As so often seems to be the case with Franco-German axes, the one just formed at Apple Computer Inc that saw Frenchman Jean-Louis Gassee working alongside German Michael Spindler under chairman John Sculley is set to be shortlived: according to the Wall Street Journal, Sculley’s claim that the shake-up in Apple’s top management is at an end has proved wide of the mark, and Gassee, in charge of product development, is to quit; he is said to be unhappy at implied criticism over the lack of hot new products.
