"none" <a@b.com> wrote in message
news:a-C461D7.14090025062007@mpls-nnrp-02.inet.qwest.net...
> "ed" <news@no-atwistedweb-spam.com> wrote:
>
>> > http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index...S&NewsID=18376
>> >
>> > ATT just replaced their boss, that was steve's move, you can be 100%
>> > sure.
>>
>> wow, you apple fans sure do see the world through a different set of
>> eyes,
>> eh?
>
> yeah, apple users see things as they are, no fluff, that's for sure.

you're on crack dude.

>> whitacre is retiring from att only a year early, at 65, and there's
>> been nothing to suggest it was anything other han by choice.
>
> ah, his performance at MacWorld spelled the end of his career, he's not
> a world class CEO, it was clearly apparent. The process to push him out
> of ATT started the moment he "finally" got off the MacWorld stage.
>
> Same thing happened to the SONY CEO, Nobuyuki Idei come to think of it.
> MacWorld keynotes are like a guillotine if you don't measure up to
> extremely high standards.

you don't think it's maybe because sony hadn't been doing so well for the
years before?

>> additionally,
>> his replacement, stephenson, has been the heir apparent for quite some
>> time,
>> and is said to be very much like whitacre,
>
> yes, but stephenson is younger and more articulate. you can't have
> mind-numbing CEO's like whitacre near Apple products. Apple will not
> tolerate it.

apple has basically no say. sorry.

>> so if jobs did force something
>> (somehow), he didn't exactly change much.
>
> but he did change things, just like how he pushed Eisner out of Disney a
> few years ago, and then became its largest shareholder... that was a
> pure Steve move and everyone knows it.

only delusional people 'know' it- eisner was on his way out for quite a
while before that- he had been forced down as chairman back in 2004 if you
recall, due to shareholder revolt, and a very public dispute with roy
disney. he was also widely dislike amongst disney brass. but you can go
ahead and believe it was all because jobs wanted him out...

> will Apple do the same to ATT? hard to say, but Apple now controls what
> ATT does in terms of wireless, so they are up against a tough task
> master, can ATT measure up?