Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share July 10, 1981: Black Wednesday to Apple
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
July 10, 1981: Black Wednesday to Apple
<img width="190" height="130" data-tf-not-load src="https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Michael-Scott1.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Michael Scott" decoding="async" />
<img decoding="async" width="190" height="130" data-tf-not-load src="http://vid.geekazine.com/dith/uploads/2013/07/Michael-Scott1.jpg" alt="Michael Scott" class="wp-image-21864" />Michael Scott
No, this isn’t a case of the office and this is not how Michael Scott (Steve Carell) leaves the show…
In a case that was refered as “Black Wednesday”, CEO Michael Scott felt that there was a lot of redundancy. Therefore he decided to fire 40 employees, including half of the Apple II engineering team. The move caused Apple to replace Scott almost imediately. On July 10, 1981, Scott officially resigned from Apple stating that this was a “Learning experience” for him.
Subscribe to the Day in Tech History
Subscribe to Day In Tech History:
RSS Feed - iTunes - Android - Spotify - iHeartRadio
Facebook -
- RSS Bandwidth by Cachefly Get a 14 Day Trial
- Join me on Patreon and support Day in Tech History
- Mel Blanc, the major voice of Looney Tunes characters passes away
- The “Monkey Trial” with John Scopes, takes place
- Commodore resurfaces with gaming machines
View all episodes
By Jeffrey Powers
4.5
22 ratings
<img width="190" height="130" data-tf-not-load src="https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Michael-Scott1.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Michael Scott" decoding="async" />
<img decoding="async" width="190" height="130" data-tf-not-load src="http://vid.geekazine.com/dith/uploads/2013/07/Michael-Scott1.jpg" alt="Michael Scott" class="wp-image-21864" />Michael Scott
No, this isn’t a case of the office and this is not how Michael Scott (Steve Carell) leaves the show…
In a case that was refered as “Black Wednesday”, CEO Michael Scott felt that there was a lot of redundancy. Therefore he decided to fire 40 employees, including half of the Apple II engineering team. The move caused Apple to replace Scott almost imediately. On July 10, 1981, Scott officially resigned from Apple stating that this was a “Learning experience” for him.
Subscribe to the Day in Tech History
Subscribe to Day In Tech History:
RSS Feed - iTunes - Android - Spotify - iHeartRadio
Facebook -
- RSS Bandwidth by Cachefly Get a 14 Day Trial
- Join me on Patreon and support Day in Tech History
- Mel Blanc, the major voice of Looney Tunes characters passes away
- The “Monkey Trial” with John Scopes, takes place
- Commodore resurfaces with gaming machines