RIP Steve Jobs
WE are the music-makers,
And we are the dreamers of dreams,
Wandering by lone sea-breakers,
And sitting by desolate streams;
World-losers and world-forsakers,
On whom the pale moon gleams:
Yet we are the movers and shakers
Of the world for ever, it seems.
Steve Jobs Resigns
Steve Jobs resigned as the CEO of Apple Inc. on Wednesday. He will still be the Chairman of the Board though. You can read his letter here.
I am not going to speculate about why though. The media has done an overly thorough job of discussing his health issues of the last few years. He simply stated he cannot perform those duties anymore. Not an easy thing to decide I am sure.
One thing I know is that the reports of Apples demise are being greatly exaggerated. The expected stock dip has occurred as well as the morbidly obituary-like articles about this change. It seems to me that Jobs’ goals regarding Apple were never as simple as building some cool gadgets, some nifty toys for us all to use. To quote John Gruber:
Jobs’ greatest creation isn’t any Apple product. It’s Apple itself.
It’s true. Apple is more than Steve but it also is, in essence, Steve. This is why I think Apple will continue to do what it has done. It will be different but it will still be Apple.
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