Steve Jobs wanted his successor at Apple to act independently, Apple board member and former vice president Al Gore said in a discussion at AsiaD. The late CEO had talks about "cultivating a team" that could work well on its own at every board meeting, and he expected that to continue after he left. He was aware of the trap Disney fell into when it became overdependent on trying to mimic Walt Disney after he died, and would rather have new CEO Tim Cook a different direction than risk a tailspin trying to follow his formula, according to Gore.
