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To: Scott Crumley who wrote (12486)	5/1/1998 7:46:00 PM
From: Eric Yang	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

Scott, a couple months back I had told myself that I will not buy and read Amelio's book. Then I listened to the entire 1 hour interview last week when you posted it here. It prompted me to go out and spent $21 for a copy of his book. Hehe.. Sure Amelio tried to take some credit for WallStreet, the turn-around and point out the changes he made at Apple. But those weren't what I found the most interesting from the interview. When he was asked what he would miss the most about working at Apple...he responded that he won't miss the press, the stress....etc. What he'll miss the most are all the talented people at Apple.That's the feeling I gather after reading his book as well. Amelio repeatedly praised the "grass-root" members at Apple as if were a special breed and a cut above others in the Silicon Valley. I think he sincerely cared about Apple and the people there. I think the painful 2 years of restructuring that Apple went through made Amelio the convenient scapegoat. I myself have participated in part of that Amelio bashing. Sure, there were things that he could have done differently. Amelio points out many of his own mistakes in his book. But when it comes down to it I think Amelio really made some tough decisions that were in the best interest of Apple. Had he not crack down on the executives and managers responsible for channel stuffing and production delays they would still be working at Apple today. I for one would be scared if that were the case. Eric