I know this isn’t new and has been posted by others but it has to be the best summing up of the whole affair.
Goes like this. Did illegal activities occur? Yes. Was the current CEO in charge at the time of the illegal activities? Yes. Did the current CEO authorize said activities? Yes. And benefit from them? Yes. Therefore, the CEO is not responsible. And we think it’s best that he stick around and clean house. Makes sense, right? This is what we are working with the SEC and other government authorities on right now. Our position is, Look, we’ve already done the investigation for you, we got to the bottom of it, and at this point we’re really not in the mood to authorize you folks to do your own investigations since you’ll just be duplicating efforts. So here’s our report, make as many copies as you’d like, read it over the holiday break, and let’s move on with a fresh start in the new year and get back to making beautiful products that restore a sense of childlike wonder to people’s lives. Meanwhile would any of you nice lawyer types enjoy a brand new 24-inch iMac or a 30-inch Cinema HD display? Maybe our U2 model iPod personally signed by Bono himself? Lunch with Bono? Or Al Gore? Or maybe you just want to sit in my presence for 5 minutes and meditate together and feel my magic rub off on you? Just let us know. We want to work with you.
As Paul said, we are too concerned with iPhones and lawsuits to take notice of this and that is a shame. If this was any other company, or perhaps any other time, this stock options misconduct would be a completely different matter.
I love Apple and I love Apple products, I just don’t like the way they go about things? – it undermines everything they achieve.
