2014年6月4日 星期三

Odyssey by John Sculley



我好像是在學校的圖書館先看到這本書,後來才在光華商場的舊書攤買到的,光華商場還蠻多這本書啊。話說作為蘋果收藏這本書可以說一定要有,不過史考利在趕走賈伯斯之後,只有短暫的榮景然後到了90年代蘋果就一路走下坡東西越來越貴,眼看著就要收工了幸好夾不死回來拯救,有這樣的歷史當然史卡利只像過客一樣,沒啥人記得他啦!誰還會去買這本已經快有30年歷史的書呀?




開始用Mac的時候就已經是史卡利的時代了,不過那時候天高皇帝遠,根本不知道蘋果在美國的歷史定位,知道Mac麥金塔已經算是很了不起啦,史卡利也沒來過台灣,跟我們沒有淵源。在研究所畢業後自己買麥金塔又是另外的人當老大了,每台機器都是天價!也真的要不懂事才會想要買吧?大家都知道誰是Jonason Ive,可是史卡利時代的蘋果工業設計頭頭是誰書中完全沒提。

史卡利對賈伯斯真的是很死心塌地的說,因為情勢轉變使得他不得不與小賈正面衝突把他趕出去,可是我想史卡利應該一直很希望跟賈伯斯言歸於好吧?結果,人家到死都沒原諒,連一句話都沒說過,只能說惹到不該惹的人,只能遺憾終身了。




This is the book I read Chinese version and bought a original one many years later, I got it from Amazon when I was in America, of course at the time Mr. Jobs had returned and saved Apple, Mr. Sculley had been long gone and nobody seems to remember him.

After I read about the history of Apple, I must say that I prefer my Mr Sculley as my boss  because he is a gentle and people who treat his fellows nicely, and I think her ran Apple well many Macs I used is released during his era, such as IIsi , SE/30 and cute LC,I also think he acted as a good CEO but the board of directors just don't know Apple's direction, neither did Mr. Sculley, of course. There's only one man can do the job.

Sadly although Mr. Sculley wrote the book in the successful 1987, he was ousted not many years after, the lesson we should learn is that back then Apple's financial success was because the higher prices of Macs that many of us hardly afford, and that's not A company should do for a long term policy, we should be grateful for being able to use a friendly and affordable device, to this date.

In Sculley's whole life I think he just want to be Jobs' friend again, even a hand shake would mean much to him, but it turns out to be a never, c'est la vie.

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