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发帖数: 4465 | 1 Dear Mike,
This morning’s papers carried suggestions that Apple is considering
removing me as Chairman. I don’t know the source of these reports, but they
are both misleading to the public and unfair to me.
You will recall that at last Thursday’s board meeting I stated that I
had decided to start a new venture, and tendered my resignation as Chairman.
The board declined to accept my resignation and asked me to defer it for
a week. I agreed to do so in light of the encouragement the Board offered
with regard to the proposed new venture and the indications that Apple would
invest in it. On Friday, after I told John Sculley who would be joining me,
he confirmed Apple’s willingness to discuss areas of possible
collaboration between Apple and my new venture.
Subsequently the Company appears to be adopting a hostile posture toward
me and the new venture. Accordingly, I must insist upon the immediate
acceptance of resignation. I would hope that in any statement it feels it
must issue, the Company will make it clear the decision to resign as
Chairman was mine.
I find myself both saddened and perplexed by the management’s conduct
in this matter which seems to me contrary to Apple’s best interests. Those
interests remain a matter of deep concern to me, both because of my past
association with Apple and the substantial investment I retain in it.
I continue to hope that calmer voices within the Company may yet be
heard. Some Company representatives have said they fear I will use
proprietary Apple technology in my new venture. There is no basis for any
such concern. If that concern is the real source of Apple’s hostility to
the venture, I can allay it.
As you know, the company’s recent reorganization left me with no work
to do and no access even to regular management reports. I am but 30 and want
still to contribute and achieve.
After what we have accomplished together, I would wish our parting to be
both amicable and dignified.
Yours sincerely,
Steven P. Jobs |
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