Steve Jobs' 1985 ouster from Apple is one of the most infamous moments in modern business history. Jobs' account of his firing is detailed in Walter Isaacson's biography, Steve Jobs, but the other man at the center of the dispute — then-CEO John Sculley — has remained largely silent.
That changed last week at the Forbes Global CEO Conference in Bali, Indonesia. Responding to an audience member's question about the most famous firing in tech history, Sculley expounded on the subject for more than eight minutes.
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Although Sculley has given interviews about his time at Apple — and his relationship with Jobs — in recent years, we can't ever recall a more candid public discussion of the events leading up to Jobs' dismissal.
Of the underlying dispute between Jobs and Sculley, Sculley says:
"I really blame the board. Because I think the board understood Apple before I came, they understood Steve. They knew what my experience was and what it wasn't. And I really believe there could have been a solution to keep me and Steve working together, because we were really good friends up until that point."

You can watch the entire video above — it's fascinating stuff. What's perhaps most intriguing is that Sculley says he regrets not trying to bring Jobs back to Apple after he left the company in 1993. It's interesting to think about an alternative history in which Jobs would have returned to Apple three years earlier. On the one hand, a successful renaissance could have prevented Apple from falling so far behind in the desktop wars. On the other hand, had Jobs returned in 1993, what would that mean for Pixar as we know it today? What do you think of Sculley's account? Let us know in the comments. Image: Hindustan Times via Getty Images Topics: apples, Gadgets, John Sculley, Media, Steve Jobs, Tech

You can watch the entire video above — it's fascinating stuff. What's perhaps most intriguing is that Sculley says he regrets not trying to bring Jobs back to Apple after he left the company in 1993.
It's interesting to think about an alternative history in which Jobs would have returned to Apple three years earlier. On the one hand, a successful renaissance could have prevented Apple from falling so far behind in the desktop wars. On the other hand, had Jobs returned in 1993, what would that mean for Pixar as we know it today?
What do you think of Sculley's account? Let us know in the comments.
Image: Hindustan Times via Getty Images