Jobs. I thought the reference about being forcibly removed made it obvious. Sorr...

gravitycop · on Jan 15, 2009

Wasn't NeXT set up by Steve Jobs in 1985, around the time he was removed from Apple? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeXT#1985.E2.80.931986:_Foundin...

After several months of being sidelined at Apple, Jobs resigned on Friday, September 13, 1985. He told the board he was leaving to set up a new computer company, and that he would be taking several Apple employees from the SuperMicro division with him. He also told the board that his new company would not compete with Apple and might even consider licensing its designs back to them to market under the Macintosh brand.

Jobs was joined by former Apple employees Bud Tribble, George Crow, Rich Page, Susan Barnes, Susan Kare, and Dan'l Lewin

_tggb · on Jan 15, 2009

While your ability to quote Wikipedia is quite astute, you have lost me when I try to figure out what you're trying to say through said quoting.

Mind explaining it in some words of your own instead of jumping around the bush?

gravitycop · on Jan 15, 2009

he was forcibly removed from his position and couldn't set anything up.

Wasn't NeXT set up by Steve Jobs in 1985, around the time he was removed from Apple?

_tggb · on Jan 15, 2009

He couldn't set anything up within Apple. Obviously he was free to do what he wanted outside of Apple.

Honest question for you: Were you nitpicking for the hell of it, or honestly confused as to what I meant?

whatusername · on Jan 15, 2009

I think he's trying to say: In '85 - Jobs couldn't really do any succession planning / future products / directions / etc... So he didn't set anything up for apple (unless you count the fact that long term they bought NeXT etc etc)

In '08 - Jobs will be sorely missed. The WWJD (What would Jobs Do?) question will be asked around apple for years to come