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Yeah, but this is Steve we're talking about. The man who saved Apple.

You saw how much of a knock the shares took when a rumour about his death popped up. He needed to let the world know.

People's fundamental rights are not for sale.

Sorry.
 
Read between the lines here folks...

1. "As many of you know, I have been losing weight throughout 2008. The reason has been a mystery to me and my doctors."

Jobs and Apple have been saying for a year that it was nothing significant. NOT knowing the cause of mass weight loss IS significant.

I assume you mean "massive" weight loss. This clearly isn't that. He'd be dead now if that was the case.

He currently has a chronic illness. Many people live very successful lives suffering from chronic illnesses (myself included)....

2. "A few weeks ago, I decided that getting to the root cause of this and reversing it needed to become my #1 priority."

...snip...

A persons health care is a private issue, no doubt. However when the person runs a multi-billion dollar publicly traded company it is inappropriate and ILLEGAL to make false statements that could impact stock price, and that included implying a health issue isn't significant when it is now crystal clear it is.

...and it doesn't interfere with their abilities to do their job.

Not that SJ will read this but I hope he's better soon. I mean that for the sake of his health (and the peace of mind of his loved ones) not the stupid shareholder concerns above.

Perspective!
 
I think it was appropriate for him to wait until they had correctly diagnosed the problem before going public with it. Could you have imagined if he had said "I'm losing wait and don't know why.. but I'll still be CEO!", God.

Here's hoping 'Steve is dying' threads die out because of this. ;)
 
Perhaps people can leave him alone now. His health is his business, and he's made it abundantly clear that he wants his privacy respected.

Even CEOs and celebrities have a right to privacy.

Agreed, and I hope it is a quick recovery.
 
Hopefully now all of the idiotic speculation (Gizmodo) will finally end once and for all. Best of health to you Steve. :apple:
 
Get well Soon

Get well soon Steve Jobs.


I am glad you get to spend time with family, you have more than earned. Can't wait to see what Steve 2.1 has in store for all of us come spring.
 
People's fundamental rights are not for sale.

Sorry.

There is legal precedent that a company with knowledge of a health issue of a CEO that could effect their job and company performance must disclose it.

Sorry. A shareholder has a fundamental right too.

He doesn't need to explain anything to us, but for the last year shrugging off his weight loss in public and having Apple PR release statement after statement saying there are no health concerns is flat out illegal.
 
Just want to wish Steve all the best. I think it's something that everyone can sympathize with and I hope he has a quick recovery.

David :apple:
 
Spin Spin Spin

Hey All,

Look, I love Apple and Steve Job and you all love Apple and Steve Jobs. I hope to God I'm wrong, but I just don't believe any of that. It sounds too good to be a letter written by Jobs and released. It sounds to me like they're covering their butts with the stock holders the day before the last Macworld which Apple attends. It saddens me greatly, but I believe we'll see the obituary for Steve Jobs within the year...
 
Hopefully now all of the idiotic speculation (Gizmodo) will finally end once and for all. Best of health to you Steve. :apple:

this is very naif...
now the speculation will have even more power.
in a month or so SJ will step out, and in three months he's dead.

This is very a negative view of mine, but after reading that letter (carefully written, probably by his staff), for me, I feel it is a preparation for his goodbye.
 
Hey All,

Look, I love Apple and Steve Job and you all love Apple and Steve Jobs. I hope to God I'm wrong, but I just don't believe any of that. It sounds too good to be a letter written by Jobs and released. It sounds to me like they're covering their butts with the stock holders the day before the last Macworld which Apple attends. It saddens me greatly, but I believe we'll see the obituary for Steve Jobs within the year...

Once again, wiser heads have seen through all of this. This is Apple's grand attempt to separate us from even more of our money, and Steve's actually been dead for nigh on 10 years now. That skinny guy at the Macworld events is his twin brother.

You read it here first.
 
Get well soon Steve. I'm glad he's commented on it all, but I think it's a shame he felt he had to.

Hey All,

Look, I love Apple and Steve Job and you all love Apple and Steve Jobs. I hope to God I'm wrong, but I just don't believe any of that. It sounds too good to be a letter written by Jobs and released. It sounds to me like they're covering their butts with the stock holders the day before the last Macworld which Apple attends. It saddens me greatly, but I believe we'll see the obituary for Steve Jobs within the year...

So you're basically calling him a liar, nice. :rolleyes: Don't you think the shareholders would be a lot angrier if they later found out it was all lies?!
 
Does anybody know what he means by "simple and straightforward"? What kind of treatment is it?

well thats steve figure of speeching. Even his treatment looks an apple product!
i hope that he gets well.
 
oh this will be annoying.
how will the world takes this!?

Steve: i have lost weight for a long time but have found the problem and me and my doctors are sorting it.

world: OH MY GOD HE IS DEAD!!!

most frustrating.
any way,
get well soon.
 
I assume you mean "massive" weight loss. This clearly isn't that. He'd be dead now if that was the case.

He currently has a chronic illness. Many people live very successful lives suffering from chronic illnesses (myself included)....



...and it doesn't interfere with their abilities to do their job.

Not that SJ will read this but I hope he's better soon. I mean that for the sake of his health (and the peace of mind of his loved ones) not the stupid shareholder concerns above.

Perspective!

One of the best posts I've read in some time. It has restored some of the faith in humanity I've lost reading some of the reactions thus far. Thanks emotion!
 
Fortunately, after further testing, my doctors thinkthey have found the cause a hormone imbalance that has been robbing me of the proteins my body needs to be healthy. Sophisticated blood tests have confirmed this diagnosis

The "think" part still worries me - but a CEO's personal health that is not in jeopardy - something to be concerned about sure - shouldn't be translated into the stock! up $2US on the Nasdaq?! Well its good news that he's working towards health.

Get well soon, Steve.

Indeed! We still need that distortion field ... the Mac Pro, MacBooks still need some serious UMPH with a touchscreen ;) .

So don't go yet Steve. Glad he got to spend the holidays with family ... maybe some new ideas and passion was instilled during that time.
 
Happy to hear this from the man himself! MACWORLD TOMORROW Wo0o0o0!!!
 
Health problems don't equal death you know. I certainly don't believe that this is simply a spin story, it is quite specific (as specific as you are going to get from Apple) about a problem that people have noticed the whole year. Do people want him to die or something? I for one would rather live in a world of optimism rather than your depressing, negative one.
 
maybe he'll get an apple logo transplanted onto his new hormones :p

nah, just kidding!!

good luck Steve (not that he'll ever read this).. and look forward to seeing you fit and healthy in late spring for an Apple event :D

ps: i can't believe people are nitpicking at his statement.... :(
 
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