Steve Jobs Preparing His Farewell?

[graham-miln]

Is sharing the stage an easy means of diluting the impact of stories about Steve Job's health?

Given the jittery stock market prices each time a Jobs health story is written, this seems like good business sense.

It will take some time to bring home the message to stock holders; Steve Jobs is not Apple, and Apple is not Steve Jobs.

It does not need to indicate Steve Jobs is leaving.

[jsmcgd]

SJ looks pretty thin in the last picture.

[kylec]

I wouldn't worry about it. You can't be too thin. Or too powerful.

http://images.teamsugar.com/files/users/1/15111/34_2007/imac...

[altano]

I think _thin_ is an understatement

[jyothi]

isstevejobsstillalive.com

[Readmore]

I definitely got this vibe from the proceedings as well. Especially from the Macbook video that is all Ive. It's sad to see him go but good to know that it will be a slow transition.

[gms]

I got the vibe too, however the product videos have always been mostly-Ive, and have never included Steve.

[rms]

I think he'll be around long enough for the new Newton.

[noonespecial]

I was kind of thinking that the iphone was the new newton.

Now that that's out of the way, Steve's got nothing left to prove. Maybe its time to kick back a little.

[metatronscube]

I don't think so really. I mean the MacBooks are a design masterpiece and what better person to present them than their lead designer. I wouldn't read too much into this.

[phony_identity]

Ah, dammit. Goddammit all. This is bad.

[mhartl]

I don't understand all this talk about his health being a private matter. I sure wouldn't feel that way if I were an AAPL shareholder.

[asdflkj]

If you were an AAPL shareholder, nobody would be holding a gun to your head and preventing you from selling your AAPL stock.

[river_styx]

Time to short AAPL?

[RKlophaus]

Unfortunately, I think you missed your window. Apple dropped from ~180 to ~90 in the past month and a half. (It's been up a little over the past two days.)

If I weren't worried about completely un-diversifying my portfolio, I'd buy more now while it's cheap.

[LPTS]

I think the chance that gizmodo is full of shit is much higher then the chance that Steve Jobs walks away from apple while it's turning into his vision. It seems much more likely to me that some asshat at gizmodo wants pageviews then that this analysis is right. Part of Steve's Jobs job (um) is to train execs that are ready to step into his shoes. That doesn't mean he is leaving.

[jm4]

Have you seen Steve Jobs lately? We are literally watching the man be eaten away by cancer. I am not sure if he has much of a choice in the matter.