good point. I *HATE* corporate "mission statements", they tend to be crass, puerile bull$hit that the employees at best ignore, or mor often hold up to sarcasm/ridicule (as the corporate behaviour almost never resembles the trite soundbite mission statememt). I don't actually know if Apple has a MS, but it's a moot point as their products and corporate actions speak for themselves in a very clear & unambiguous way. That is in no way an endorsement of Apple or its iProducts, but it is undeniable that he had corporate vision and executed it lke few if any other CEO's ever.

Just remember his achievements - a worldbeating series of consumer products, a customer base loyal beyond the point of rationality ... Oh, and the odd $90 billion in the coffers. his track record as CEO is astonishing, and as someone alluded to earlier in the thread, he was one of the few CEO's who were underpaid (regardless of what they paid him).