Posted on 08/24/2011 3:55:06 PM PDT by Beaten Valve
Edited on 08/25/2011 5:41:39 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Steve Jobs has resigned his post as CEO at Apple Inc.
Apple's Board of Directors today announced that Steve Jobs has resigned as Chief Executive Officer, and the Board has named Tim Cook, previously Apple's Chief Operating Officer, as the company's new CEO. Jobs has been elected Chairman of the Board and Cook will join the Board, effective immediately.
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Gotcha, Chairman of the Board appointment for the short term..........yep. Happens all the time......
I loaded the famous Apple OSX on a computer and it sucked looked like a cheaper version of something Linux. I used it for one day, could not take it anymore. Windows7 is excellent go blow some cash you don’t need on Apple products. It’s a free country
I can’t stand the Apple image. Apple is so self-important, so gay, I would be embarrassed to carry around an Apple laptop in public
That is so ridiculous as they all look the same. A laptop is a laptop. I mean I guess if you carry a pink laptop as a guy you might look gay but otherwise that is not true. Anyway, nobody carries around their laptops anymore anyway with the I Pad. That is why you have all the items so that you use what you need at the time.
Steve Jobs changed the world for the better, Christian Engineer. What have you done? Have you engineered anything even remotely as amazing as the iPhone or the iPad?
This is simply shocking! Do not look at it if you do not think you want to see it.
Steve Jobs after resigning:
http://www.tmz.com/2011/08/26/steve-jobs-apple-photo-resignation-ceo-sick/
Poor man.
Man, the guy looks like death warmed over. That’s horrible.
Prayers up, doesn’t look long term like things are very good. Those photos are shocking.
It is hard to see him this way. Based upon my experience with cancer victims, I’ll give him 17-21 days. I hope he has prepared himself for his next big adventure.
My husband is predicting a new iPhone that will allow you to project your movie onto a blank wall. Viola! Your own personal big screen tv wherever you go!
Thank you, Steve Jobs. The world is a lot more fun, and productive, because of you. I haven’t felt like this since Walt Disney died.
A great man in a world full of pretenders. He will be missed.
Aw, so sad. Just damn. :(
bump.
awful...helluva visionary...death awaits us all and has it’s own time
i feel for him
wow..a first...what a wuss
Do you know how fast that can change? Think: Palm Pilot, MySpace, AOL...
But at the same time, not unexpected. Jobs survived and continued working, thinking, dreaming, innovating, for better than half a decade after his cancer diagnosis. He seems to have taken it in stride, probably in keeping with his Buddhist beliefs, and will pass on with one of the greatest legacies in modern times. It is very sad... at the same time, I doubt that Jobs has many regrets.
I have lost friends to cancer, and been with them to the end. So I guess the picture of a frail, haggard Jobs does not surprise me.
At least he has been afforded the gift of being at Apple when it ultimately prevailed. Steve’s legacy.
Recently, in an interview, he said he strongly identified with Flik in “A Bug’s Life” by Pixar. Although I have not seen the film, I understand the grasshoppers that Flik battled, were a lot like Microsoft.
:o)
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