Well, I see MacRumors has pulled this from the top page. The financial press hasn't touched it with a 1000 ft. pole. This is just more rumor mongering. The stock's off about 1.5% in Europe, but that could be anything (profit taking, speculation about the new Android tablets).
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Steve Jobs Spotted at Stanford Cancer Center
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An absolutely wonderful read. Thanks for posting it.
Its good to see some good sentiment come from this
fishmoose said:
An absolutely wonderful read. Thanks for posting it.
Its good to see some good sentiment come from this
No problem, felt it was necessary to post it. This is the first time I'm embarrassed to be part of the Apple community.
What exactly is his "condition"? That's right, you do not know.
And the news was that he was spotted in the Apple campus (walking out the building while talking on the phone) and he looked fine and healthy. A bit later few people saw him in an Indian restaurant, and again he seemed to look fine.
The Enquirer is hit-and-miss. To suggest they're 100% fiction would be disregarding much of their track record...
They were first to publish certain candid (and accurate) details about the Lewinsky affair.
They were first to dig up photos of OJ Simpson in Bruno Magli shoes after OJ had vehemently denied ever owning such shoes.
They uncovered that Jesse Jackson had an illegitimate child.
They were first to break the story that OJ was to publish a book called "I Did It"; the story was flatly denied but then the book showed up a month later.
They broke the story that Rush Limbaugh was addicted to painkillers, later confirmed to be true.
They broke stories about Mel Gibson and Billy Joel both having marital problems, and both men indeed announced their divorces months later.
They were first to allege that Tiger Woods was having extramarital affairs, after which several women came forward supporting this claim.
In January 2009 they accurately predicted that Michael Jackson had 6 months to live, although that's more of a lucky shot than accurate reporting - his death was accidental.
The story in question hinges on the credibility of these two doctors, and I don't know what to make of that. On one hand alarm bells go off when they make a precise verdict based on some paparazzi shots. On the other hand they might have looked at many more (and perhaps more revealing) pictures than those which NE chose to publish. He does look even thinner than the 'new' thin Jobs we're used to, it does appear confirmed that he checked in at Stanford Cancer Center, and both Steve and Apple have been very quiet about this new leave of absence, more so than the previous time (2009). The last time, Jobs gave a finite timeline (he'd be back in June), this time it's open-ended.
Whatever the situation (and I strongly disagree with the publication of the pictures/intrusion) I hope SJ is okay and will get better. This is not because I love Apple products but purely on a personal level - I am sure we all have been touched by cancer in our lives and know what an evil disease it is. I, like all of us on here, do not know SJ personally but we invest emotion in Apple and SJ hence the reason I feel quite depressed about this if it is true.
Really? And you registered on MR in 2008?
Yes. Not only talking about MR though, I feel MR handled it better than most. But places like 9 to 5 mac and Cult of Mac etc did not.
I am hoping against hope that the NE story is not true. But given that the subject is not some Hollywood floozie asking to be fried in the press, I tend to believe that the story is based on factual information they must have ferreted out of anonymous sources. As someone who worked in the valley at the height of the PC/MAC wars, watched his unceremonious exit from Apple, his exile and triumphant return and laying the foundation for the new Apple I am sure that there are thousands like me who feel for the man as a person as opposed to who he is. Even if he doesn't bring out one more innovative product, I just hope NE is proved wrong and he's licked his health problems and lives a full life. That's my cents.
You should just take what is written on any site with a pinch of salt and not take it so personally.
Look at all the rubbish MR posts just to get hits...
Johny Ive???
You want Johny Ive to "take over"? Take over what, exactly?
Jonathan Ive is an Industrial Designer, and a brilliant one at that. He is credited for many of the unique product designs on many former and all current Apple products in the marketplace. He has nothing to do with either running the company or providing the content (software) that is used on these products.
Care to clarify why he should take over?
You want Johny Ive to "take over"? Take over what, exactly?
Jonathan Ive is an Industrial Designer, and a brilliant one at that. He is credited for many of the unique product designs on many former and all current Apple products in the marketplace. He has nothing to do with either running the company or providing the content (software) that is used on these products.
Care to clarify why he should take over?
I don't take it personally I just think the Apple community, in terms of the news/rumors sites, could be more classy. The Apple community has been through so much in terms of being small and now getting bigger etc and I think we should still respect our core values. Steve Jobs asked for privacy, why not give him that? We're better than this.
When, a couple of days ago, there were leaked reports about him working a full day, there were no complains about his privacy.
And either that story is right or this one this, but I highly doubt that both are. If it is as bad as this one says, then he wouldn't be able to work a full day.
And if this one is right and the other is a lie, then the other might be a way to stop the fear of AAPL stocks tanking. If I was a AAPL stockholder I would prefer not being lied to.
Hopefully, for Steve Jobs, this story will turn out to be false. I guess the meeting at the White House will help to shed some light on this.
Sorry to be on a soap box folks...but
People's speculation on Job's health is totally insensitive. IF he is at the end of his life, he deserves our thoughts and prayers (if you believe in such things)...and not "Oh gee, I hope the new MBP gets released on time" BS. Use some empathy and give him some peace. Get well Steve.
People's speculation on Job's health is totally insensitive. IF he is at the end of his life, he deserves our thoughts and prayers (if you believe in such things)...and not "Oh gee, I hope the new MBP gets released on time" BS. Use some empathy and give him some peace. Get well Steve.
Heheh.
Still... perhaps he could take over some aspects of the Keynotes. All those stand-ins like Tim Cook and Phil Schiller are sort of Steve Ballmer-y. Jony Ive is the only prominent Apple figurehead, other than Jobs, who's kind of cool. The rest are just generic geeks who might as well be representing IBM or Nokia. I don't see why the Keynotes necessarily have to be run by the chief executive. That type of guy is good for the opening half hour snoozefest when they brag about how many trillions of iTunes songs they've sold, but why is the CEO the ultimate guy for presenting the new sexy products? Just because Steve Jobs is doesn't mean that it's his role as CEO that makes him the right person for it.
That is a wonderful video. Thanks for sharing the link.
I'm about Steve's age and also have (a very different type of) cancer, so his
messages here are particularly poignant. Steve isn't cured, but he's lived 6-7
years since his initial diagnosis (my diagnosis came 2 years ago) and it seems
he is still fighting. Stay hungry Steve. The FDA moves very slowly on approving
new anti-cancer drugs, but fantastic advances are happening more rapidly; the
longer you live, the better the chances are that you'll live longer.
