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Kind of surprised to see him resign now, of all times. I figured if he was going to resign due to his health issues it would've been some time ago.
Kind of surprised to see him resign now, of all times. I figured if he was going to resign due to his health issues it would've been some time ago.
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J, please add some commentary to your post! Why do I have to tell people this?
Kind of surprised to see him resign now, of all times. I figured if he was going to resign due to his health issues it would've been some time ago.
Oh, I was preparing commentary. I was just having trouble with the formatting and links and tried to get them out of the way first.
As for Jobs' resignation, the only thing I can think of is that he's heard word from his doctors that he should get his things in order.
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hard to believe!
This is worrying but not that unexpected. It would seem that based on some indications of a few months ago he's already doing better than projected. He seems to have a very positive spirit, though.
I hope he continues to do well.
Why wouldn't it? I never understand why people think Apple hinges on whatever Jobs believes in.
It's a company. CEOs come and go. They'll do fine.
John Gruber put it best.
I'm not worried about the company. The only people for whom this is bad news and not just news are Jobs and those close to him because he has to step away from his passion.
I'm not worried about the company. The only people for whom this is bad news and not just news are Jobs and those close to him because he has to step away from his passion.
Because Apple was pretty much a disaster for the entire period Steve Jobs wasn't running the show.
Steve Jobs is a legend.
He and Wozniack brought computers to the masses with the Apple II and Mac.
Starts Pixar
Develops the Next OS
And brought computers to the masses AGAIN with the Ipod, Iphone and Ipad.
I don't know any business leader that's achieved as much as he's done.
He and Wozniack brought computers to the masses with the Apple II and Mac.
Starts Pixar
Develops the Next OS
And brought computers to the masses AGAIN with the Ipod, Iphone and Ipad.
I don't know any business leader that's achieved as much as he's done.
Not really surprising. Hasn't Tim Cook been running Apple for a few years already?
He also steps in whenever Jobs has to take medical leave.
He also steps in whenever Jobs has to take medical leave.
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Exactly. Steve is the power behind the company. Every time he's let control out of his hands, the company has trended downward.
Absolutely and Tim Cook isn't just some guy off the street. In fact his knack for doing the right thing at the right moment as operations head is largely credited with Apple's meteoric rise of late. He was the one who pushed for Apple Stores, which Jobs opposed. I have no doubt the company will continue to succeed with him at the head.
It's also worth noting that Apple's product roadmap is in place for the next few years so we have a while to see whether Jobs' departure will have any serious long-term impact on the fortunes of the company. He will be missed, but I think Apple is in capable hands and he's likely been working behind the scenes to ensure there's an orderly transition. He's also staying on as Chairman so it's not like he'll be completely absent.
And it should be further noted that Jobs is planning to stay involved with product development. So even if there is some X factor he brings to the table, it's not going away entirely.
There's a big difference between 1985, when Sculley and the board pushed him out, and this, where he's been gradually grooming Tim Cook as his successor. Jobs has been in control of the handover; the only thing he didn't really have a say in was the actual point at which his health would necessitate handing the reins to Cook.
Yeah, I think people are forgetting that Tim Cook was hand-picked and nurtured for more than a decade as Jobs' eventual replacement. I think it's more interesting that they created a position of "Chairman of the Board" (which in and of itself is a fairly meaningless position) out of thin air, and dissolved the position of COO (Cook's previous title). I'd guess that Apple's management has been structured like this for a while (2-3 years?), and they finally got around to updating the signs on their office doors.
Anything is possible, but if I had to bet money on it, I'd say Jobs is close to death. (MSNBC quoted a confidential source as saying that he's been homebound for a few weeks, now.) While, yes, he still remained chairman of the board, my guess is he did so to keep the markets relatively calm -- if the announcement just said, "later, bitches," the stock would have taken an absolute hammering. There's no way he'd give up control as CEO unless they didn't think he would ever return. This way, the market gets a little taste of a post-Jobs Apple before he's well and truly gone.
It's also cool that an openly gay man is now at the head of one of the most influential technology companies in the world.
All that being said ... we'll never know how many years Jobs took off his own life by trying to treat fucking pancreatic cancer with an adjusted diet.
Anything is possible, but if I had to bet money on it, I'd say Jobs is close to death. (MSNBC quoted a confidential source as saying that he's been homebound for a few weeks, now.) While, yes, he still remained chairman of the board, my guess is he did so to keep the markets relatively calm -- if the announcement just said, "later, bitches," the stock would have taken an absolute hammering. There's no way he'd give up control as CEO unless they didn't think he would ever return. This way, the market gets a little taste of a post-Jobs Apple before he's well and truly gone.
It's also cool that an openly gay man is now at the head of one of the most influential technology companies in the world.
All that being said ... we'll never know how many years Jobs took off his own life by trying to treat fucking pancreatic cancer with an adjusted diet.
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My grandmother died of pancreatic cancer at 55, a mere six months after she was diagnosed. I know he doesn't have the same type (his is somewhat more survivable), but it's still a hideous disease.
I didn't know he tried to treat it with an adjusted diet, though.
I didn't know he tried to treat it with an adjusted diet, though.
I didn't know he tried to treat it with an adjusted diet, though.
For the first several months, possibly up to a year, following his diagnosis, Jobs elected to attempt to treat his cancer with homeopathy. It was spectacularly stupid, and if he had had one of the nastier (basically any other) varieties, that choice certainly would have killed him long ago.
He's at the median survival period for his form of pancreatic cancer (particularly ones involving the Whipple procedure), so he's essentially on borrowed time by this point, anyway.
No need for us to organise a whip round. He's hanging onto the one job. Making his name technically inaccurate...
