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Steve Jobs Resigns as Apple CEO

Shame

prayers go out to the Jobs family. And for Apple, best wishes for a continued prosperous future.
 
Like everyone else here, I'm shocked but hope nothing but the for Steve.

He's still the chairman of the Board which means he will still have his hands on projects.
 
It is possible that due to his health he just wants to spend more time trying to get better and spend time with his family. Being the CEO will be an extremely busy all day to day job.

Being the chairman of the board may allow him to spend more time at home with his family and he is still able to contribute to Apple.
 
Thanks Steve for everything, I think it is all but confirmed that he is living on borrowed time. Apple will continue, just the same as Microsoft has post Bill Gates. I am not sure though they will be able to replace the drive, charisma and vision he had for the company.

Oh and I bet your servers are getting hammered lol! :D
 
Thanks Steve for the amazing innovations in the past few years. The Mac, iPhone, and iPad have really changed the world.
 
Steve changed the world...

:apple:Once Steve dreamed to change the world, and He did, now the world will change again because he is leaving... think different! :apple:
 
macsimcon said:
Why not wait for this weekend? Why not wait until Friday, and allow Wall Street to absorb it over the weekend so the stock doesn't take such a hit?

I think the answer is Steve is going to die soon, and they weren't sure they could wait until Friday. And I think that's why they moved up the release date of his biography.

This sucks. He's perhaps the greatest visionary, entrepreneur, CEO, and visionary our country has ever seen.

Godammit.
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zub3qin said:
Why wouldn't Steve/Apple announce this on Friday? Or on Fri before labor day weekend? Or on Sept 11? Weekends/etc would suck some air out of the story and limit stock fluctuations. This is what ALL businesses do.

Is there more acuity to this story? In other words is there something bad and imminent that forced Apple to announce this at an odd time- something that wouldn't allow them to wait for just 2 more weeks?
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basesloaded190 said:
Like everyone else here, I'm shocked but hope nothing but the for Steve.

He's still the chairman of the Board which means he will still have his hands on projects.
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Not only this but last time he forced out.
This time I am sure he has "his guys" everywhere with Cook being the perfect example.
 
divinox said:
I really doubt Jobs can be Jobs without micromanaging, and negotiating, and all those other responsibilities. Dont even think he wants to be that Jobs. Arent all those things the reason why he is the man he is in first place?
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Well, from reports (and maybe this book will say more!) he wasn’t just micromanaging product details. That’s the kind of thing he WILL still be into, I’m sure, and I’m glad. But I don’t call that micromanaging. I mean things like micromanaging all kinds of other work that goes on, like how the cafeteria is run, etc. He may have been good at that level of control, but most CEO’s delegate that stuff. And that stuff isn’t what makes Apple great. Let Steve focus on the details we see and experience instead! As for negotiating—he’s pulled off some amazing deals, but I doubt he did so alone every time. Apple has the clout to keep making deals without him. (And there’s no rule to say he can’t be involved in that still—but it’s no longer so heavily on his shoulders.)


djpic said:
OMG! I am screwed. Apple's stock is going down tomorrow...I would say at least 50 to 100.

I had a feeling this was going to happen with the book and such coming out and was going to dump the stock at $400...kicking myself now. :mad:
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Give it time. Apple’s stocks will recover—and their business won’t need to: sales and product quality didn’t diminish when Steve stepped down (partly) months ago, and they won’t decline because he stays away (or partly away).
 
Apple is now a great company due to Steve's success, it should not hurt the company since its current team is equally capable of taking the company further ahead!
 
Damn this is bad news! I guess It was inevitable and it's great he will still sit on the board and advise! One of the best ceo's on the planet. Apple's success is largely down to him and I think Apple will continue to make amazing things without Steve at the helm :)
 
What a sad chapter in history. I'm just glad that I was around to experience it. All the best Steve!
 
I guess that it's over dramatic to say that I feel like my heart is breaking a little. I know that it has been expected that he wouldn't come back. But I guess I was expecting him to, as he has in the past, beat the odds.
I hope that he will get better. I hope that his influence still shines out of all of apples products.
 
DirtySocks85 said:
No joke, I had a dream last night that Steve Jobs died and Tim Cook was made CEO. Glad Steve is still alive, but it's a bit eerie that I dreamed of that last night. I seriously woke up this morning and checked the tech blogs to make sure it was just a dream.
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It is very eerie that you were dreaming about both men... Yes...For sure.:rolleyes:
 
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Thanks Steve, your company and your legacy will live on, long after any of us. A genius, nothing more, nothing less.
 
i think if he doesent fully leave apple he will have so much influence that there will really be no difference
 
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