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To: Scott Crumley who wrote (12478)	5/1/1998 6:08:00 PM
From: Adam Nash	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 213177

Scott, I agree with your conclusion, but disagree with a lot of your credits. The 3400 project began even before Amelio was at Apple: in fact it was basically the answer to the fact that the 5300 was not going to have a CD-ROM. Wall Street was born under Amelio, so not much credit to Jobs there. Avie, as great as he is, really did not have anything to do with Mac OS 8 going on time. Even Allegro was largely mapped before Steve took over, although there will be some influences. Steve certainly wasn't the vision behind Rhapsody (Amelio's baby), but he will likely morph it into his liking. Avie definitely gets credit here. Jobs & his team should be judged by the products coming forth 2H 1998 and beyond.

To: Scott Crumley who wrote (12478)	5/1/1998 6:39:00 PM
From: Eric Yang	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213177

I thought Amelio was pretty even handed in his book. Whether he was talking about Apple, the top executives, Bill Gates or Jobs, he always seem to show both sides of the coin...the good side and the bad. The focus of the book wasn't about bashing Jobs it was about Apple. After reading it, you get a sense of why Apple was plagued by inventory and quality control problems as well as constant product delays in 1995-97. His book is a chilling reminder to those still at Apple about the mistakes of yesteryear: poor forecasting, channel stuffing, arrogant executives...etc. By bringing those issues out into the open, hopefully it'll remind those who work and care about Apple not to revert back to the old ways. I thought that was the most important point in the book. Not who was responsible for which project and who should get credit for it... The book can also be a useful for reference purposes. I don't have my copy with me right now..but it contains rough figures for things like spending on Newton division, advertising...etc. The part about interaction between members of Apple's board of directors when Apple was negotiating the buyout deal with SUN was very interesting as well. And I thought all that was just fiction. ;-) Eric