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Steve Jobs Resigns As Apple CEO

Posted by samzenpus on from the au-revoir-mr.-jobs dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The title says it all, really; Steve Jobs has resigned as the CEO of Apple, and would like to become Chairman of the Board. Reasons are not specified, but his declining health of recent years is a likely candidate. He's named Tim Cook as his successor."

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  1. Steve's impact on the world by dreadlord76 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Even though I don't qualify as an Apple Fanboy, Steve's impact on the world of computing is felt everyday by all of us.
    While Xerox PARC did the original GUI environment, and invented little things like the Mouse, Steve's vision with the Mac changed the computer world. It made computer accessible, influencing Windows and other OSs to make their system accessible to the masses.
    Apple, Next, Pixar, Mac, iPod, iPhone, iPads.
    I believe Steve made the world better.

    1. Re:Steve's impact on the world by betterunixthanunix · · Score: 5, Insightful

      It was designer Steve Jobs that focused on the systematic problems of computer usage that changed the world.

      What on God's green earth are you talking about? Steve Jobs was not the one who saw a problem with the corporate vision of computing-as-a-utility. Wozniak was the one who aligned with people like Lee Felsenstein and the Homebrew Computer Club, and Wozniak was the one who designed PCs that people wanted. Steve Jobs did not envisioned the GUI interface, the mouse, video games, WYSIWYG, tablets, PDAs, smartphones, or anything else that has made Apple a successful company.

      Steve Jobs has two talents: the ability to see what products can be marketed, and the ability to market those products to home computer users. He is not a designer of anything other than good business plans.

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  2. Enjoy a happy retirement by Kittenman · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Put your feet up, go fishing, read some books. Lord knows you've earned it. And nope, I'm not an Apple man - but I recognize hard work when I see it.

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  3. Re:This is a sad day for the tech world by vux984 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    but I don't see how this is sad at all.

    The most probable reason for this particular change is that Steve's health is failing; and this announcment is a proxy for "Guys, I'm not going to be ok."

  4. Re:This is a sad day for the tech world by antifoidulus · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Because unfortunately Steve was one of the few CEOs of big American Corps that actually gave 2 shits about the product that his company made. Outside of a few others(Google being chief among them), the modern American CEO couldn't really give a flying fuck about what the company actually makes(see Balmer, Fiorna). They are there to absorb as much money as they can while doing nothing but playing financial games with the company's balance sheets. Love him or hate him, you cannot deny that Steve was genuinely passionate about technology.

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  5. Re:This is a sad day for the tech world by sg3000 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Steve Jobs is the embodiment of the American Dream, there are scant few individuals on this earth than can attest to the scale of success that he has achieved.

    Jobs is arguably the best business leader of our era.

    He co-founded the hugely successful Apple out of the proverbial garage, got fired from his own company, went off and started NeXT, bought Pixar from George Lucas and turned it into something big. At the same time, he came back to Apple, made a huge hit with the iMac, then the iPod, then the iPhone, and now the iPad. Now Apple one of the most successful companies around. I'm not sure if any other business leader's accomplishments could beat that story.

    What impresses me is, as others have said, he actually cared about the products his company made. He wanted to make a "dent in the universe" and he actually did. He didn't do it by managing to costs or other things that business schools tell people to do, but by putting products and the user experience first.

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  6. Re:This is a sad day for the tech world by Bobartig · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's not Carly Fiorina coming in and fucking up HP for a few years and leaving - Steve Jobs started the company, worked there ~10 years, left for a few, then came back and was CEO for 14 more. No other CEO on the planet is so closely associated with their company. As a pillar of the tech industry, his input drove the state of the art forward. It is a loss for the tech world when any big name leaves for good. By the way, this website is called Slashdot, and its a place for "News for Nerds," you know, people who generally care about technology.

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  7. Re:This is a sad day for the tech world by mjwx · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Let's be blunt. Only nerds on tech sites worry about "closeness."

    Only aircraft engineers care about mechanical safety.

    That doesn't mean it's not important.

    The average technophobe doesn't worry about openness because they already have it and take it for granted, much like the average airline passenger takes for granted that the plane their flying on wont fall apart. What they dont know, nor want to know is that a lot of work goes on in the background by very dedicated people to ensure that everyone can enjoy the boon of openness or safe flights.

    Shove the average person into a world of "closedness" and they'll start caring about it quick smart.

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