Steve Jobs made Apple, and we saw him make Apple make nearly perfect, magical world-transforming things (like Gutenberg & Henry Ford’s assemby-line did before him).

Now without Steve Jobs, we shall see how well Steve Jobs made Apple.

Now without Steve Jobs, we shall see how well Steve Jobs made Apple.

Bravo, BurmaYank!

I believe I said much the same in the first article on his resignation but not with such grace and acuity.

Thanks Steve. It’s been a great ride from the beginning. You’ll be missed as CEO but your vision and inspiration will live on. Remaining as Chairman of the Board will offer you a (somewhat) calmer place with less day-to-day responsibilities. Relax a bit. We all would like to have you around for a long time.

I wonder what a new CEO will bring? Licensing? That Apple PDA we’ve been waiting for? A successor to the $10,000 IIfx?

I hope he does well.

Am I the only one that thinks Tim Cook looks like Ryan Stiles?

Who knows where Apple may go with this new helmsman. I suspect that way points are plotted well ahead, but time will tell and then the destination will be known. I am sure the track will be monitored closely by the all and sundry.

We live in interesting times and in that I include the world outside of Apple

Gotta go to bed soon, 4:00 AM comes early in this time zone.

Hi Geoduck,
He looks to me like a manager with a shirt.

By the way, Tim Cook is responsible for outsourcing the majority of Apple’s jobs in the US to Communist China. *S*

If you hate outsourcing; if you think that it’s unpatriotic; if you think that it takes jobs away from otherwise hard-working Americans who are looking for work and now stand in ever longer unemployment lines; and if you hate NAFTA and Globalization like I do, you should hate Tim Cook’s outsourcing initiative for having contributed to pain and suffering in the US even though he moderated the pain with excellent products. We can now stand in unemployment lines listening to Lady Gaga and Al Jazeera. He giveth. He taketh away.

Look at this picture of the 9 white guys comprising Apple’s executive team. There is only one guy there who looks like he has the stones to lead, and it’s not Cookie.

It was a good time to leave. Lots of new products finishing the development cycle.
News of all the whizbang products will cause everyone to forget that there was a change.

In the end the company will continue its rise or possibly stagnate and only time will tell.

PowerBook G5 at last , but seriously – some more choice of matte screens across the entire range of Macs!

I second the matte screen, principally the ACD or The new Thunderbolt display. It would be nicer for my photo work to not have glare.

Look at this picture of the 9 white guys comprising Apple’s executive team. There is only one guy there who looks like he has the stones to lead, and it’s not Cookie.

Physical appearance, of course, being the primary indicator of a person’s knowledge, expertise, and personality.

Hi Bosco,
Hmmm, no one wears a black turtleneck shirt so no one is prepared to lead and, for all we know, they all are wearing wingtips.