...16 patents. Amelio also pointed to what he called his accomplishments: boosting cash reserves, fixing on a new software strategy and improving product quality. But he also acknowledged his mistakes, namely predicting when Apple would start...

...marketplace around on this issue, they are doing the right thing at the right time," said Stan Dohlberg, director of software strategies for Forrester Research Inc. in Cambridge, Mass. "It will help them stem the tide of market share erosion...

...the company around. While Amelio streamlined operations, improved quality, built cash reserves and charted a new software strategy, Apple's revenues continue to erode. Directors decided Apple needs a CEO with marketing savvy and personal leadership...

...CEO in February 1996. He slashed the work force, pruned the company's overgrown product line, formulated a new software strategy and improved product quality. But red ink, and doubts about Apple's future continued to accumulate. Amelio...