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Bill Campbell Reflects on 17 Years on Apple's Board of Directors
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I never said that I wished he was dead. I said that I misinterpreted the headline to mean that he had already died.
I think you've taken this a bit too far. While yes, Intuit's treatment of Mac users probably prevented quite a lot of Windows users from becoming Apple customers, calling him a disgusting parasite and claiming it would be better news is a bit much.
Bet line I heard on how to be close to Steve is to have as much success as him while also never giving into his mood swings.
But I don't want Apple to 'grow up'. They tried that before, and it almost killed the company.
Oh, and Steve is really dead this time, and can't save it again...
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Not reacting to mean people is a lesson worth learning, but a hard one for many people to learn...
Remembering that it is THEY that have the problem is key...
Oh, and Steve is really dead this time, and can't save it again...
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Not reacting to mean people is a lesson worth learning, but a hard one for many people to learn...
Remembering that it is THEY that have the problem is key...
+1000000
Maybe 'wilfully ignoring Apple product announcements solely because they were released in the Tim Cook Era' should be against forum rules.
Yeah.... more a personal friendship than a corporate one
I get the distinct impression he stayed on the board because Steve Jobs got along with him on some personal level. Otherwise, why would he even consider it something he could "live with" that one of his board members also consulted with Google?
Some might argue that Intuit only made the token effort they did to revisit the Mac with Quicken BECAUSE Bill Campbell was on their board ... but you're right; it's ridiculous he'd let Intuit carry on for 10 YEARS with the embarrassing excuse for Mac OS X software they had.
Even weirder, IMO, is the fact Intuit still released an OS X native version of TurboTax for Mac each year which basically worked just fine, AND a Mac version of Quickbooks -- yet Quicken, which would almost HAVE to have a wider audience, still got ignored so badly.
I get the distinct impression he stayed on the board because Steve Jobs got along with him on some personal level. Otherwise, why would he even consider it something he could "live with" that one of his board members also consulted with Google?
Some might argue that Intuit only made the token effort they did to revisit the Mac with Quicken BECAUSE Bill Campbell was on their board ... but you're right; it's ridiculous he'd let Intuit carry on for 10 YEARS with the embarrassing excuse for Mac OS X software they had.
Even weirder, IMO, is the fact Intuit still released an OS X native version of TurboTax for Mac each year which basically worked just fine, AND a Mac version of Quickbooks -- yet Quicken, which would almost HAVE to have a wider audience, still got ignored so badly.
Learned that one the hard way. Not reacting to angry nor reacting to passive aggressive types gets you places. Just finished up a round of "start-up chess" assessing the first dozen hires of a new outfit. One red flag was this throwback Scully-era, ex-Apple software engineer who somehow manage to BS his way into the engineering lead.
Skills were acceptable but way too conspiracy minded while keeping other talent from moving into "his space" reflecting the feudal mindset of pre-OS X over in Cupertino. Hence, passive aggressive as hell. Will be fun handing this guy.
Bill is one of many who got the hell out of the 'burgh after Westinghouse shut down their computer division in the 1970's. If they kept with it, Westinghouse would have been up there with Data General and DEC during the mini-frame era. Many engineers from Westinghouse left and started the early PC business elsewhere.
The town has some hope now. Last 4th of July one of the biggest old steel money barons died. Many from the Ohio Valley came out west to avoid the near witch hunt of technology start up companies in the region for the past two generations.
Was told that many of the old steel money families fears new silicon money coming in and displacing them out of their high society. With this guy gone, be interesting to see what unravels.
The irony of the Intuit Chairman being on the board of Apple cannot be ignored. Good riddance.
No kidding. Not to mention the poisoning of the environment that they will cause.
Mean people suck.
You have that right. Unfortunately he has a lot of the classic red flags of a start-up problem participant. 1) middle-age single with no children, 2) conspiracy minded, 3) little personal estate value, 4) long history of company hopping, and most of all 5) no management experience resulting from poor social skills. I'll probably end up putting in some of my people and let them slug it out on the prototype bench.