This is getting heavily downvoted, but I agree with it. I'm as big of a Steve Jobs fanboy as there ever was (seriously!), but he is much smarter/wiser today in some significant aspects than he was 30 years ago.
Apple today is really, really good about not ending up hamstrung because they didn't have a Plan B; part of why they control everything so tightly and don't make themselves dependent on other organizations is because they want to avoid ever being in a position where they're "stuck". If these guys hadn't surreptitiously worked with Sony, the Mac would have been wounded, perhaps critically.
It's good that Steve admitted he was wrong, and he'll go down as one of the absolute greate leaders in business history, but this story doesn't generally strike me as an example of great leadership.
Apple today is really, really good about not ending up hamstrung because they didn't have a Plan B; part of why they control everything so tightly and don't make themselves dependent on other organizations is because they want to avoid ever being in a position where they're "stuck". If these guys hadn't surreptitiously worked with Sony, the Mac would have been wounded, perhaps critically.
It's good that Steve admitted he was wrong, and he'll go down as one of the absolute greate leaders in business history, but this story doesn't generally strike me as an example of great leadership.