Following up on the medical leave Steve Jobs took from Apple in January, this, today, while of course not unpredicted, is still a bit of a psychic bang.
August 24, 2011
Letter from Steve Jobs
To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community:I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.
I hereby resign as CEO of Apple. I would like to serve, if the Board sees fit, as Chairman of the Board, director and Apple employee.
As far as my successor goes, I strongly recommend that we execute our succession plan and name Tim Cook as CEO of Apple.
I believe Apple’s brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it. And I look forward to watching and contributing to its success in a new role.
I have made some of the best friends of my life at Apple, and I thank you all for the many years of being able to work alongside you.
Steve
Unavoidable but sad. Read John Gruber’s erudite thoughts.
How do you replace the irreplaceable man? Like we’re seeing. An open-ended medical leave, where he retains the CEO title. A continuation of strong new products, including a major improvement to the iPad, the device that is upending the entire computer industry. The ceding of day-to-day operations and leadership to Tim Cook, his right-hand man and chosen successor. Ever-higher profiles during public product announcements of top product-focused lieutenants like Phil Schiller, Scott Forstall, and Eddy Cue. It wasn’t something you could see or hear, but from the audience during this year’s WWDC keynote, it was something you could feel. Midway through, I wrote:
He’s here, but this is the first post-Steve keynote.
Yeah. Bugger.
As I’ve said before: Steve Jobs is the Thomas Edison of our age.
– P
Jeff Jarvis: “Let us write no early eulogies. The man’s genius lives”
Steve Jobs is the Thomas Edison of our age.
What absolute Tripe.
Hello Craig. Here’s a view from someone right up your um, ‘alley’ …
https://twitter.com/#!/jimcramer/status/106502973907156992
Or do you prefer Arnie?
https://twitter.com/#!/schwarzenegger/status/106522177192460288
You, Craig/Brad/whoever may avow no respect for Jobs but gutsier people than you or me do.
– P
[My polite request: be courteous about this issue.]
And contrary to your belief (which is almost always off base) I have huge respect for Jobs.
Apple is one of, if not now the biggest company in the world and being CEO of this company for such a long time Steve deserves most of the credit.
The difference here is, I have the judgement to realise when its just Fanboy “I love my Ipad more than my Dog.” BS that people Spew over the Internet.
For every argument people publish Pro Apple. There is reasonable counter arguments from the other side. Apple Fans just don’t listen. Sounds like someone from round here.
“But anti-fans of Apple have latched on to that image/pic. Why did they distort it? Dunno, don’t care.”
Sorry, you misread my meaning:
‘Why did they [Apple’s lawyers] distort it? Dunno don’t care.’
The kerfuffle about that single page of Apple’s submission is OTT. IMO.
Your comments about one-eyed fan boys are undercut by your own apparent zealotry. Why do you ‘care’ so much?
I stand by my original comment: Steve Jobs is the Thomas Edison or Henry Ford of our time:
http://www.thepaepae.com/steve-jobs/13462/comment-page-1/#comment-5004
-Peter
Guy Kawasaki – “Apple I, Apple II, Macintosh, iPod, iPhone, iPad … Who can say they created six things like that? No-one. No-one in the world.”
Why be courteous, ? When I have never heard so much BS, its simple hyperbole.
You know the same description you often slam others for using.
I don’t give a rat’s arse what links you find of people who are simply being Shills for Steve Jobs.
Kawasaki Hit the nail on the head. He Created things. He did not Invent things. Comparing Him to the likes of Edison as you have is such an insult to Edison.
There are thousands of people creating things from other peoples Inventions every day. Steve Jobs simply is connected to creations that are popular, Chances are he probably had a tiny amount to do with what Apple have produced in last 10 years anyhow. But somehow people think he builds these devices in his own garage by himself, boxes them up in his lounge delivers them by hand all over the world. And then charges an arm and a leg for them.
Apple is US company. if this was a Japanese company. The US Shills you have just googled would not give any praise and would not care less.
For me this is a perfect viewpoint of Steve Jobs. Nothing more, Nothing Less.
By Jennifer Valentino-DeVries
“Steve Jobs has stepped down as CEO of Apple, the company he founded and turned into the largest technology company in the world. Although his tenure as CEO will be remembered for ushering in fundamental changes in the way people interact with technology, he has also been known for his salesmanship, his ability to turn a phrase – and a knack for taking complicated ideas and making them easy to understand. Below, a compendium of some of the best Steve Jobs quotes.”
From here.
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2011/08/24/steve-jobss-best-quotes/
If this story is true, what does Steve Jobs actually do?
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/gadgets/5525244/The-man-behind-Apples-aesthetic