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There are ways of dealing with hard problems- managing scope, managing expectations. I'm not too surprised he was fired for not executing. Remember Papermaster and the antenna?

http://daringfireball.net/2010/08/papermaster_damn_antenna




Exactly. Why do you think the AppleTV is called a 'hobby' ?


Off topic, but I really want one of my "hobbies" to be a half-a-billion dollar business.




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