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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 brandnewlow »

jfornear wrote: post #82
Alex3917 wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's more terrible and unfortunate is the fact that not only is this the top story on CNN and Google News, but today's supreme court decision doesn't even make it onto either page. Not even below the fold.

This shouldn't be surprising at all. Priority in news is not determined by what we might consider to be of real or objective importance.

How many people in the audience that advertisers care about would be affected by Apple tanking?

A lot.

How many people that advertisers care about would be affected by new police evidence rules?

Nowhere near as many.

Seems pretty cut and dried. If advertisers pay the bills you write to the audience they're interested in.

Re: Apple: Jobs to Take Medical Leave of Absence

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Post by time_management »

I really hope he's alright. This is unfortunate, but I think the press is overreacting by automatically assuming the worst.

It's not shocking that a 53-year-old man would suffer a health crisis requiring a 5-month reprieve from work. He's a cancer survivor (and cancer treatment side effects often persist for years) with a hormonal imbalance. It sounds like he's doing the smart thing.

Part of why I think this is major news is that, unfortunately, a lot of people have health crises that merit or require half-year career breaks. I've seen a lot of people work through illnesses that really deserved time off, especially when I worked on a trading floor. It sucks that most people can't take breaks when they need to; in his case, it leads to a billion-dollar drop in his company's market cap.

Re: Apple: Jobs to Take Medical Leave of Absence

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Post by lyime »

Alex3917 wrote: post #45
answerly wrote: post #6

Just terrible news and so unfortunate that it has to play out this way. I can't imagine how difficult it must be to have to deal with a (seemingly) serious medical issue and have to justify every related move to the public.

What's more terrible and unfortunate is the fact that not only is this the top story on CNN and Google News, but today's supreme court decision doesn't even make it onto either page. Not even below the fold.

Thats not terrible at all. I am rather glad that is not in the likes of breaking news. Somethings should be low key. His life is not everyones business. People who need to know about Mr. Jobs will find out either way.

Re: Apple: Jobs to Take Medical Leave of Absence

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Post by MikeCapone »

inovica wrote: post #31

Stock, stock, stock. Thats what most people are talking about. I saddens me that this guy is obviously seriously ill and all that people can first think about is the stock price. Personally I wish him the very best of luck with whatever his medical condition is. Without his input into the world of computing (despite the negatives that he allegedly has) we would live in a different world to the one we now have. He was…

If you really care about sick people and dying people, donate to the Methuselah Foundation (google it, or Aubrey de Grey). 150,000 people die of aging-related diseases every day, and almost nobody is working on curing that.

Re: Apple: Jobs to Take Medical Leave of Absence

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Post by mattmcknight »

steveplace wrote: post #56
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.

That's certainly what most people on CNBC were pulling for tonight.

Re: Apple: Jobs to Take Medical Leave of Absence

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Post by mattmcknight »

inovica wrote: post #31

Stock, stock, stock. Thats what most people are talking about. I saddens me that this guy is obviously seriously ill and all that people can first think about is the stock price. Personally I wish him the very best of luck with whatever his medical condition is. Without his input into the world of computing (despite the negatives that he allegedly has) we would live in a different world to the one we now have. He was…

I agree. I first felt bad for him and bad for the world getting ever closer to losing his creativity and vision. It's sad.

I bought some Apple in 2008 when it dipped to about $88, but dropped out around $97 when I made my target profit on it. I do think the stock price is a proxy for "How will Apple do without Jobs", which many are curious about.

Re: Apple: Jobs to Take Medical Leave of Absence

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Post by someperson »

Alex3917 wrote: post #45
answerly wrote: post #6

Just terrible news and so unfortunate that it has to play out this way. I can't imagine how difficult it must be to have to deal with a (seemingly) serious medical issue and have to justify every related move to the public.

What's more terrible and unfortunate is the fact that not only is this the top story on CNN and Google News, but today's supreme court decision doesn't even make it onto either page. Not even below the fold.

For those of us who are out of the loop, what was todays supreme court decision?

Re: Apple: Jobs to Take Medical Leave of Absence

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Post by divia »

someperson wrote: post #97
Alex3917 wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's more terrible and unfortunate is the fact that not only is this the top story on CNN and Google News, but today's supreme court decision doesn't even make it onto either page. Not even below the fold.

For those of us who are out of the loop, what was todays supreme court decision?

The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that evidence obtained from an unlawful arrest based on careless record keeping by the police may be used against a criminal defendant.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/washington/15scotus.html?h...

Re: Apple: Jobs to Take Medical Leave of Absence

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Post by netcan »

dreish wrote: post #86
netcan wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You know, I'm sure Jobs did good. But I think a lot of it was timing. Apple's thing is all-in-one machines that are sexy. Always has been. Phones, MP3s players, maybe TVs & that whole market really moved towards Apple's pre-existing strategies. The 90s were about being able to afford to put a computer on each desk. They were never as good at that.

I disagree. They had style and vision in the 80s, and in the 90s they were just selling fungible beige boxes. If the person at the top doesn't care passionately about design, it isn't going to just well up from below. Employees who care about design and have a good eye for it will fail to get recognized, and see that happen to others, and they'll get demoralized and leave. Certainly I hope Jobs gets well, but if he d…

Maybe. Actually, I don't disagree with you, Jobs is good at what he does. Very good.

But I think things like how their strategy interacted with the timing, stages of maturity in markets, technology & such, they played a role.

At the moment, Apple has a range of potential, growing or existing product classes that they are ideally positioned to take advantage of: netbooks, tablets, whatever else becomes the next computer.The only worry is spreading too thin.

What I am saying is that the world really did come back to them to an extent. It's not just Ninja leadership & it's hard to tell what is responsible for what exactly.

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