Not a huge shock really. Tim Cook has been running the show at Apple for a while there, and quite well. The question wasn't so much "if" but "when". Jobs will remain as chairman of the board.
Jobs resigns.
Jobs resigns.
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Alpe d'Huez said:Not a huge shock really. Tim Cook has been running the show at Apple for a while there, and quite well. The question wasn't so much "if" but "when". Jobs will remain as chairman of the board.
Jobs resigns.
Alpe d'Huez said:Not a huge shock really. Tim Cook has been running the show at Apple for a while there, and quite well. The question wasn't so much "if" but "when". Jobs will remain as chairman of the board.
Jobs resigns.
Alpe d'Huez said:I'd think you'd be a little more sympathetic... Makes me wonder what Red has to say?![]()
Alpe d'Huez said:Rumors are that he has cancer, or had it and the recovery has been long, difficult and complicated. But who knows?
Amsterhammer said:Just curious - there's all hell going on in Libya and Syria, which seems to interest no one here except me, and which, in the grand scheme of things, is surely rather more important than the resignation of a capitalist entrepreneur, and yet Jobs resigning merits a separate topic - why exactly?
I wish anyone fighting cancer well, since I lost my wife to the disease, but for the rest, wtf should I care about Steve Jobs?
Amsterhammer said:Just curious - there's all hell going on in Libya and Syria, which seems to interest no one here except me, and which, in the grand scheme of things, is surely rather more important than the resignation of a capitalist entrepreneur, and yet Jobs resigning merits a separate topic - why exactly?
I wish anyone fighting cancer well, since I lost my wife to the disease, but for the rest, wtf should I care about Steve Jobs?
Scott SoCal said:You shouldn't. He was just another worthless POS. Didn't do anything worthwhile.
Cobblestones said:I take it you're a PC, not a Mac?
Scott SoCal said:Nope. Mac, iPhone-a-holic. I'd have much more respect for Jobs had he just given this technology for the betterment of humanity. Instead, what did he do?
Amsterhammer said:Just curious - there's all hell going on in Libya and Syria, which seems to interest no one here except me, and which, in the grand scheme of things, is surely rather more important than the resignation of a capitalist entrepreneur, and yet Jobs resigning merits a separate topic - why exactly?
I wish anyone fighting cancer well, since I lost my wife to the disease, but for the rest, wtf should I care about Steve Jobs?
Alpe d'Huez said:I agree with c&cfan.
To me Jobs may not be Gandhi, but he changed the world for the better, and without stomping on the backs of many people in the process. Why some people can't separate good guys like Jobs (or Bill Gates for that matter) from bad guys like Kenneth Lay or Bernie Madoff is beyond me.
Cobblestones said:I take it you're a PC, not a Mac?
Alpe d'Huez said:I agree with c&cfan.
To me Jobs may not be Gandhi, but he changed the world for the better, and without stomping on the backs of many people in the process. Why some people can't separate good guys like Jobs (or Bill Gates for that matter) from bad guys like Kenneth Lay or Bernie Madoff is beyond me.
Scott SoCal said:In all seriousness, the guy is a force and still will be as Chairman. I hope this move is not health related but I suspect it may be.
I really like the whole Apple story. Up, then down, then way up. I like their products... extremely consumer driven.
My comments upthread are in jest. I really appreciate business success stories, big and small. To think of how Apple went from an idea to where it is today... how many people work for, or have worked for and retired from this company... how many investors have had their retirement or investment accounts bouyed by this company... not to mention how many consumers have been touched by a host of outstanding products. Companies have been formed and are flourishing just making accessories for Apple products... along with the jobs that are created, etc.
Jobs is a success on a very grand scale and I hope he's around for a long time to come.
Here are five things about Apple's new leader, who reportedly favors Nikes (he's on the sportswear company's board) as his dress shoe of choice:
2. He's a big fan of Lance Armstrong's
One of Cook's heroes is seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, whom he reportedly enjoys quoting during Apple staff meetings. There are even rumors that Cook's closely cropped coif is based on Armstrong's cut.
Merckx index said:The news from Apple keeps getting worse. Not only is Jobs resigning, but:
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20522629,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines
LA an inspiration at Apple meetings? Please, say it ain't so. I guess Polish would now list the iPod as one of LA's contributions???
It would be fun to be at some of those meetings when, if, the indictments come down.
P.S. - I have a Macbook Air, and while there's a lot to love about it (it boots up in just fifteen seconds flat), it is over-priced. And comes with no modem port. There is an adaptor for that, but the cheapskates at Apple make you pay extra for that. There really is no excuse for that, given that the Air costs 3-4 times what comparable PC netbooks cost.
c&cfan said:[/U][/I][/B]
maybe you don't know what you are saying, however the bolded part makes you look really ignorant.
but the other part.. oh boy.
tim cook, you are a genius but i don't know if i can forgive that.
TRDean said:Too much use of the word Genius. Tim Cook is not a genius. He is a very hard working and bright person...not a genius.
I hope Steve Jobs will be around for a long time.
Merckx index said:The news from Apple keeps getting worse. Not only is Jobs resigning, but:
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20522629,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines
LA an inspiration at Apple meetings? Please, say it ain't so. I guess Polish would now list the iPod as one of LA's contributions???
It would be fun to be at some of those meetings when, if, the indictments come down.
P.S. - I have a Macbook Air, and while there's a lot to love about it (it boots up in just fifteen seconds flat), it is over-priced. And comes with no modem port. There is an adaptor for that, but the cheapskates at Apple make you pay extra for that. There really is no excuse for that, given that the Air costs 3-4 times what comparable PC netbooks cost.