What a difference 10 years make!

Edit: This story picked up by Computerworld...DIGG

Apple will once again be wowing the technology world on August 7th, most likely releasing the long awaited redesigned iMacs and a slew of other technology innovations. Analysts and the press now stalk Apple’s every move, and every word from Apple PR is sifted with a fine-toothed comb for information on the future direction of the company. The stock price reaches new highs on what seems like a weekly basis and its retail stores are filled to capacity. Things are going well for Steve Jobs and company.

Times weren’t always this good for Apple. August 7th also marks another milestone. It is exactly 10 years since Steve Jobs was at his first event at Apple as the returning iCEO (“I” standing for interim) – which was Macworld in Boston 1997. Apple was a mess. It had been just over a month since he again took the wheel at Apple after Gil Amelio had been given his walking papers. Steve Jobs had set the process of killing off the Newton and Clone Industries at Apple. Apple was nearly bankrupt and had lost its direction. Nobody was certain what the future held with Apple and what was to be shown that day was anything but reassuring.

for the rest of the article, see Computerworld:
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=printArticleBasic...

For a blast from the past/refresher, check out the NYTimes article covering the event in 1997 and the cover of Time Magazine following the event:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950CE5DA173CF934A3575BC0A...