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Steve Jobs Resigns as Apple CEO

JoeyVanHalen said:
AidenShaw said:
Well, Tim will need to do something to establish that "I am not Steve Jobs" - BD and USB 3.0 would be a start.

ps: The Asian shark fin slaughter operations should die too....
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Tim Cook is a lot like Steve than you think.

And Tim Cook is confident and mature enough to know not to pull that kinda ****.
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Does that mean we will be seeing a "Tim Cook says Blu-ray is a bag of hurt" thread soon?
 
I wish Steve Jobs well, and hope that this is for him to relax and not that his Cancer has returned.

Seriously, Cancer is not good and I hope we can stop killing each other long enough to find a cure. And advance science and technology.
 
thatrandomguy said:
The stock market isn't going to be critical now; both Steve and the board have backed Tim Cook, and it's not like Cook is absolutely new to Apple. He's been important for a number of years, and groomed by Jobs to take the position.

The real test will be the next few product announcements/launches; those are where Apple will be pressed to "wow", both in presentation and product. That is when investors will be watching and Apple will either retain confidence or lose it.
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This. Only now even more so, as Jobs (probably) wont be there to fix any duds.
 
^^BIGMac said:
Looks like all the haters are disappointed this morning seeing that Apple didn't lose 30% of it's stock value. Just another day in the stock market. A $7 fluctuation today isn't any different than any other day in this goofy stock market. Guess that could change but hopefully cooler heads will prevail.
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I doubt those yesterday worrying about their shares dropping are Apple haters.
 
I'm glad he will still be involved with the company. He is basically continuing the position he held for the past 8 months.

If Disney can do it without Walt, Apple can do it without Steve.

I feel that the culture is in place at Apple that the company will continue to prosper.
 
betoranaldi said:
I'm glad he will still be involved with the company. He is basically continuing the position he held for the past 8 months.

If Disney can do it without Walt, Apple can do it without Steve.

I feel that the culture is in place at Apple that the company will continue to prosper.
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Disney without Walt wasn't the happiest place on Earth, they had major problems for decades after Walt died.
 
I think the timing is no surprise. Expect the next keynote very soon to put peoples focus on the new products.
 
MonkeySee.... said:
Wasn't or isn't? Not that it matters.

Disney are doing a great Job as you can tell my the hundreds of millions that enter its gates every year.
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Notice the 'had' and 'for decades' in "they had major problems for decades after Walt died".

Yes, Disney is in a lot better shape today than during that period, but it took a long time.

You may want to read up on the time after Walt passed, because I doubt Apple can afford to let what happened to Disney happen to them.
 
Finally someone who really knows stock market saying something meaningful.:)


thatrandomguy said:
The stock market isn't going to be critical now; both Steve and the board have backed Tim Cook, and it's not like Cook is absolutely new to Apple. He's been important for a number of years, and groomed by Jobs to take the position.

The real test will be the next few product announcements/launches; those are where Apple will be pressed to "wow", both in presentation and product. That is when investors will be watching and Apple will either retain confidence or lose it.
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leekohler said:
Steve saved Apple in the 90's and made it what it is now. I think this was a good time to bow out. He was beginning to become the Steve of the 80's again who thought he was untouchable and making some bad decisions. I think at this point, everyone there gets it, and will continue the tradition as he would have, but maybe better.

Good luck, Steve- I've been with you since the beginning. Your company changed my life, and I will never forget that. I would not be who I am today without what you did. But yes, it's time to let go.
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I have to say, you seem to be the more level-headed people on this message board.
 
betoranaldi said:
I'm glad he will still be involved with the company. He is basically continuing the position he held for the past 8 months.

If Disney can do it without Walt, Apple can do it without Steve.

I feel that the culture is in place at Apple that the company will continue to prosper.
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many people would say that disney really went down the drain as of late though. perhaps not in terms of profit, but product quality.

just saying.
 
thatrandomguy said:
The real test will be the next few product announcements/launches; those are where Apple will be pressed to "wow", both in presentation and product. That is when investors will be watching and Apple will either retain confidence or lose it.
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If I remember correctly, almost every time Apple has announced a major product, including the iPod, iPhone and the iPad, the responses from online community as well as investors were the opposite of "wow," even here at Macrumors and the reaction was inevitably similar. According to my recollection it went something like this:

iPod: Underwhelming expensive boutique MP3 that is limited in functionality and will struggle against established competitors. Mac cult followers will buy it but it'll fail in the mass market.

iPhone: Underwhelming expensive boutique phone that is limited in functionality and will struggle against established competitors. Mac cult followers will buy it but it'll fail in the mass market.

iPad: Underwhelming expensive boutique device that is limited in functionality(just a big iPod Touch) and will struggle. Mac cult followers will buy it but it'll fail in the mass market.

For those who haven't seen it, here is Macrumor's reaction to the original iPod back in 2001. https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/apples-new-thing-ipod.500/

I don't think the negative reaction will change. The only difference will be at every announcement, there will be "Apple finally jumped the Shark without Jobs" comments, every time.
 
This is to all the naysayers

Apple stock:

Google finance said:
AAPL371.72-4.46(-1.19%)

Aug 25 - Closed NASDAQ real-time data -Disclaimer
Open: 365.08 Mkt Cap: 344.72B
High: 373.64 52Wk High: 404.50
Low: 365.00 52Wk Low: 235.56
Vol: 0 Avg Vol: 24.44M
P/E ratio: 14.72 EPS: 25.26
Div: - Beta: 1.31
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Took a real plunge let me tell you.... :rolleyes:
 
fertilized-egg said:
iPhone: Underwhelming expensive boutique phone that is limited in functionality and will struggle against established competitors. Mac cult followers will buy it but it'll fail in the mass market.
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Huh? People were falling all over themselves when the iPhone was announced. The reaction was overwhelmingly positive.
 
I'm sad, and I feel like an era has come to an end, but I feel happy for Jobs himself. Recently he's been looking really worn and weak and it almost hurt to watch him during the keynotes. The man must have been under immense pressure to keep going and I hope that he feels better now that he's got this difficult decision behind him.

Thank you for everything you've done and get well soon, Steve!
 
For those who haven't seen it, here is Macrumor's reaction to the original iPod back in 2001. https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/apples-new-thing-ipod.500/


this one is particularly funny in retrospect...

Pants
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Sounds very revolutionary to me.

hey - heres an idea Apple - rather than enter the world of gimmicks and toys, why dont you spend a little more time sorting out your pathetically expensive and crap server line up?
or are you really aiming to become a glorified consumer gimmicks firm?
 
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