Steve Jobs Letter

[DaveTaylor]

! poor Steve.

Team,

I am sure all of you saw my letter last week sharing something very personal
with the Apple community. Unfortunately, the curiosity over my personal health
continues to be a distraction not only for me and my family, but everyone else
at Apple as well. In addition, during the past week I have learned that my
health-related issues are more complex than I originally thought.

In order to take myself out of the limelight and focus on my health, and to
allow everyone at Apple to focus on delivering extraordinary products, I have
decided to take a medical leave of absence until the end of June.

I have asked Tim Cook to be responsible for Apple’s day to day operations, and
I know he and the rest of the executive management team will do a great job. As
CEO, I plan to remain involved in major strategic decisions while I am out. Our
board of directors fully supports this plan.

I look forward to seeing all of you this summer.

Steve

[5,5]

Oh jeez, hope everything turns out well with him

[Turbocom]

I don't wanna be rude or mean but wow.

[xxMATTGxx]

Such a shame for anyone really, even if your not a fan of Apple. I hope he gets better soon

[Calon]

Saw a news report on it this morning, didn't see this letter though.

[lolwut]

Well, let's see Apple's shares plummet. Apple IS Steve, remember. And loads of companies where speculating that AAPL's shares are gonna go down when this happened. Forget the welfare of him, the welfare of his company is now at stake!

I'm joking, but yeah... That's sad. I don't think he's gonna be coming back, anyone else agree?

[rnix]

I don't see why there should be a news story about him, they're is more important issues that needs to be addressed.

[Yoshimitsui]

Maybe we might gett some better prices from Apple then!

What is wrong with him anyway?

[Awfy]

I don't see why there should be a news story about him, they're is more important issues that needs to be addressed.

More important issues than a man who has been part of the technology revolution which has allowed you to participate in this forum and own a computer - I can see your point totally.