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Analysis: Does Apple Have A Future? Don't Ask A Mac-Moony
News Within an hour of ZDNet posting a review of Gil Amelio's book, My 500 Days at Apple, the cult were responding with 'talk back' emails defending Jobs. The truth is that when Gil Amelio brought Jobs back to Apple the turnaround was already in progress.
[March 26, 1998, 17:04]
Guy Kewney's Weekend Diary
News They don't bear repeating; after several upbeat assurances, Gil Amelio finally sneaks out the admission that he's going to make another thumping loss, knocking the share price into the gutter. People who were at Gil Amelio's keynote speech will...
[January 11, 1997, 7:00]
Lacey: Apple Down, But Far From Out
News This is possibly a bigger blow to Apple than the departure of Amelio, as it is Hancock who has successfully navigated the turbulent waters of merging the Apple OS with the Unix-based NeXT technologies.
[July 10, 1997, 16:01]
Steve Jobs' Job For Life
News Jobs was brought on board to replace Gil Amelio, who was ousted in July 1997 amid growing worries that the company was beyond redemption. At Heidrick & Struggles, which was originally charged with finding a replacement for Amelio, Richards...
[April 28, 1999, 9:46]
Apple Agony Continues With $708m Loss
News The worst is behind us," said Gil Amelio, chairman and CEO. Amelio added that he still hopes to make the firm profitable again within two quarters. The Californian company made a $708 million net loss, incorporating a $186 million operating loss.
[April 17, 1997, 14:52]
A Year Ago: Apple Names Jobs Caretaker CEO
News Apple Computer Inc.last Tuesday named co-founder Steve Jobs as interim chief executive officer two months after Gil Amelio resigned from the position. Apple said it formalised Jobs' role at its new board's first regularly scheduled meeting last...
[September 16, 1998, 9:26]
Steve Jobs Attacked In New Amelio Book
News Ousted Apple CEO Gil Amelio is mounting his latest, and most forceful attempt yet at rehabilitating his reputation - this time in a 298-page book called 'My 500 Days at Apple' that often takes swipes at Apple founder and current leader Steve Jobs.
[March 25, 1998, 6:00]
Apple's Boss Doesn't Cost A Cent
News Meanwhile, ousted CEO Gil Amelio scooped up nearly $2m (£1.23m) in salary and bonuses, not including a $6.7m (£4.14m) severance package in 1997 and he still owns 16,849 shares, according to the filing.
[March 17, 1998, 17:36]
A Year Ago: Apple's Boss Doesn't Cost A Cent
News Meanwhile, ousted CEO Gil Amelio scooped up nearly $2m (£1.23m) in salary and bonuses, not including a $6.7m (£4.14m) severance package in 1997 and he still owns 16,849 shares, according to the filing.
[March 18, 1999, 6:02]
Jobs Tipped For Chairman's Seat At Apple
News Previous chairman and CEO Gil Amelio had been recruited from National Semiconductor. In a move that would be fairytale-like if not for the desperate situation in which Apple finds itself, Jobs will complete a spectacular return to prominence by...
[July 30, 1997, 14:35]
Apple Losses Not So Bad
News Last week, the company announced the resignation of Gil Amelio as chief executive. The 44 cent per share loss was better than many on Wall Street had expected. Analysts surveyed by First Call had expected a loss of 61 cents per share in the quarter.
[July 17, 1997, 9:07]
IT Company Of '98: Apple's Return To The Living
News After the grim spell that culminated with the resignation of Apple chairman Gil Amelio and the departure of chief technology officer Ellen Hancock, Apple once looked rotten to the core. Whoopi Goldberg, Dolly Parton, Clint Eastwood, the Clintons...
[December 25, 1998, 7:10]
Pfeiffer Lashes Out At Compaq Board
News However, Pfeiffer's decision to speak out echoes the verbal rehabilitation campaign launched by Gil Amelio almost immediately after his dismissal as Apple's chief executive in June 1997. A sober, buttoned-down executive, Pfeiffer is not known for...
[April 22, 1999, 6:15]
Comment: Will Apple Sell Direct?
News Although Umax is the only company to retain its licensing deal - this may not mean much after the company shifted towards a Wintel platform this month - Apple has shown in the past few months a strong urge to ditch many of the policies of former...
[November 7, 1997, 17:02]
Apple CEO Search Slows For Xmas
News Jobs began running Apple shortly after CEO Gil Amelio was ousted in July. Even as MacWorld Expo looms on the horizon, the company has revealed little about its search for a new leader. We haven't changed our status, but that doesn't mean we won't...
[December 17, 1997, 9:49]
Jobs Becomes Permanent Apple CEO
News Jobs had returned to the company in December of 1996 as a consultant, and eventually he prompted the ouster of then-CEO Gil Amelio. Look out GeoCities, Hotmail and Blue Mountain Arts. Steve Jobs -- Apple's brand new permanent CEO -- sounded more...
[January 6, 2000, 8:15]
MS Vows To Ramp Mac Development
News There's room for both Windows and Macintosh and the relationship with Apple has improved incredibly since Gil Amelio took over. Microsoft yesterday lent a crutch to Apple with the announcement that it is to set up a 100-staff business unit...
[January 8, 1997, 10:54]
Steve Jobs - Another Year, Another Dollar
News Although he initially played a peripheral role, Jobs became Apple's interim chief executive in the summer of 1997 when the company ousted then-chief executive Gil Amelio. Apple Computer gave chief executive Steve Jobs $1 in regular salary and an...
[December 27, 2001, 10:43]
Will Apple Live Up To Macworld Hype?
News Apple's stock, which had been beaten down by the chaos that followed the ouster of then-chief executive Gil Amelio, was also more of a value then too. Despite an industrywide slump, Apple last year introduced the Mac OS X operating system, the iPod...
[January 5, 2002, 6:31]
Macworld Expo: Apple Goes After Gamers
News Two years ago, the company -- under the helm of then-CEO Gil Amelio -- announced strong support for games, but the products failed to materialise. At Macworld Expo 99 in the US yesterday, Apple said it's taking a series of steps to lure game makers...
[January 6, 1999, 10:18]
