Steve jobs has weeks to live

[Richie]

Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, has weeks to live, and claim to have pictures of him outside of the Stanford Cancer Center in Palo Alto, California. Jobs, 55, is currently on medical leave from the company he co-founded. RadarOnline.com confirmed that the pictures of a gaunt man outside of the cancer clinic are in fact Jobs. Patrick Swayze was a patient at that particular clinic right before he died. It is unclear what Jobs’ current issue is, but he has a history of illness. He suffered from a very rare form of pancreatic cancer in 2004 and received a liver transplant in 2009.


New reports have said that Jobs will attend a meeting with President Obama on Thursday along with chief executives from Google Inc. and Facebook.


As much as I dislike apple, Steve jobs has most definitely made a huge impact on technology today. It's really sad and I'm really annoyed at some of the comments I've seen floating around facebook and twitter. If a man dies, whether you hate the products hes helped to create in some way or another, you shouldn't say you want to "celebrate someones death" that's just disrespectful and to me it shows how heartless one can be.



The real question is, when a huge part of apple sadly dies will the company start to fade away or has Steve jobs influences on staff members make the company stronger?




Source (http://www.longislandpress.com/2011/02/17/national-inquirer-national-inquirer-says-steve-jobs-is-dying/)

[HotelUser]

I hope the J man doesn't die.

[Mathew]

Such a shame really. I do agree with you Richie.. whether you like his company or not, there is no debating the fact that he has had an extraordinary impact on technology.

[TheDylan13]

It's sad.. :( I hope a miracle can happen.

[Recursion]

It's unconfirmed. The Nation Inquirer are basing their rumours off a grainy picture of someone's butt who happens to look like Steve Jobs.

If it's true, then it's truly a shame, there's no doubting he had an impact on Technology, I doubt smartphones would be where they are today if it wasn't for his influence in the market with the iPhone.

[xxMATTGxx]

There is no confirmed reports on this like Tom has said and we aren't sure if it's true or not true at this moment in time. It will be such a shame to see a guy like Steve Jobs die whether you like or hate Apple, he has changed Apple and has had a very huge impact on the technology world.

When or If he does go, then I'm Apple will have plans already in place whenever this may be and I'm sure they will still be around releasing new products and so on like they do today but just without the main guy they are used to.

[Grig]

I saw this in my local paper, they said the good news is that the Guardian isn't the more accredited newspaper, so it's probably a complete shenanigan.

[iBlueBox]

Yeah,

Highly doubt this is true, nothing on major news sites or any apple blogs., its not confirmed

[Jordy]

Balls to this! I'm disappointed anyones took this source seriously, until I see it on major news outlets and big tech blogs it's complete ****. Who else can judge the state of his health other than his doctors? No one.

And to be honest he met Obama just 2 days ago, someone dying in a hospital bed with weeks to live wouldn't be meeting with the heads of Sillicon valley and the US President.

Grow up anyone believing such complete crap.

[Hushy]

great sham, i hope its not true!

[Gibs960]

Really sad to hear that, it's a disgrace that people post stuff saying nasty stuff about him.

[Chippiewill]

Apple's stock just halved... probably. Edit: It has gone down a lot, I wouldn't be surprised if it dropped a lot more when the market opens again.

Shame to see him go, as much I don't like apple products I love the innovation that Jobs has created.

[Misawa]

Don't believe this until it gets confirmed by a *reliable* source. The Enquirer are always posting fake photos of dead and dying celebrities. THey published the Steve Irwin photos - all of which were fake. The fact that he didn't look anywhere near that bad from behind at the Masters of Social Media dinner with Obama the other day indicates that those pics are all rubbish.

[FlyingJesus]

This is a disgusting story to put out, if they can't get it confirmed I hope they get some hefty action against them for it. They can report that they think they've seen him outside a cancer unit if they really have to but suggesting that they somehow know he only has weeks left is terrible no matter how bad he may or may not look. I've seen pictures of David Beckham in African slums that doesn't mean he's about to starve

[iBlueBox]

Apple's stock just halved... probably. Edit: It has gone down a lot, I wouldn't be surprised if it dropped a lot more when the market opens again.

Shame to see him go, as much I don't like apple products I love the innovation that Jobs has created.

Doubt that Apples stock would half, without Steve Jobs even if he did only have a few weeks to live, whats most likely bull,

Apples stock actually rose back, when Steve Jobs was on his last medical leave,

[Technologic]

"National Enquirer"

Stopped reading when i saw that

[GommeInc]

Seems pointless if there are no confirmed stories about this. As FlyingJesus said, it's quite sick to put this out with no confirmation. It's amazing they ahven't started building his coffin, if places are already signing him off with no confirmation. He obviously has a history of illness, but we shouldn't be signing him over to the dump if there is no news elsewhere.

[Janet Snakehole]

I didn't believe the news at first, still not sure if I do now. Either way it'll be sad to see him go if he does.

[Suspective]

If it is true, then this is pretty sad stuff. As even though I only have a couple of apple products, and I use Windows/Android for a large majority of things. Apple is still a major player in the industry, and really helped me surf the web when I'm on the move :P

Hopefully however, this is only a hoax as even if you don't like him - it is rather sick wishing harm on him.

Good Luck Jobs :D

[Eoin247]

With regards to the apple stocks, i can tell you that my shares in apple have not really been hit at all. Apple shares have done nothing but go up since i got mine around the release of the iphone.

I doubt this story is true. But if it is, it won't really affect apple as a company, at least in the short to medium future.

[qaxzsw]

I hope it's not true, what a sick thing to say. My nan died of pancreatic cancer.

[GommeInc]

With regards to the apple stocks, i can tell you that my shares in apple have not really been hit at all. Apple shares have done nothing but go up since i got mine around the release of the iphone.

I doubt this story is true. But if it is, it won't really affect apple as a company, at least in the short to medium future.
It's interesting how some media outlets suggest that Apple stocks have plumetted, but there doesn't appear to be any evidence :/ I guess some people assume because Steve Jobs is the face of Apple, that any illness he goes through must result in a plummet in share price because of his status - in honour, for example.

[Oleh]

i did see a 2.2% drop on the day. Haven't looked since

[JerseySafety]

Wow he's meant to be coming to NZ in a month or so apparently.

[AgnesIO]

Wow he's meant to be coming to NZ in a month or so apparently.

He can't be that bad..

He made it to the Apple Event.

[Eoin247]

He can't be that bad..

He made it to the Apple Event.

Yeah, i was thinking about that when i saw the event stream. He looked fairly healthy to me

[Wig44.]

He looked as if he was recovering from something that had really taken its toll on him. Not dying though.

[efq]

I think if he's well enough to come out infront of hundreds of people to give a presentation on iPad 2 he's a fighter.

If he does die of cancer we can sure say no matter how much money you have, you can't always fix things.

[dirrty]

I think if he's well enough to come out infront of hundreds of people to give a presentation on iPad 2 he's a fighter.

If he does die of cancer we can sure say no matter how much money you have, you can't always fix things.
no **** sherlock

[efq]

no **** sherlock
-.- You might not of known but private health care gives you better chances for a lot of things. If you have the money you can pay for certain things. So don't be so smart.

[dbgtz]

-.- You might not of known but private health care gives you better chances for a lot of things. If you have the money you can pay for certain things. So don't be so smart.

He only has the option of private health care...

[efq]

He only has the option of private health care...
No I'm saying, some people have more a chance of survival in some cases if they can afford private health care. I didn't know to an extent if his problem was treatable with a 40 million pound surgery, in some problems their is.

[GommeInc]

No I'm saying, some people have more a chance of survival in some cases if they can afford private health care. I didn't know to an extent if his problem was treatable with a 40 million pound surgery, in some problems their is.
In the UK a few private hospital firms rely on the NHS to undertake their surgery procedures. At the moment, you're better off going for a Government owned healthcare system for anything like brain surgery (or any serious operations) as they're the better funded out of the options available. Private Surgery is only really "amazing" for cosmetic surgery, or anything to do with hips, arms and legs. Anything in the abdomin and chest tends to be left for the public sector - unless of course you're having fat reducing operations :P

Naturally, Jobs only has the private sector to rely on for operations. He has the money to go and see the best professionals and specialists, but for us ordinary people you'll be getting just as bad a time in hospital as the NHS - money doesn't necessarily make things better in the US, some just take your money and give you a sub-standard hospital visit.