Wait for it...
Nothing.
Zip.
Zilch.
Nada.
Steve Jobs is not dead - he's just resting.
The designs (and suppliers and tooling and carriers) are all set for the iPhone 5, the iPad 3 and, I'm sure, more products than that are in the advanced stages of design/development. Plus, Steve is staying on as Chairman - so you just know he'll still have tons of input into the product development side of things (whether Apple wants him to or not).
Tim Cook, who has already had a taste of the helm before today - is, apparently, a very hard worker who gets stuff done. And, let's face it - if you can work with Steve Jobs for that long (since 1998) and not have Steve fire you - or get absolutely 100% burned out from the job - then that's a good thing.
Apple is the #1 or #2 most valuable company on the stock market (depending on the day) - and as I write this - the pre-market open for the stock is less than $10 below the closing price of $376.18. $376.18! For APPL stock! Who, in a million years, would have ever thought it would get past $200?
Certainly not me - otherwise, I'd just retire.
Regardless of his current health issues (and I sincerely wish him the best!) - Steve Jobs will always be.. well... Steve Jobs. A cat can't change his stripes - and Steve Job can't stop being... well... Steve Jobs.
Here's a perfect demonstration of what I mean: this "lost" video of Jobs in 1984 when he introduced the first Mac - pretty much stands on its own. Even back then, Jobs had a knack for the dramatic (a computer that talks[!] a computer with every whore font you can imagine[!], "...for the first time anywhere...", etc):
Here's a video of him doing the 2005 Stanford Commencement addresss:
So, Mr. Jobs- godspeed in getting better - and Mr. Cook - you're wanted on the set!
No comments:
Post a Comment