kennz
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Post by kennz on Aug 25, 2011 2:27:41 GMT
I have just read online that Mr Jobs has stepped down as CEO and Tim cook will now be officially installed as CEO. I suppose there will be those who think apple will slip, it is a team effort to make this company the success it has become. Ultimately ones health is of paramount importance. Farewell and thanks for all the cool tech.
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Post by Will Green on Aug 25, 2011 7:39:31 GMT
End of an era, things will never be the same again.
I hope Steve enjoys his retirement, what an amazing man.
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Post by beerbum on Aug 25, 2011 7:54:23 GMT
Hey guys - he's not dead yet! I hope that I won't be saying the real farewell for a while to come. He's still chairman after all and even when he's not there I still think he's there if you know what I mean. The CEO is gone, long live the CEO. Thought this was a good article rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=dd35e21e47b6eb7bde03a3535c50e4dc
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Post by xcoder on Sept 5, 2011 11:27:52 GMT
I have a theory about Steve stepping down from the CEO roll, it's just a few random neurones firing, no evidence to back it up. So Steve has stepped down as CEO. As he said in his resignation letter he feels he can no longer met his duties and expectations as Apple's CEO so he stood down. At lot of people have taken this to mean that Steve health has taken a turn for the worse and is too ill to continue his current role. However, over the last few years Apple has seen tremendous growth, and as the company has grown so must have the day-to-day responsibilities of the CEO position. We all know that Steve likes to keep a tight control on the design and implementation of new projects, so what if rather than standing down as CEO for health reasons he's stood down to concentrate more on the other side of his Apple job? I suspect he'd rather be shaping and moulding the next generation of iPhones, iPads, Macs, etc and concentrating on building the next big world-changing iThing than sat in financial meetings, dealing with the press and whatever-else a CEO does. So maybe rather than stepping away from Apple as everyone seems to think he's going doing, he's just handed the CEO reigns over to Tim Cook to free himself up for the next wave of Apple goodness. He has taken over as Chairman of Apple and asked to remain as an employee of the company so I somehow don't think he's quite ready for retirement or on his death bed yet Thoughts? Richard
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Post by Forum Cat on Sept 18, 2011 21:14:43 GMT
Hard to know. I too tend to think though that we have not seen the last of Mr Jobs yet.
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Post by Alex on Oct 6, 2011 7:12:38 GMT
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Post by Will Green on Oct 6, 2011 17:22:24 GMT
I've never cried about someone I never knew, but I did today. An amazing man. I'm stunned and shocked.
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Post by nedseagoon on Oct 6, 2011 18:49:37 GMT
Will - thanks for the very apt dedication of the British Mac web site front page to the passing of the great man.
So many famous and not so famous people have eloquently expressed their feelings and I do not have their skill. So I will just say
Thank you Steve Jobs
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Post by Forum Cat on Oct 6, 2011 23:05:14 GMT
I too shed a tear for Steve.
Though I never knew the man his life provided an inspiration to me, especially how he refused to back down even in the face of cancer.
He'll be missed.
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Post by xcoder on Oct 6, 2011 23:36:20 GMT
It's been a hard day filled with sorrow and reflection. For the technology industry this is the passing of our Elvis, our Diana, our JFK. The prominence of the news headlines and the breadth of those paying tribute to Steve have shown that his presence, genius and invention has been felt well outside the small geeky corner of Silicon Valley where Apple began. If you haven't seen the commencement speech Steve gave at Stanford University in 2005 then please take a look, it is truly inspiring. YouTubeHere’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. Richard. Sent from my iPad
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Post by tumnurkoz on Oct 7, 2011 16:36:16 GMT
He was inspirational, hard, ruthless, ingenious, visionary, Legendary. So many descriptives apply to one man. Think Different. Somehow i don't think this is the end of his legacy,
One more thing...
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Post by beerbum on Oct 7, 2011 20:53:13 GMT
I have to admit I shed a tear.
i didn't have any childhood heroes and didn't realise that Steve was a hero of mine until I was reading Andy Ihnatko's piece on my iPhone on Thursday morning and started leaking moisture from my eyes in Starbuck's
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Post by beerbum on Oct 11, 2011 15:19:48 GMT
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