Steve Jobs Resigns as Apple CEO

[DirtyMagic97]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904875404576528981250892702.html

Apple Inc.'s ailing chief executive Steve Jobs is officially stepping down from the helm of the company, an historic shift that hands the reins to chief operating officer Tim Cook.

Took me a while to believe it. I guess it's his health?

[mmmbeans]

sellsellsellsellsellsell

[Dpantherman]

He's still going to be the head decision maker, nonetheless, still big news.

[Woodcookedbbq]

I can only speculate that it's because of his health. Tim Cook will be a good CEO though. He's as fanatical about Apple as Jobs was.

[The_Cannon]

His health had to have gotten really bad. As long as he's chairman they'll be alright he IS Apple. They need to make sure they keep Jon Ive on who is the guy who designed the imacs, ipod, iphone and pretty much gave everything the sleek image we associate with apple.

[Delhommey]

[charlottenian]

from what I have read he has pancreatic cancer and has had to undergo a liver transplant in the past. My understanding of pancreatic cancer is it is extremely lethal (Gene Upshaw passed very quickly along with Patrick Swayze) but he has appeared to be dealing with this for a few years now which is really towards the upper limits of life expectancy from pancreatic cancer.

[KSpan]

Regarding him possibly having cancer, that sucks. Regarding Apple, don't care.

[DirtyMagic97]

His health had to have gotten really bad. As long as he's chairman they'll be alright he IS Apple. They need to make sure they keep Jon Ive on who is the guy who designed the imacs, ipod, iphone and pretty much gave everything the sleek image we associate with apple.

I agree with you. Jon Ive has created pretty much everything that consumers visually associate with Apple. Dude is certainly a design genius.

[mmmbeans]

but it's the interfaces that make apple unique. jobs is the company.

[DirtyMagic97]

but it's the interfaces that make apple unique. jobs is the company.

While this is certainly true, Apple is image to many people who do not use any interface to anything close to its full potential. All these people you see with iPhones and MacBook Pros walking around want to be seen using Apple products.

What Apple products do is extremely important, but so is what Apple represents to people.

[mmmbeans]

While this is certainly true, Apple is image to many people who do not use any interface to anything close to its full potential. All these people you see with iPhones and MacBook Pros walking around want to be seen using Apple products.

What Apple products do is extremely important, but so is what Apple represents to people.

agreed but that's a function of a quality product, people associate them with quality.

you start putting out clunky interfaces and within two generations their market share will collapse given the competition.

[DirtyMagic97]

agreed but that's a function of a quality product, people associate them with quality.

you start putting out clunky interfaces and within two generations their market share will collapse given the competition.

No doubt about it. They have to continue innovating and producing quality products.

If you went up to an average Apple user on the street and told them that Steve Jobs resigned they'd have no idea what you were talking about. But you are right, if they start making less innovative products, eventually it will come back to bite them.

[mmmbeans]

No doubt about it. They have to continue innovating and producing quality products.

If you went up to an average Apple user on the street and told them that Steve Jobs resigned they'd have no idea what you were talking about. But you are right, if they start making less innovative products, eventually it will come back to bite them.

quickly. it's happening now with their video editing software. they've screwed the pooch and are going to see a big hit in market share. if it isn't fixed very soon, people will just move on.