OK, don't hold me to the exact phrasing but I believe I read it in the jobs bio…words to the effect that ive doesn't report to anyone, or has free reign to design things as he sees fit…I think the spirit is that ive can continue along the jobs/ive arc of design On Apr 22, 2013, at 11:49 PM, Shawn King <shawn at yourmaclifeshow.com> wrote: > > On Apr 22, 2013, at 12:50 PM, cat <catsoul at thinkplan.org> wrote: > >> in a sense, the board of directors IS Apple >> >> to my knowledge only jony ive is protected from firing or being bossed around by anyone, that set up by Jobs himself some time ago. does Cook enjoy the same protection? > > Not sure where you heard that but it is not accurate. Ive can be fired just like any other Apple employee. > > -- > Shawn King > Host/Executive Producer > Your Mac Life > http://www.yourmaclifeshow.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u