Steve Jobs Resigning Effective Wednesday

Apple stock dropped 5% in late trading but probably will recover as Jobs is not leaving Apple.

From Apple to Crapple.

I think NOT!!

This is totally unexpected! (Maybe it was expected and I just wasn't following)  I wonder if Apple will become the new Microsoft and slowly decline over the years, after Bill Gates stepped down way back in the day.  If so, who will replace Apple?  Linux?  But Linux is non-profit, as they sell their OS for nothing, so that's not it.  Maybe Google will (I hope not).

It has to be be for health reasons..........sad.........An innovator and clever business man..........but looking at recent pictures he does not look a well man. Hope he rests and recovers. Health is everything.     

Well many have already called Apple the new Micrososft, though it was more in relation to their ethics then their business success.

Yep ... I don't have much time for Apple, they are on the warpath with anything and everyone of late. It's all down hill from here ...

But I do wish Steve the best, I hope his health is improving.

very nicely and sensitively put doc....  

So is this the part where we gloss over the horrible things Apple has done under his leadership, and focus on the good bits?

I don't think so. Maybe the next guy can put some morality back into the business, but being strongly suggested by Jobs I don't quite see it.

I don't relish anyone's death, but i'll not worship the idea of a man I never knew.  Hes a man, and most of apples success can be derived from the people that work there, not just the leader taking the credit.  I find it funny how we are supposed to feel sad for a guy who would have fired us as an employee for so much as talking to him in an elevator.  I give his memory the same amount of compassion.

I wonder how happy his life has been, how much he has done to improve the world that we live in.  Ipads?  technology?  Its a great distraction, from stuff that is more important.  If you rationally think it out, technology is reducing our jobs, and steve jobs shares some of the credit.  After he dies, I'll probably never think about him again. 

No, and Yes ...;)

And we care.... because.........????

Maybe he ran out of things to claim as his own and is now looking for something else 

Obviously this is health related and he needs to lessen his personal workload.  In that regard I wish him all the best... because regardless of his business practices, whether you admire or agree with them or not, and yeah, he has been a smug bastard at times... a lot of the time, but there's still no need to wish ill upon him health-wise.

My father always had a saying: "There but for the grace of God go I."   Something to think about when wishing ill upon others... and how karma has a way....

Just sayin'

Thank you syd. I was hoping to keep folks from the usual "I hate because..." stuff. One only has to read Karen's thread to realize how badly off some are yet seem to find the energy and strength to create beauty, humor, friendship and caring for those who surround them.

Very true, old friend. Every time I think about Steve, you, Greg (really didn't know he had severe problems), TCMM and Smedley (even though he sucks) I realize how small my health problems are in comparison to others'. 

We should all try walking a mile in someone else's shoes (if he has enough money to buy a pair) before judging. 

As you pointed out so well Mark, "What goes around, comes around.":  It's a path we all walk, so helping others and being generous eases the burden for us all.  

And in Apple fanboy land there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

iPad

iPhone

iQuit

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I just see no sense in wishing ill upon others when there is already more than enough misery in this world. Yeah, I say this and that about bankers, and let's not forget politicians and advertisers, the bastards, but that's just my frustration with the ways of the world showing.  In reality it's all huff and puff that couldn't blow down a house of straw, sticks, etc... because essentially I'm just a big ol' pussy cat and way too soft.  Oh, and no worries about the claws, mrs s prunes those back regularly.

I hope he weathers the illness well.  But he really deserves a rest.  The man is one of the greatest innovators in the technology age.

He's still in apple and his still a prominent figure. The reason for his departure is to rest and he didn't want the company to have a CEO whose time away didn't have a return date. He'll act as an ad-visor but im pretty sure we can rely on his team to continue the trend he has set. Morale might drop for just a little while but they all know hes available and still on a shareholder pay-roll.  

Maybe now I can get flash for my iPad, a backspace key for the keyboard and not to have to plug my iPad into another computer to update it..  I just want stupid, unreasonable things like that.

Just saw a pic of him allegedly taken yesterday and if it's legit, he's very near death.  Sad, for sure, but I'm surprised he's survived as long as he has, given the nature of the health problems he's had.  May his end be free of pain.

Yep...........Photos are here http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1021250-pic-steve-jobs-afer-resignation/

The Enterprise Linux does cost something (or at least the support does). The reason Linux will not be a big thing the forseeable future is it is highly inconsitent between distros and it has GUI issues.

PS:

Trivia - the 5th largest contributer to the 3rd version of the kernel is Microsoft.

Yahoo 7 ran a story about this... link... and most commenters are condemning TMZ for running with them.  Personally, I have to agree with them.  To have the basic knowledge that a major player in the tech world is ill is one thing.... the rest should be private and the press/papparazi need to leave him alone.

Appears the pic was not legit, as I sorta suspected.  The black 'skirt' just didn't seem right, among other things.  Glad that's not reflective of reality, which I suspect is bad enough as it is.