IP: STEVE JOBS WANTS APPLE TO DUMP THE NEWTON from Edupage

[David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

Apple founder Steve Jobs, who was forced out of the company by then-CEO John
Sculley but who now serves as an advisor to current-CEO Gil Amelio, says
Apple ought to sell off its Newton technology used to produce handheld
computers.  Wearing worn jeans with patches, Jobs told a meeting of Apple
developers that the company could manage two software projects at a time
(Mac/OS and the next-generation "Rhapsody") but not three (those two plus
the Newton operating system).  Instead of working on the handheld Newton,
Jobs thinks that Apple should be developing stripped-down "network
computers" that could be used by "mere mortals" as alternatives to PCs in
accessing information and software from the Internet.  (San Jose Mercury
News 17 May 97)