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To: Marc Newman who wrote (11073)	4/12/1998 11:45:00 AM
From: Phillip C. Lee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213176

Marc, What Dr. Gil's failures are Job's successes. Dr. Gil's weakness is Job's strength, such as Dr. Gil's hesitation vs. Job's strong will. Gil needs three years to turn around the company, while Job only needs six months. Gil cannot remove cloners who created noises, while Jobs eliminated them in a short time. Gil bought NeXT to rescue his weak quarter-to-quarter reports and needed Job's advises, which of course will result in today's situation. Overall, very few Wall Street's analysts have patience to wait three years as he requested. As I mentioned very earlier, he should have shortened his required time for turning to profits, but I think he still stubbornly believed he can finished his three-year tenure. Apple needs a stonger leader like Jobs with little hesitation on any decisions and with a stronger BOD team. The positive results have gradually revealed. By the way, Japan has sold 10b+ of U.S. dollars last Saturday to defend their currency, the exchange rate was lowered from 133 yen to 128 yen to 1 U.S. dollar, which will benefit to Apple's revenue in Q3. Phil

To: Marc Newman who wrote (11073)	4/12/1998 4:53:00 PM
From: Alomex	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213176

About Gil's book: He complains about his former subordinates at Apple -- executive underlings who failed to do his bidding. He complains about Apple's reserved-parking-space policy, which cost him precious minutes every morning, time he needed to accomplish the corporate turnaround he'd been hired to oversee. He complains about his compensation package, maintaining that Apple screwed him out of millions of dollars he was owed. He complains about the media, which shone a relentless and unflattering spotlight on his every move. Most of all he complains about Steve Jobs -- whom he accuses, credibly, of leading a boardroom coup to depose him. Say, shouldn't the CEO be able to change the parking spot policy?