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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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Typo. They keys are right next to each other and all. Sorry about that.

Why did you say: he was forcibly removed from his position and couldn't set anything up. ? Did you mean Apple couldn't set anything up, or Jobs couldn't set anything up?

Jobs.

I thought the reference about being forcibly removed made it obvious. Sorry for the confusion.

Re: Apple: Jobs to Take Medical Leave of Absence

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The fact that he's taking a significant leave of absence makes me think maybe his doctors said "you have a one in X chance of beating this thing". Again, I really want to be wrong.

Are you kidding? You think things are so bad that it could be fatal yet he's just hangin' out at home? If something's that close to being fatal a person get's hospitalized. Second this isn't a significant amount of time off. Perfectly healthy 53 year olds with millions of dollars in the bank take sabbaticals all the time.

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Re: Apple: Jobs to Take Medical Leave of Absence

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My prediction: I'll make a better % gain being short on PALM's inflated price post-CES then these AAPL shorters will. Apple is still an extremely strong company with lots of growth potential still left in the computer and phone markets. I'm sure there is money to made with these short term bets but I thought AAPL was bargain at the 85 close today, let alone what it drops to.

Re: Apple: Jobs to Take Medical Leave of Absence

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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.

Schiller and Ive were both there during the dark days.

Were they at Apple in the same positions as they are in today?

Re: Apple: Jobs to Take Medical Leave of Absence

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Why did you say: he was forcibly removed from his position and couldn't set anything up. ? Did you mean Apple couldn't set anything up, or Jobs couldn't set anything up?

Jobs. I thought the reference about being forcibly removed made it obvious. Sorry for the confusion.

Wasn't NeXT set up by Steve Jobs in 1985, around the time he was removed from Apple? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeXT#1985.E2.80.931986:_Foundin...

After several months of being sidelined at Apple, Jobs resigned on Friday, September 13, 1985. He told the board he was leaving to set up a new computer company, and that he would be taking several Apple employees from the SuperMicro division with him. He also told the board that his new company would not compete with Apple and might even consider licensing its designs back to them to market under the Macintosh brand.

Jobs was joined by former Apple employees Bud Tribble, George Crow, Rich Page, Susan Barnes, Susan Kare, and Dan'l Lewin

Re: Apple: Jobs to Take Medical Leave of Absence

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post #71

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Jobs. I thought the reference about being forcibly removed made it obvious. Sorry for the confusion.

Wasn't NeXT set up by Steve Jobs in 1985, around the time he was removed from Apple? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeXT#1985.E2.80.931986:_Foundin... After several months of being sidelined at Apple, Jobs resigned on Friday, September 13, 1985. He told the board he was leaving to set up a new computer company, and that he would be taking several Apple employees from the SuperMicro division with him. He also told the b…

While your ability to quote Wikipedia is quite astute, you have lost me when I try to figure out what you're trying to say through said quoting.

Mind explaining it in some words of your own instead of jumping around the bush?

Re: Apple: Jobs to Take Medical Leave of Absence

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post #76

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Wasn't NeXT set up by Steve Jobs in 1985, around the time he was removed from Apple? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeXT#1985.E2.80.931986:_Foundin... After several months of being sidelined at Apple, Jobs resigned on Friday, September 13, 1985. He told the board he was leaving to set up a new computer company, and that he would be taking several Apple employees from the SuperMicro division with him. He also told the b…

While your ability to quote Wikipedia is quite astute, you have lost me when I try to figure out what you're trying to say through said quoting. Mind explaining it in some words of your own instead of jumping around the bush?

he was forcibly removed from his position and couldn't set anything up.

Wasn't NeXT set up by Steve Jobs in 1985, around the time he was removed from Apple?

Re: Apple: Jobs to Take Medical Leave of Absence

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post #74

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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.

Schiller and Ive were both there during the dark days. Were they at Apple in the same positions as they are in today?

Schiller wasn't, he was medium-level in marketing; but Ive was fairly senior. His team were churning out great designs -- there's a book called AppleDesign that showcases the work, the majority of which didn't make it into production because Apple simply didn't know what it had.

Re: Apple: Jobs to Take Medical Leave of Absence

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The fact that he's taking a significant leave of absence makes me think maybe his doctors said "you have a one in X chance of beating this thing". Again, I really want to be wrong.

Are you kidding? You think things are so bad that it could be fatal yet he's just hangin' out at home? If something's that close to being fatal a person get's hospitalized. Second this isn't a significant amount of time off. Perfectly healthy 53 year olds with millions of dollars in the bank take sabbaticals all the time.

If something's that close to being fatal a person get's hospitalized.

If you're that rich, you don't go to the hospital, the hospital comes to you.

Re: Apple: Jobs to Take Medical Leave of Absence

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post #76

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While your ability to quote Wikipedia is quite astute, you have lost me when I try to figure out what you're trying to say through said quoting. Mind explaining it in some words of your own instead of jumping around the bush?

he was forcibly removed from his position and couldn't set anything up. Wasn't NeXT set up by Steve Jobs in 1985, around the time he was removed from Apple?

He couldn't set anything up within Apple. Obviously he was free to do what he wanted outside of Apple.

Honest question for you: Were you nitpicking for the hell of it, or honestly confused as to what I meant?

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