In a recent article published by Fortune, they profiled Apple’s Chief Operating Officer, Tim Cook. Now he’s not a household name by any means, certainly in comparison to Steve Jobs, but he’s also considered a genius when it comes to making the company run smoothly and efficiently.
Take Apple’s superbly tight control on inventories. When the [...]

In the 1980s, Bill Gates told Apple’s CEO at the time, John Sculley (the former soft drink executive), that he should license the Mac OS. As far as Gates was concerned, Apple would own the market.
Well, what really happened was that Sculley, in his infinite stupidity, actually licensed some of the Mac OS to Microsoft, [...]