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And we think

the computer should, too.

What do you think?

Jony, I always want you

to be honest with me.

No matter what.

Just be brutally honest

Understand?

Understand.

What do you think?

I think, I think the blue,

it's not quite right.

Here's a dopey idea. What if

we put the speakers inside?

Yeah, Steve,

Gil Amelio and the board

are not gonna allow that.

No way.

We're not gonna

ask for permission.

Steve's done an admirable

job assisting me

as an advisor during

this, this period.

And while I commend his

actions, and his initiatives,

I believe it's now in our

best interest to move on,

and relieve Steve of his

advisory role in this company.

I agree, Gil.

You do?

I do think it's time Steve step

out of his current role, yes.

Steve?

Thank you, Ed.

I'd like to present the Board my

vision for the future of Apple.

We're not Microsoft or Dell.

So we need to stop

trying to be that.

We need to go back to who we

are, and what we do best,

and throw away

everything else.

Here's how

we're gonna do it.

We're gonna build

a new line of computers

for the home,

and for the office.

We're gonna build a new operating

system on the backbone of NEXT.

The next generation

of Macintosh.

And we're gonna kill

every other project.

Everything.

This company will not

make sh*t anymore.

We're also gonna double down

on the advertising budget.

Chiat Day will be the only

advertising agency we use.

Just like back

in the old days.

In short,

we're gonna make

Apple cool again.

But I will not be

able to move forward

without the Board's permission to

operate under complete autonomy.

I'll be made a full voting member

of the Board. And lastly...

Interim CEO.

Now, hold on.

I'm the CEO, and this is...

Look, you put me

in this position.

Apple is like a ship with a hole in

the bottom, and it's leaking water.

And it's my job

to make sure that

we point the ship

in the right direction.

So why don't you

let me do my job?

All right, let's

put this to a vote.

Those in favor?

What the hell?

Ed?

Mike?

Sorry, Gil.

Nothing personal.

When you grow up,

you tend to get told

the world is

the way that it is,

your life is just to live

your life inside the world

and try not to bash

into the walls too much.

But that's a very

limited life.

Life can be much broader,

once you discover one simple fact.

And that is that

everything around you

that you call life

was made up by people that

are no smarter than you.

And you can change it.

You can influence it.

You can build your own things,

that other people can use.

It's to shake off

this erroneous notion

that life is just there,

and you're just gonna live

in it, versus embrace it.

Change it' Improve it.

Make your mark upon it.

And once you learn that, you'll

never be the same again.

But in our cash position...

MARKKULAI Mr. CEO.

Mike.

You wanted

to talk to me?

Welcome. Please.

Have a seat.

Ed. Hey, Gareth.

Mike.

What's this?

It's an opportunity.

I haven't seen Bernard

around for a few days.

Wheres Katherine,

Delano?

Mr. Lewis and Mrs. Hudson made

a difficult decision easier

by agreeing to step

down from the Board.

Really?

They both agreed to accept incredibly

generous golden parachutes.

The same opportunity is

detailed inside that envelope.

So you're forcing us out?

With good reason.

And what's that?

The current arrangement is

inhibiting.

I can't hold everyone's hand

while we cross the street, Mike.

And so your next big move

is to eradicate your Board?

And you think you

can just do that?

I'm sorry, Mike.

But it's time.

Take the parachute.

It's more than fair.

Twenty years.

You know, I told myself

I'd be out of here

while I was still

in my thirties.

And now look at me.

I'm practically an old man.

Gentlemen.

Thanks, Mike.

So...

What are we gonna do now?

We're gonna put

a dent in the universe.

Here's to the crazy ones.

The misfits,

the rebels,

the troublemakers,

the round pegs

in the square holes,

the ones who see

things differently.

They're not fond of rules,

and they have no respect

for the status quo.

You can quote them,

disagree with them,

glorify or vilify them.

About the only thing

you can't do

is ignore them.

Because they change things.

They push

the human race forward.

And while some may see

them as the crazy ones,

we see genius.

Because the people

who are crazy enough

to think they can

change the world

are the ones who do.

How was that?

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