced that Dr.
        Gilbert F. Amelio, after consultation with Apple's board of
        directors, has resigned his positions as chairman of the board
        and chief executive officer, and that the Company is initiating
        a search for a new CEO.
        Until a new CEO is hired, Fred Anderson, executive vice
president
        and chief financial officer, will assume additional
responsibilities
        for the Company's day-to-day operations, working closely with
        the board and the executive management team, which includes:
        Fred Anderson - executive vice president and chief financial
officer
        Guerrino De Luca - executive vice president, Marketing Dave
Manovich
        - executive vice president, Worldwide Sales and Service Jack
Douglas
        - senior vice president, General Counsel and Secretary Jim
McCluney
        - senior vice president, Operations Jon Rubinstein - senior vice
        president, Hardware Engineering Avie Tevanian - senior vice
        president, Software Engineering
        During the interim period, Apple's co-founder and strategic
advisor
        Steve Jobs will assume an expanded role as a key advisor to
Apple's
        board and executive management team.
        Heading the search for a new CEO will be a committee composed of
        Board Vice Chairman A.C. Markkula Jr., Apple Board Director and
        Chairman of the Board of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. Edgar
        S. Woolard Jr., Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
        Fred Anderson, and Apple's strategic advisor Steve Jobs.
        "In recent months, Apple has made significant progress in
addressing
        the crises which were threatening its viability," said Woolard.
        "In pursuit of the best interest of our shareholders and our
        customers, we now want to move forward and return the Company to
        growth and sustainable profitability. We believe that with a
        customer focused CEO and Apple's product and technology
portfolio,
        the Company will have the necessary ingredients to return to
        success."
        "The Company has improved its cash position, reduced operating
        expenses and improved product quality" said Anderson. "We have
        also introduced a series of outstanding products, developed a
        long-term operating system strategy and consolidated our
marketing
        and sales organizations. The executive management team is
committed
        to continue to build on this foundation".
        Ellen Hancock, executive vice president of Technology, has also
        announced that she will be leaving the Company. Her
responsibilities
        have been reassigned to Avie Tevanian and Jon Rubinstein.
        Apple will announce its third fiscal quarter results on
Wednesday
        July 16, 1997.


Secondo me, Amelio non lo lo ha costretto nessuno, si vodiferava da
tempo sul fatto che desiderasse "buttarsi" in politica...
Piuttosto, dimettersi a pochi giorni dal lancio del MacOS 8, e' come
darsi una zappata sui piedi...