As much as I want the best for the guy, I hope he leaves soon and the new CEO has different ideas, such as a more open app store, or separating the i from iOS X.
But please do get well soon Steve!
I wish Steve the best. I know Apple was survive perfectly fine without him since he hasn't performed day-to-day CEO duties in years (that's always been Cook's job).
However, I hope this doesn't lead to another year of the "meh" product announcements like the first half of 2009 (iPhone 3GS, barely updated iLife suite, iWork.com beta, iTunes' move to tiered pricing, minimal hardware updates, etc).
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What individual 'evidence' do you need? Something can't come from nothing.
You know, there are other creative minds on the planet...
First and foremost apple is not going to die if Steve isnt there.
Apple had difficulty in the 90s not because there wasnt Steve at the helm. But because the stupid board put an ex-Pepsi gut that had no idea how to run a technology company. Selling sodas does not qualify you to sell computers. DUH!
Apple lost focus and had too many products in its lineup. They didnt benefit from the economy of scale because they didnt sell enough of any one product.
Steve may be a visionary but he dont come up with every idea. There is a team of people doing that. Apple was granted almost 600 patents in 2010. Steve didnt do that. Steve doesnt design the product or write code.
As long as they have people at the top that dont forget that Apple *IS* a brand and putting out crappy products hurts the brand they will be fine. As a share holder and having worked in the Silicon Valley for more than 20 years this doesnt unnerve me.
I wont be dumping my stock and I wont be selling off my Apple products.
LagunaSol said:Why the positive votes on this story ?
The self-loathing haters ever lurk.
As much as I hate the Apple circlejerk that goes on in regards to their products
Thanks for the mature, intelligent insight.
shares were going to drop anyway, because they are inflated.
Keep thinking that. If anything, with $50 billion in the bank, the shares are still very undervalued. Their P/E is barely higher than the flatlined company Microsoft (no room left for significant growth) and is a fraction of Amazon's, even without all that cash factored in.
Sorry to say, but I'll be selling all shares at open and going short. I remember what happened last time Steve left Apple. Oh well, it was a good run while it lasted.
We'll see you back at $500.
Best wishes to Steve and his family. May he recover speedily. That said, Apple will continue on course. While Steve is certainly the propeller of progress at Apple, at times he's also an anchor. I've often wondered if the company could go even higher without his obsessive level of control sometimes dampening the possibilities. I guess we'll find out...someday.
The good news is Tim Cook is no Steve Ballmer. In a very, very positive way.![]()
Yes; Tim Cook put a HDMI, USB 3.0, Light peak ports and blu ray, to the iMac. Also, shove a dual core CPU and GPU, gyro, 8mp with 1080p vr, 3D no glasses display, retina display, 1gb RAM, iMovie desktop equivalent app, flash.... to the iPad.
Sorry Steve, but your decisions are rubbish: no blu ray, to increase itunes 720p sales; no flash, to increase sales of apps. Really, if you add blu ray, HDMI etc, then your sales will go up (with the right marketing.)
Let's face it folks. This is it for Steve. He will NOT come back. They are smart by announcing a 'medical leave of absence' as to not shake up the investors too much (but their stock will take a hit). They will let Tim Cook run things during some successful launches to show people he can get the job done.. then later announce Steve's retirement.
Name one that's come within a million miles of Jobs. Just one.
I'm surprised AAPL is up $2.80 a share at the moment. Better keep an eye on it later this week.
Name one that's come within a million miles of Jobs. Just one.