I hope that he has a chance to work as Chairman, and Cook as CEO, long enough to ride through the transient hiccup that is inevitable in the next week or so.
Any fool who thinks that Apple is doomed by this change, hasn't been paying attention the past 5 years. Jobs has been easing himself out of the position of "only guy who can run Apple" for many years. They'll do fine.
“Any fool who thinks that Apple is doomed by this change, hasn’t been paying attention the past 5 years. Jobs has been easing himself out of the position of “only guy who can run Apple” for many years. They’ll do fine.”
I’m not sure where this has manifested itself in any media outlet or from Apple’s fans.
Apple has done nothing to show that this company is a separate and independent entity from Jobs.
They sucked royal before he came back and lacked focus when he was on medical leave.
Once he is officially done with the company, they are going to be in some serious trouble, and they all know this.