8: Apple's Mac OS Crisis: To Be, or Not? (Part 4)

Apple desperately needs a replacement for Mac OS, but negotiations with Jean-Louis Gassée's Be are at the breaking point. But does CEO Gil Amelio have any other options?

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Guest Starring:

John 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, 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.

References:

• MacUser and Macworld magazines issues from the period
• Apple: The Inside Story of Intrigue, Egomania, and Business Blunders by Jim Carlton
• On the Firing Line by Gil Amelio
• Apple Confidential 2.0 by Owen Linzmayer
• Grateful Geek by Jean-Louis Gassée
• iCon by Jeffrey S. Young

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