In 1990, Jean-Louis Gassée, who replaced Jobs in Apple as the head of Macintosh development, was also fired from the company. However, Jobs’ path wasn’t unique, and the history of computing since then could’ve gone a whole lot different. Apple then bought NeXT and their technologies and brought Jobs back as CEO once again. You’re likely familiar with the old tale about how Steve Jobs was ousted from Apple and started his own company, NeXT.
