Business magnate Larry Ellison thinks that without Steve Jobs — “our Edison” and “our Picasso” — Apple Inc. is in trouble.
In a CBS News video interview with Charlie Rose, Ellison painted a bleak future for Apple.
Larry Ellison: He was brilliant. I mean, he was our Edison. He was our Picasso. He was an incredible inventor.
Charlie Rose: So what happens to Apple without Steve?
Ellison: Well, we already know. We saw, we conducted the experiment; it’s been done. We saw Apple with Steve Jobs (raises hand high). We saw Apple without Steve Jobs (lowers hand). We saw Apple with Steve Jobs (raises hand high). Now, we’re going to see Apple without Steve Jobs (lowers hand).
MacDailyNews Take: Oracle CEO Larry EllisonThis is sad. Something seems to have slowed down Larry’s thought processes. Botox overdose?
Quick, somebody unstretch Larry’s face to the point where he can open his eyes enough to see that the variables in his infantile equation have changed dramatically:
Tim Cook ≠ John Fsckin’ Sculley, nor does Apple Computer, Inc. in 1985 = Apple Inc. 2013.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]
Edison wasn’t exactly the inspired genius you might assume. As far as recorded sound is concerned – his main claim to fame – he stuck to producing cylinders years after it was obvious the disc was more practical. Then went on to produce his own type of thick discs you couldn’t play on standard gramophones. They flopped. Then he refused to record electrically until it was much too late to save Edison records, which ceased in 1929, a few months after his first electric “Needle Cut” lateral discs were issued. Another flop, nice though they are….
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