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Again, it was private UNTIL they made a public statement saying he was fine. When they reversed course in a week, it's an issue.


the only way it is an issue is if he lied. if he knew that he was NOT fine when he said it.

But if the doctors told him that it was 'a simple hormone imbalance' and then after a week of treatment tested him again and discovered something else was in the mix, like stress, and recommended he take some time off. then he did nothing wrong.

anyone that has ever had a major condition like cancer of any variety, major heart trouble, insulin dependent diabetes, even pregnancy etc knows that your health can change in an instant. And that change can be brought on by pretty much anything.

Find a smoking gun that says that Steve Jobs was told a year ago that his cancer was back and there was no treatment and all this 'stomach flu', 'hormone imbalance' etc is bunk and then you have something to talk about.

because the rules are clear. Even as the CEO of a major public company, Jobs and the Board don't have to say squat about his private life so long as he can do his job. The moment he can't, they have to tell. But until them, lips can be sealed. However, if they tell, they have to tell the truth. and no one can really say that he definitely lied. Not based on the evidence of "well last week he said . . . "
 
because the rules are clear. Even as the CEO of a major public company, Jobs and the Board don't have to say squat about his private life so long as he can do his job. The moment he can't, they have to tell. But until them, lips can be sealed. However, if they tell, they have to tell the truth. and no one can really say that he definitely lied. Not based on the evidence of "well last week he said . . . "

The rules are hardly so clear, if only because the way Apple and Steve have handled this from day one has been opaque and apparently contradictory.

I posted this link to MacBytes a couple of weeks ago. It didn't get any comments back then, which is too bad, since I think it goes to the heart of the matter. Maybe someone will be interested in it now.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hiltzik15-2009jan15,0,3436551.column
 
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