Can’t Tim just use Jony’s plane (the one he bought from Steve Jobs wife)?
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Apple CEO Tim Cook Earned $102 Million in 2017, Must Now Fly Privately for Security Reasons
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Flying publicly and probably first class or at the very least business. First class round trips can run anywhere from 6-15K a ticket.
Okay, I’m interested. What makes you say that Jobs would have been a disaster for the ‘Cook era’? Given, you know, his track record of turning a company on the brink of bankruptcy into the most successful company in the world? Riding on the coat tails of that is far easier than doing what Jobs did, because let’s face it, if it was left to Cook to turn the company around in 1997 then Apple wouldn’t be here today, simply because he isn’t a visionary and isn’t a product guy. We’re already seeing the cracks and criticism of Apple today and he’s only going into his 7th year of leading Apple. Not dismissing what Cook has done, there is a reason Jobs chose him as his successor and he has more than proven that by keeping the company afloat. But all of that has come at the expense of the quality of their products, which just aren’t as good as compared to how they were proven to be in the Jobs era. iOS is terrible because he (Cook) made a poor choice in getting rid of Forstall and others who were better at their jobs than who he replaced them with, mainly a hardware guy (Jony) who has no business handling software.
So yes, while Cook has kept Apple at the top in terms of numbers which is something we shouldn’t care about, the quality of their products has dipped and that is the only thing we should be caring about. See: 90s Microsoft.
I actually hope Apple fail more than succeed because they just don’t deserve to going by their current products with their lack of care, attention to detail and quality which was once the staple of the company.
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You owe me a keyboard. I spit my beer when I read that drivel. You do realize all of Cook's "success" rests on the heels of Jobs, right?
One thing I'll say for Occupy Wall Street and the like -- back in dot-com 1.0, you certainly didn't have to preemptively lock threads about ultra-rich CEOs for fear of flame wars about obscene wealth.
Well, he has the option of taking a lesser position at Apple. As a senior executive of a publicly traded company, his compensation package is pretty much required for shareholders and potential investors.
And Apple can withhold this information for most employees, just not the senior executives.
Here in California, if you work for the state government, your salary is required *BY LAW* to be disclosed to the public. That's right, if you are janitor at XYZ state building and you are on the government payroll, your salary is public information. We know how much state government employees make, from the bottom all the way to the top (which happen to be state university football coaches).
To put it simply, Tim can’t do what Steve does, just as Steve can’t do what Tim does either.
Steve is the ideas guy. He is great for coming up with great concepts and turning them into reality.
But as numerous companies have demonstrated, success is more than just having a great idea. You need to be able to make sufficient quantities and get them into the hands of as many users as possible. That’s where a supply chain guru like Tim Cook comes in, especially at the scale at which Apple is manufacturing today. Otherwise, you can forget about Apple selling 212 million iPhones this year.
Here’s an example of what Apple has accomplished in 2016. You need an enabler like Tim Cook to pave the way from a logistics perspective so it can happen.
https://www.aboveavalon.com/notes/2016/12/6/milking-the-iphone
Also a very good read and a fair assessment on what Tim Cook is responsible for.
https://www.aboveavalon.com/notes/2017/1/19/grading-tim-cook
I end with this.
In short, Tim Cook is no Steve Jobs, and that’s perfectly okay.
You still need a steady hand at the wheel to grow Apple to the behemoth that it is today.
$1 was a lot of money time ago dud
Completely irrelevant.
Steve's $1 salary was at a time when typical Fortune 500 CEOs were making six or seven figures.
The $1 salary was mostly symbolic, to persuade the general public that his compensation was based solely on performance (Steve didn't need the Apple money, he was already rich from his Pixar holdings). It also saved Steve a bunch of payroll taxes.
His widow Laureen Powell Jobs is one of the richest women in the world and it's not because of any Apple holdings. Her fortune is mostly from Disney shares; until recently she was Disney's largest single shareholder.
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You mean he made Apple more of a fashion accessory rather than a substantial technology company that used to be revered in the Pro world? I understand that he has made a few good decisions but "Jobs being a disaster for Cook's era?" Really?! I think I would have loved for Steve Jobs to have lived long enough to smack Tim upside the head and say to him "What the hell were you thinking?!"
And, "done as a fine job as any CEO in American history, if not world history?"
......and that “Fashion” part of the assesory is fading while what’s under the hood decompensates. Tim is a Shareholder Tool.
I look forward to all the Tim Apologists defending Apple when they bring no overseas cash back in 2018 other than to buyback shares to pad the pockets of the shareholders. I am surprised his security costs are not higher. Prolly cause he is in such good shape.
Not symbolic. The board was 2 cheap 2 pay him more. They had many fights because Steve wasn’t even able 2 buy new clothes. That’s why was wearing always the same. You can’t do magic with 1 buck you know what i mean?
I certainly agree that Cook has done an amazing job, and I don’t think anyone else would have been able to produce such impressive numbers, but I just don’t agree with you when you say that Jobs wouldn’t have been able to do this? The entire period he was at Apple since his return, especially 2001-2011, was the most successful period in Apples history. If he kept that up, with Cook still being employed in his previous role as the supply chain guru, then I have no doubt we would be seeing an even more successful Apple today, with the quality and care in all of their products from hardware to software to match. There would also be far fewer complaints on this site and elsewhere because Steve was like this reliable father to us who we could put our trust in to constantly deliver, and that’s something we no longer have. I know because I no longer feel about Apple the same way I did when he was here, and I’ve seen the same change with many others right here on MacRumors too.
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Momentum helped as well as a well oiled supply chain. Problem is how will Apple get to the next level? That's where you need the visionary which Tim is not. Tim wouldn't know a good product if it hit him upside of the head.
To paraphrase Wayne Gretzky, Steve went where things were going. Tim goes where they are. He is not the leader Apple needs.
Steve revolutionized the Personal Computer (iMac), Revolutionized the music industry (iPod/iTunes), revolutionized the smartphone, and made the iPad. All from 1997-2011.
What has Tim done done in the last 7 years? Oh yeah, we got the same old iPhones, crappy Macbooks, stagnant designs, a watch, and ear pods. And bought a crappy headphone company. They are losing the assistant race (which they pioneered) which is set up to be the next big thing.
Apple is not doomed but they need to get a visionary back at the helm. Someone that can see the next big thing and get Apple there. Reread Jobs' biography where he talks about Apple prior to his return and all the things they were trying to do and how they were milking the fan base with exorbitant prices. Sound familiar - it's starting to happen in 2017!
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Again, incorrect. Steve was the one who pushed for the $1 salary, just like his BFF Larry Ellison later did at Oracle.
Steve already had tons of dough from his Pixar holdings, did you not register that? Also, his penchant for wearing the same outfit came about after he already had plenty of personal capital.
Moreover, Steve's preferred black mock turtleneck wasn't the $15 cheapie from Lands End. He was buying $200 Issey Miyake shirts. He wore ordinary jeans and sneakers, but drove around a S-series Mercedes-Benz. Plus, he owned a private jet.
Steve also sat on the Disney board of directors and refused the customary compensation. The Disney board had to vote to allow for Jobs's request.
Since you don't seem to be aware of it, this type of posturing is pretty common in Fortune 100 boards.
Apple directors are entitled to one complimentary Apple product per year (iPhone, MacBook Pro, whatever) and many board members refuse to exercise this privilege.
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I sell you my house and a few years later I ask you if I can sleep on your living room couch a couple of times a month.
Would you go for it?
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We will never know what would have been had Steve Jobs never died.
I do feel that under Steve, the iPhone improved at a glacial pace. It wasn’t until iOS 7 that it became painfully aware just how behind Android iOS was in terms of features and functionality. Apple has done an excellent job closing the gap in the recent years, at the cost of some stability, and I feel it’s a fair trade off overall.
Where I do feel Steve’s presence is sorely missed is the dose of hindsight and common sense he brings to the team. We see Apple making way more mistakes these days, which is probably the downside of there not being someone like Steve standing behind you and telling you what a dumb idea it was. But Apple will learn from their mistakes and eventually get to the same end point; they will just take a little longer and have more bruises to show for it.
Apple is more than one man, and will survive Steve’s passing, and continue to thrive and prosper. That much I am confident of.
Steve Ballmer was also a great numbers guy...
Completely false. I saw on tv that he was paid $1 per minute. Even when he was sleeping. That’s a lot of money dude..
Tim has offloaded the visionary part to Jony Ive and his team. Tim’s the enabler. You tell him what you need in order to turn your vision into reality and he will see that it gets done.
And Steve Ballmer didn’t have Jony Ive and his band of merry men either.
It’s a package deal, and they all complement one another to make up for each other’s deficiencies.