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Apple: Jobs to Take Medical Leave of Absence

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Re: Apple: Jobs to Take Medical Leave of Absence

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Post by gravitycop »

Zev wrote: post #48
numair wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"...Long-term, I think Apple will succeed, with or without Jobs at the helm..." You obviously weren't with us in the 90s.

How Steve was outed in the 80's is far different then how he would leave if he had to leave today. In the 80's, he was forcibly removed from his position and couldn't set anything up. Today? Apple has people like Schiller, Ive and Cook - all more then capable - to run things. //edit: Fixed the dates. Thanks for pointing it out. And yes, I did typo twice ><

Steve was outed in the 90's

80's. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs#Beginnings_of_Apple_...

Re: Apple: Jobs to Take Medical Leave of Absence

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Post by steveplace »

mattmaroon wrote: post #34

Time to sell those puts.

If you're going to get into options, you can sell a bullish straddle, but that assumes that the share price won't go back to its highs (a fair assumption).

Selling put verticals would work too as it limits your risk.

Actually selling puts is going to depend on what the implied volatility looks like on the open.

Of course I'll be on my blog and stocktwits talking about it at 935 tomorow.

Re: Apple: Jobs to Take Medical Leave of Absence

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Post by comatose_kid »

Zev wrote: post #48
numair wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"...Long-term, I think Apple will succeed, with or without Jobs at the helm..." You obviously weren't with us in the 90s.

How Steve was outed in the 80's is far different then how he would leave if he had to leave today. In the 80's, he was forcibly removed from his position and couldn't set anything up. Today? Apple has people like Schiller, Ive and Cook - all more then capable - to run things. //edit: Fixed the dates. Thanks for pointing it out. And yes, I did typo twice ><

Steve was outed in the 80s. And yes, he's leaving a company in much better shape than it was back then.

Yet I'm not as optimistic as you are. None of the people you mentioned have comparable salesmanship abilities, or product vision. Sure, Ive can create great designs, their engineering teams are awesome, and Cook is operationally without peer.

But who comes up with the next iPhone, or decides to simplify the product line like Steve did when he came back?

Re: Apple: Jobs to Take Medical Leave of Absence

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Post by gravitycop »

Zev wrote: post #48
numair wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"...Long-term, I think Apple will succeed, with or without Jobs at the helm..." You obviously weren't with us in the 90s.

How Steve was outed in the 80's is far different then how he would leave if he had to leave today. In the 80's, he was forcibly removed from his position and couldn't set anything up. Today? Apple has people like Schiller, Ive and Cook - all more then capable - to run things. //edit: Fixed the dates. Thanks for pointing it out. And yes, I did typo twice ><

Apple has people like Schiller, Ive and Cook - all more then capable - to run things.

Why don't Schiller, Ive or Cook deliver the keynote address?

Re: Apple: Jobs to Take Medical Leave of Absence

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Post by steveplace »

sabat wrote: post #39

Horrible news. Worse, the SEC is likely to come after him if it turns out (as we all probably think it will) that he's facing another round of cancer treatment. Now he's facing legal action as well, by publicly denying he has cancer.

I'm betting on a investor lawsuit over the SEC. If they knowingly misled their shareholders they're in for a world of hurt.

Re: Apple: Jobs to Take Medical Leave of Absence

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Post by [deleted] »

ConradHex wrote: post #49
TomOfTTB wrote: post #46

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This is not terrible news. Terrible news would be him staying on while he was sick and making it worse. The man is taking a really brief respite to rest after contracting an illness. That's what he's SUPPOSED to do. Realty check: People get sick and they rest and then they get better. That's what's happening here. If this were undiagnosed, or a really serious condition, or life threatening, or anything like that I'd…

>Realty check: People get sick and they rest and then they get better. Pretty often, actually, people get sick and then die. Especially people who've had cancer. :( Reading between the lines here, I suspect his health is in really bad shape. I hope I'm wrong, though.

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Re: Apple: Jobs to Take Medical Leave of Absence

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Post by steveplace »

numair wrote: post #43
fuzzmeister wrote: post #18

Hope he gets better soon, can't imagine how frustrated such a work-oriented person must feel about being out of commission. On another note, might be a good idea to buy AAPL in a few days. Long-term, I think Apple will succeed, with or without Jobs at the helm, but it's sure as hell going to be down over the next few days.

"...Long-term, I think Apple will succeed, with or without Jobs at the helm..." You obviously weren't with us in the 90s.

Because their cash flow from their current product lines will dry up as soon as he leaves.

Re: Apple: Jobs to Take Medical Leave of Absence

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Post by marbletiles »

Zev wrote: post #48
numair wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"...Long-term, I think Apple will succeed, with or without Jobs at the helm..." You obviously weren't with us in the 90s.

How Steve was outed in the 80's is far different then how he would leave if he had to leave today. In the 80's, he was forcibly removed from his position and couldn't set anything up. Today? Apple has people like Schiller, Ive and Cook - all more then capable - to run things. //edit: Fixed the dates. Thanks for pointing it out. And yes, I did typo twice ><

Schiller and Ive were both there during the dark days. Ive designed the Newton and the Performa.

The thing about Jobs is he can marshall talent in a way that really drives technical staff nuts at the time, but delights them with the results. Other boards give the technical people their heads, and then you end up with OpenDoc and Taligent. God knows who can replace that. Gassée couldn't.

Re: Apple: Jobs to Take Medical Leave of Absence

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Post by Zev »

gravitycop wrote: post #55
Zev wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How Steve was outed in the 80's is far different then how he would leave if he had to leave today. In the 80's, he was forcibly removed from his position and couldn't set anything up. Today? Apple has people like Schiller, Ive and Cook - all more then capable - to run things. //edit: Fixed the dates. Thanks for pointing it out. And yes, I did typo twice ><

Apple has people like Schiller, Ive and Cook - all more then capable - to run things. Why don't Schiller, Ive or Cook deliver the keynote address?

Schiller did deliver the keynote address.
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