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Title: Steve Jobs Resigns as CEO of Apple
Post by: Intervex Digital on August 24, 2011, 11:28:36 PM
Just saw this come across the wire...  What do people think of this? Is Tim Cook up to the task as successor?

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To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community:

I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple's CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.

I hereby resign as CEO of Apple. I would like to serve, if the Board sees fit, as Chairman of the Board, director and Apple employee.

As far as my successor goes, I strongly recommend that we execute our succession plan and name Tim Cook as CEO of Apple.

I believe Apple's brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it. And I look forward to watching and contributing to its success in a new role.

I have made some of the best friends of my life at Apple, and I thank you all for the many years of being able to work alongside you.

http://allthingsd.com/20110824/steve-jobs-resigns-as-ceo-of-apple/ (http://allthingsd.com/20110824/steve-jobs-resigns-as-ceo-of-apple/)

Looks like Apple shareholders don't have confidence in him...
http://mark.intervex.net/AAPL.png


Title: Re: Steve Jobs Resigns as CEO of Apple
Post by: FlipPro on August 24, 2011, 11:40:49 PM
Just saw this come across the wire...  What do people think of this? Is Tim Cook up to the task as successor?

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To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community:

I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple's CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.

I hereby resign as CEO of Apple. I would like to serve, if the Board sees fit, as Chairman of the Board, director and Apple employee.

As far as my successor goes, I strongly recommend that we execute our succession plan and name Tim Cook as CEO of Apple.

I believe Apple's brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it. And I look forward to watching and contributing to its success in a new role.

I have made some of the best friends of my life at Apple, and I thank you all for the many years of being able to work alongside you.

http://allthingsd.com/20110824/steve-jobs-resigns-as-ceo-of-apple/ (http://allthingsd.com/20110824/steve-jobs-resigns-as-ceo-of-apple/)

Looks like Apple shareholders don't have confidence in him...
http://mark.intervex.net/AAPL.png
Steve jobs WAS APPLE. No one believed in his company except for he. Much of his success was due to cheap labor (China) and price gouging (USA , AND EUROPE). He was indeed a visionary, and maybe he thought/thinks we should have already been much more advanced as a race than we already are. He was known as an isolationist and didn't like people. I once read a story about how a Student was trying to get an interview with him for her master paper. Here was his reaction lol...

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/apple-ceo-steve-jobs-liu-student-chelsea-kate/story?id=11686415


Title: Re: Steve Jobs Resigns as CEO of Apple
Post by: BitcoinStars.com on August 24, 2011, 11:55:58 PM
that stock is gonna trade wild for the next few months


Title: Re: Steve Jobs Resigns as CEO of Apple
Post by: evolve on August 25, 2011, 03:09:22 PM
aapl is only down $6.61 (1.73%) and most of the loss was from afterhours trading last night. heres how it is doing today compared to s&p and dow for perspective:

http://chart.finance.yahoo.com/z?s=AAPL&t=1d&q=l&l=on&z=l&c=%5EGSPC,%5EDJI&a=v&p=s&lang=en-US&region=US

judging from the way it is trending, aapl will outperform the market today.




also, theres a thread about this already: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=39127.msg479824#new


Title: Re: Steve Jobs Resigns as CEO of Apple
Post by: Intervex Digital on August 26, 2011, 01:37:29 PM
also, theres a thread about this already: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=39127.msg479824#new

I did a search before starting a thread, looks like the one you linked to was started nearly 30 minutes after I posted this (see time stamp below)

Apple chief executive Steve Jobs is officially stepping down.


Title: Re: Steve Jobs Resigns as CEO of Apple
Post by: evolve on August 26, 2011, 02:14:51 PM
my mistake.


Title: Re: Steve Jobs Resigns as CEO of Apple
Post by: Intervex Digital on August 26, 2011, 02:19:59 PM
my mistake.

No big deal, truthfully I shouldn't have even bothered to post about being first, I'm just still riled up by a post Matthew N. Wright made regarding one of my posts in another thread...