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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. This is a sad day for the tech world by arcite · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Well on one hand, its better to do these things while everyone is still healthy and of sound mind. It's a sad day for sure, but on a positive note, Steve has set a high bar for Apple to maintain. Combine this news with the fact that Steve's official BIO has been pushed up to be released sooner than expected...it doesn't look good. Be well Steve!

    1. Re:This is a sad day for the tech world by Vancorps · · Score: 3, Interesting

      If Apple history is any indication, tough times are ahead for Apple as they've only been successful in the past under Jobs direction. That might be why it's considered sad news by some. Me, I'm more curious about how things will change with a different CEO.

    2. Re:This is a sad day for the tech world by Chris+Tucker · · Score: 2, Interesting

      "A tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury and signifying nothing."

      "owning their own data"? "openess"?

      Really WTF are you going on about?

      Has Evil Steve Jobs sent his Apple Ninjas to steal your harddrrives again? Did you catch your Time Machine drive phoning The Great Mothership in Cupertino?

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    3. Re:This is a sad day for the tech world by medcalf · · Score: 4, Interesting

      I am pretty optimistic about Apple, though, in the immediate post-Jobs era. The reason is because Jobs didn't just drive the development of great products; he also developed great people. The entire top leadership of Apple, not least Tim Cook who will replace him, follows and contributes to Jobs' philosophy on product design, markets to jump into, how to use the company's resources to secure strategic future technologies, when and why to kill your baby. In other words, it's at least a good 5 or 10 years before Apple's management culture starts to change significantly, meaning that Apple will continue to drive in the direction they've been going since Jobs came back in the late 1990s. As someone who really likes that direction, towards a simplified and thus more broadly useful application of technology, that makes me content.

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    4. Re:This is a sad day for the tech world by GauteL · · Score: 3, Interesting

      "Wait, when a consumer spends a dollar for a iBlah, it's a vote for closed garden."

      This is a straw man. The argument here is not that people WANT a closed garden, it is that they don't care. I sincerely doubt that openness figures in people's minds when they buy a consumer product and Apple have proven this with the iPad sales vs. any other tablet. So Android's lead in the phone market is likely to be to something else. Most likely the availability of low-end Android handsets.

      Obviously, this is an indirect consequence of the closed garden. Apple does not compete for low-end markets, so there is no low end iOS devices. However, if Samsung didn't compete for low end Android phones, someone else would because Android is open.

      But this doesn't change the fact that the consumer doesn't care about openness, even if they do care about some of the indirect consequences, and if Apple decided to compete for the low-end market by introducing an iPhone Nano, they would most likely own that market as well.