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Steve Jobs Resigns as Apple CEO (Official Letter)

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Post by watmough »

Timothee wrote: post #21
kenjackson wrote: post #14

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Things were going downhill before Steve left the first time. This is a very different scenario where they're at the top of their game.

True. To be honest, I know of that part of Apple's history from what I've read years after the facts. I still have the impression that, though it wasn't going great when he left, his leaving accelerated the descent. But my main point is that I feel that it was an important lesson for Steve Jobs. In the 80s, he had picked an experienced CEO that didn't know anything about Apple. The current team is all about Apple and…

A large part of Apple's success is the NeXT heritage in the form of NextStep that was the sapling that has grown into Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard and now Lion.

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Post by protomyth »

charlieflowers wrote: post #35
iamdave wrote: post #15

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It appears that way. 5% drop already.

Then the dumb asses are going to lose their shorts. (And really, I wrote that with no pun intended, I swear).

Looks like a good time to pick up some Apple stock after the idiots are done selling. Sept annoucements and Xmas quarter sales. HP's annoucements should help all the other PC maker's numbers in the 4th Qtr.

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Post by felipemnoa »

sebkomianos wrote: post #37
OpenAmazing wrote: post #31

$76 billion dollars in the bank. If Apple had announced they were going to spend it all to make Steve well again, would would have protested? Somewhere in here is a lesson on the price of immortality.

I find your thought very interesting, care to elaborate?

It is currently not for sell.

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Post by dr_ »

awakeasleep wrote: post #27
buckwild wrote: post #24

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Interestingly, he still seems interested in serving on the board of directors. This would make me think he is just tired of being CEO and it this play doesn't have to do with his health.

No one really 'beats' pancreatic cancer. http://www.pancreatic.org/site/c.htJYJ8MPIwE/b.891917/k.5123...

His was a rare variant though, a neuroendocrine tumor, which can be treated surgically at times.

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Post by solutionyogi »

Andys wrote: post #48
dmerfield wrote: post #9

Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in square holes. The ones who see things differently.

Are you talking about the sort of people Apple likes to litigate against?

He is referring to the Apple Ad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USn5t5nQWU8

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