I wonder if they can still preserve the "culture" of having as many as fourteen superiors in one long, risk-averse chain.
If they lose it they could always import some from the EU commission excess supplies. Seems that there is no global shortage for spineless inefficient bureaucracies.
They seem to be missing functions like "design" and "product", which is unfortunate. I'm sure they roll up to engineering and I bet they continue to garner little respect.
The design groups at Microsoft are highly respected within the company.
Is Apple the first company to have done that? I highly doubt it.