I selected John Sculley for his influential role in the Apple company. Although he was originally the president of Pepsi Cola, he was quickly bought over by Steve Jobs, when he said, "Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugar water, or do you want a chance to change the world?" Although Sculley was not experienced in the usage of computers, he was an experienced bussiness man. However, even though John Sculley had emense respect for the founder of Apple, he aided in the removal of Steve Jobs. So although he is not one of the major players of the creation of the PC, he is the reason that Apple still is an existing company. Had Steve Jobs been allowed to maintian control over the company, his obsession with Macintosh would have driven the company into the ground. John Sculley was the right choice to save the company during that time, and although Steve Jobs resents him for it, Mr. Sculley was the right choice at the time to assure Apple's current reigning position in the computer industry.
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