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Steve Jobs Resigns as Apple CEO
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I can't see it either. Maybe cause Jobs did the Video pros a service.
FCPX is very good. Much better then you are willing to give it credit for. So yeah you can be one of the pros who left Apple. And I'll be happy knowing Apple is still catering for the pros that stuck with Apple.
If you hate FCPX, then go use Avid or Premier and quit winging about the good app which is FCPX. You don't like FCPX. We get it. A lot of pros do.
It's just 5% (approx numbers) of the pro market make up 95% of the complaining noise. I'm not a video pro. But I'll be just as happy as the many many video pros who like FCPX.
In short. Quit bashing a good product. And start bashing a bad one.
This is sad. Hope Steve gets better and has a happy and restful life.
All I hope now is that Tim Cook keeps a tight leash on Apple like Steve did.
Keep iOS locked down and keep the vision. I'm with you all the way!
All I hope now is that Tim Cook keeps a tight leash on Apple like Steve did.
Keep iOS locked down and keep the vision. I'm with you all the way!
I think you will find that Apple are the company who are sued most by other, NOT the other way round. Apple did not start the patent 'wars' as you call them. Apple are protecting their rights.
Oh wow, I was really shocked this morning when my mother told me this sad news-.- .
Anyway , he is still there and I think it´s better to let Apple make it´s first "own steps" sooner than later, but I really loved Steve for what he has done for
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Steve I wish you all the best, you are a great guy and (probably) the best CEO this world has ever seen.
Anyway , he is still there and I think it´s better to let Apple make it´s first "own steps" sooner than later, but I really loved Steve for what he has done for
.Steve I wish you all the best, you are a great guy and (probably) the best CEO this world has ever seen.
Hey Guys!
Hey you Mac Fan Boyees/Gurlees, sorry to hear Steve leaving, if you ever need a hand running the show I'm always available
Hey you Mac Fan Boyees/Gurlees, sorry to hear Steve leaving, if you ever need a hand running the show I'm always available
I've skimmed through most of this thread. Many of the comments, arguments & retorts are simply embarrassing.
It's interesting how so many people turn into complete bellends when they get behind a keyboard. Seriously, grow up.
It's interesting how so many people turn into complete bellends when they get behind a keyboard. Seriously, grow up.
Well, at least he's still Chairman. I'm sure he will still have the "yay or nay" in what goes on.
Man. Hate to see Steve go. It's very weird growing up in the age of the computer and seeing the leaders I know and love start to pass the reins.
I hope Tim does a decent job. Personality wise he seems to be a drastic change from Steve. Watching him in QAs and interviews he seems much more reserved. Phil Schiller has a much more "Steve-like" personality in my opinion.
I suppose the CEO doesn't have to be the "face" of the company. Maybe keynotes will lead by multiple people and people will gravitate towards one or another. Apple's smart they'll find out what the public likes.
I hope Tim does a decent job. Personality wise he seems to be a drastic change from Steve. Watching him in QAs and interviews he seems much more reserved. Phil Schiller has a much more "Steve-like" personality in my opinion.
I suppose the CEO doesn't have to be the "face" of the company. Maybe keynotes will lead by multiple people and people will gravitate towards one or another. Apple's smart they'll find out what the public likes.
A lot of people here are missing one major point.
Today Apple lost Steve Jobs the CEO.
But Apple still have Steve Jobs the Visionary.
And it's the visionary that Apple need. Cook can be CEO.
When Jobs fully leaves Apple then they'll have lost the visionary.
That day will be a sad day indeed.
Today Apple lost Steve Jobs the CEO.
But Apple still have Steve Jobs the Visionary.
And it's the visionary that Apple need. Cook can be CEO.
When Jobs fully leaves Apple then they'll have lost the visionary.
That day will be a sad day indeed.
And .. Jobs hasn't been the day to day CEO for quite a while now .. Tim Cook has done that job for the past years anyways .
The stock price will take a hit .. it will recover .. Apple will go on.
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Sad to see him have to make this decision, but glad that he will still be involved with apple.
Steve: I wish you the best of health and a happy life without the responsibiliy of being the CEO.
Erit enim
Steve: I wish you the best of health and a happy life without the responsibiliy of being the CEO.
Erit enim
Its a sad day, but its obvious he's only handed over the reigns because he feels he is no longer fit to do it. Apple is in his blood and i'm sure he's prepared the company for it to the best of his ability.
Best wishes to him and his family
Best wishes to him and his family
Apple stock will drop a small percentage but nothing over the top. It's not like it's a total shock. Apple will still keep making cutting edge products and leading the technology world for many years to come. But really this is not the point. I just wish him a happy and healthy retirement.
So sorry to hear that SJ has been unable to continue. It must have been an awful decision to have to make, and I wish him well.
As for Apple, let us hope that they have nourished more visionaries to carry the torch once SJ finally does retire fully.
As for Apple, let us hope that they have nourished more visionaries to carry the torch once SJ finally does retire fully.
I think it's always nice to take stock at times like this when you have a genuinely meaningful moment, which this is.
This guy was a visionary, there is no question. It's amazing to think that he started the company in his parents garage with Woz all those years ago. What they did really did change things quite dramatically. The idea of a personal computer whuich was laughed at by so many, was brought to market and the world has never looked back. And Bill Gates was there with Jobs in the early days and without Apple it is very doubtful that Microsoft would have become what it did. Gates made Apps for the Mac in the early days and worked closely with Jobs and Woz and you can see on Youtube, a clip from an early Macworld with Jobs hosting a mock dating show with Gates, Mitch Kapor (Lotus) and someone else on the stage trying to win Apple's heart! All of those guys were doing their best work in the Mac at that time.
I posted earlier about the All Things D interview with Jobs and Gates that Walt Mossberg hosted in 2007 and it's really fascinating stuff. Gates pays Jobs a very meaningful tribute where he said that Jobs has a gift in coming up with products with the consumers eyes, how they want to use it and that he does things with such taste and elegance. He was such a perfectionist and often did things without any eye on cost. Like his early ads that were in colour print and used different colours that were expensive to produce and he had his accountants wailing at him to just use three colours and he refused...That's Jobs all over. Cost was not an issue when it came to getting it right. That's something that worries me now. You cannot replace Steve Jobs and Cook is an operations guy and those guys are always obsessed with Operational Efficiency, controlling costs and they may not even know that they're doing it, but will they even subconsciously move away from the Jobs way, cut costs here, there......thus changing the nature of Apple products. We have to wait and see.
There will be a product pipeline stretching into the next number of years that will have Jobs's fingerprints so that's good to know and he will still be there. Just not like the old days, controlling everything. That's what will be missed.
He is an extraordinary man. Apple really was failing with him gone and the time away with neXT laid the foundation for the Mac OS and that of course, is the foundation on which Apple is built. Jobs said it himself at the All Things D interview, Apple is about Software. It comes in a beautiful box! But it's really all about the Software. With Jobs out of the day to day management and with his co neXT programmer Bertrand Serlet gone as well who really built up OSX, it's a tricky time for Apple in the long term.
I wish them all the best and as always, I'll be rooting for them all the way because I love what they do. They're a cut above everyone else in the market without a doubt.
To Steve I can only send my thoughts and prayers and wish him all the best, It's been a very tough road he's been down with this illness. And I also give my sincere thanks to him for the genuine pleasure his great products have given me down through the years.
Thanks Steve!
This guy was a visionary, there is no question. It's amazing to think that he started the company in his parents garage with Woz all those years ago. What they did really did change things quite dramatically. The idea of a personal computer whuich was laughed at by so many, was brought to market and the world has never looked back. And Bill Gates was there with Jobs in the early days and without Apple it is very doubtful that Microsoft would have become what it did. Gates made Apps for the Mac in the early days and worked closely with Jobs and Woz and you can see on Youtube, a clip from an early Macworld with Jobs hosting a mock dating show with Gates, Mitch Kapor (Lotus) and someone else on the stage trying to win Apple's heart! All of those guys were doing their best work in the Mac at that time.
I posted earlier about the All Things D interview with Jobs and Gates that Walt Mossberg hosted in 2007 and it's really fascinating stuff. Gates pays Jobs a very meaningful tribute where he said that Jobs has a gift in coming up with products with the consumers eyes, how they want to use it and that he does things with such taste and elegance. He was such a perfectionist and often did things without any eye on cost. Like his early ads that were in colour print and used different colours that were expensive to produce and he had his accountants wailing at him to just use three colours and he refused...That's Jobs all over. Cost was not an issue when it came to getting it right. That's something that worries me now. You cannot replace Steve Jobs and Cook is an operations guy and those guys are always obsessed with Operational Efficiency, controlling costs and they may not even know that they're doing it, but will they even subconsciously move away from the Jobs way, cut costs here, there......thus changing the nature of Apple products. We have to wait and see.
There will be a product pipeline stretching into the next number of years that will have Jobs's fingerprints so that's good to know and he will still be there. Just not like the old days, controlling everything. That's what will be missed.
He is an extraordinary man. Apple really was failing with him gone and the time away with neXT laid the foundation for the Mac OS and that of course, is the foundation on which Apple is built. Jobs said it himself at the All Things D interview, Apple is about Software. It comes in a beautiful box! But it's really all about the Software. With Jobs out of the day to day management and with his co neXT programmer Bertrand Serlet gone as well who really built up OSX, it's a tricky time for Apple in the long term.
I wish them all the best and as always, I'll be rooting for them all the way because I love what they do. They're a cut above everyone else in the market without a doubt.
To Steve I can only send my thoughts and prayers and wish him all the best, It's been a very tough road he's been down with this illness. And I also give my sincere thanks to him for the genuine pleasure his great products have given me down through the years.
Thanks Steve!
the thing is - this will hurt apples share price and all stock options
but its actually quite a tactical move - with the iPhone 5 launch coming up the stock price will volley above where it was. Especially if Steve coms out on stage for 'and one more thing'.
much better he make the announcement right before a massive product launch than a couple of months after one....
but its actually quite a tactical move - with the iPhone 5 launch coming up the stock price will volley above where it was. Especially if Steve coms out on stage for 'and one more thing'.
much better he make the announcement right before a massive product launch than a couple of months after one....