11: Apple's Mac OS Crisis: Advisor to the Chairman (Part 7)

Gil Amelio and Steve Jobs make a deal that will change the future trajectory of Mac OS, Apple, and the tech industry. But is Steve happy to be the CEO at Pixar, or is he secretly plotting to take over Apple?

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Guest Starring:
John Siracusa (relay.fm/people/siracusa)

Links and Show Notes:
Presented by Myke Hurley and Jason Snell. Special guest John Siracusa.

Written by Jason Snell. Thanks to Stephen Hackett, Harry McCracken, Hansen Hsu of the Computer History Museum (computerhistory.org), and Scott Knaster for script assistance.

Audio editing by Myke Hurley and Jim Metzendorf. Video production by Jamie Snell.

Designed in California theme by Christopher Breen (chrisbreen.com).

References:

• MacUser (vintageapple.org/macuser) and Macworld (vintageapple.org/macworld) magazines issues from the period

• Apple: The Inside Story of Intrigue, Egomania, and Business Blunders (abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31407544…) by Jim Carlton

• On the Firing Line (isbn.nu/9780887309199) by Gil Amelio

• Apple Confidential 2.0 (isbn.nu/9781593270100) by Owen Linzmayer

• Grateful Geek (amzn.to/4zeB7VZ) by Jean-Louis Gassée

• iCon (isbn.nu/9780471787846) by Jeffrey S. Young

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