Has the dates been announced for this year's Dev Conference?

ikrupp
How do you know that Steve Jobs lied through his teeth ? His doctors could have given him a clean bill of health after his surgery and he took it in good faith ? Heck , I could quote the medical stats like everyone else working in the medical field but guess what , until you know what his CURRENT medical diagnosis is and that is written in ink and paper given to you by his doctors ( which won't happen , HIPAA ), all you have are guesses . So if I am you , get a life and as an Apple stockholder , I would want to see what Apple can do before I render judgment .

This is a BUYING opportunity, not a SELLING opportunity. Furthermore, as concerns Jobs's health, there was a posting from a physician on Macintouch that explained that Jobs is probably suffering from diabetes (after all, a lot of his pancreas was removed). I just did a Google search, and other physicians concur. It is HIGHLY unlikely that this is about a recurrence/metastasis of the original cancer.

Major SELLING opportunity in the hizzy!

Selling oppurtunity? What the h*** are you talking about? You sell when the stock goes up, not down.

A major selling opportunity is when the rumor goes around that Steve has the new immortality gene and he really is the "CEO for life". Or Dell is going under and basically telling everyone to just buy a Mac. Or MS is going under, basically telling everyone to just buy a Mac.

Are you people out of your minds? This is a sick man and you're complaining about stock prices and whether he's lying?

People, Steve Jobs may be dying here. Did you ever consider that? This is not funny, or irritating, or annoying, or lying. When someone is sick, I think caring about their well-being should go way beyond anything else. For G_d sakes, have a heart!

Really should be ashamed of yourselves.

Apple will be fine regardless, and it IS a buying opportunity.

Posts in this forum will better be judged in June, when Steve returns. (I almost want to go through the trouble of copying them all and pasting them in the forum in June).

I tell you, it is a buying opportunity!

Stock? Take stock of yourselves.

Steve is probably dying and all you people are worried about is stock? Ever have anyone close to you die of cancer? I have. It's heart-wrenching. Shame on you!

Once again, it simply amazes me to read the callous comments some leave on here. I think people forget that there is a human being, with a family and loved ones, that this story about. He's not a character in a soap opera.

That being said, I miss "As The Apple Turns"...

And anyone thinking Apple will be sued over Steve Jobs' health, and his disclosure of, is a great reflection of our litigation-happy society. Quite frankly, those who think that Steve owes them the results of his annual checkup simply because they own a share of the stock are sorely mistaken. While you are at it, make sure to check that he keeps the tires on his car properly filled and rotated, and that he wears a seatbelt as well, and that he wears his slicker when it rains. You invested in a company, not a man, and despite him being the founder it doesn't make his health records and the rest of his life a part of the annual earnings report!

People like you manditory-health-reportarazzis are representative of what is wrong with the focus put on celebrity in our society. Their lives are not public property!!

Once again, it simply amazes me to read the callous comments some leave on here. I think people forget that there is a human being, with a family and loved ones, that this story about. He's not a character in a soap opera.

That being said, I miss "As The Apple Turns"...

And anyone thinking Apple will be sued over Steve Jobs' health, and his disclosure of, is a great reflection of our litigation-happy society. Quite frankly, those who think that Steve owes them the results of his annual checkup simply because they own a share of the stock are sorely mistaken. While you are at it, make sure to check that he keeps the tires on his car properly filled and rotated, and that he wears a seatbelt as well, and that he wears his slicker when it rains. You invested in a company, not a man, and despite him being the founder it doesn't make his health records and the rest of his life a part of the annual earnings report!

People like you manditory-health-reportarazzis are representative of what is wrong with the focus put on celebrity in our society. Their lives are not public property!!

...that the ultimate celebration of the American Dream... the pinnacle of Capitalist freedom is the freedom to celebrate the misfortune of another (and their family) and profit from it. At times like this it is probably a good thing that Dr. King took a bullet, as this is definitely NOT what he dreamed about.

To the frivilous and callous posters: f*** you.

filing class action lawsuits against a company always makes the company's stock price go up. :|

Maybe someone should file class action suits against people that file class action suits.

Wish Steve all the best and hope he will have a fast recovery from his illness. We'll miss you :(

Without him, I really want to see what's next from Apple.
Any effect toward market and consumers ?

Get well soon,anw.

I sincerely believe that Steve will be back and well when does in June. There are times people do fall sick and need time off.

We all may fight over stocks and numbers but Steve is a person that did make a difference. If you are here with hate words for Steve, then it shows that deep down you have a load of respect for the person who has made a difference to technology and the world. It is just that you do not want to accept the truth yourselves.

Please throw down the the ill thoughts and let us all pray for him.

No matter what happens, Mr. Jobs will go down in history. He will be in history books, and when the most important figures of the history of this century are spoken of, there will never be a time when he does not make a top ten list. We all hope he stays around as long as possible as we are living with history. Maybe this is overstated, but i suspect the question will be asked for many years, "Where were you when you heard Steve Jobs died?".

... I will just wish Steve well, thank him for the work he has done, hope he feels better soon and, if he decides that he wants to get back to work, will have many more years of doing what he loves at Apple.

I think all these comments -- even the callous and classless ones -- show that Jobs and Apple have been a huge influence in the quality of our lives. Naturally people get anxious when any change to that comes, but we should remember that when Steve came IN it was a huge change to the status quo, and not a lot of us were certain that he was the one would could turn it around. Now we've gotten comfortable being popular, hip and cool thanks largely to Steve and the people he brought in to help him, and we're afraid of change again. Guess what -- it never ends.

The people Steve brought in can handle the day-to-day. Maybe a new visionary will emerge, there's a h*** of a lot of talent in that pool (and outside it).

The Edison company continued after Edison. Ford continued after Henry Ford. Nothing last forever, but I'm not particularly worried about Apple in the foreseeable future.

... I will just wish Steve well, thank him for the work he has done, hope he feels better soon and, if he decides that he wants to get back to work, will have many more years of doing what he loves at Apple.

I think all these comments -- even the callous and classless ones -- show that Jobs and Apple have been a huge influence in the quality of our lives. Naturally people get anxious when any change to that comes, but we should remember that when Steve came IN it was a huge change to the status quo, and not a lot of us were certain that he was the one would could turn it around. Now we've gotten comfortable being popular, hip and cool thanks largely to Steve and the people he brought in to help him, and we're afraid of change again. Guess what -- it never ends.

The people Steve brought in can handle the day-to-day. Maybe a new visionary will emerge, there's a h*** of a lot of talent in that pool (and outside it).

The Edison company continued after Edison. Ford continued after Henry Ford. Nothing last forever, but I'm not particularly worried about Apple in the foreseeable future.

That's what it takes for an answer to everything in this country: LAWSUITS! Somebody has to be blamed... I was unaware that we humans possessed that much control over our health to the point of influencing stock prices. This is a very cruel society that we live in today. The man is fighting cancer and the only way this country can show gratitude is by suing the company that helped them to make money. Nothing to be said that it is his prerogative to keep his health issues confined to his friends and family members. Whatever happen to privacy? These may be the man's last days on this planet.
What a cruel, insensitive, selfish society we live in... Shame on you all.

I think all eyes are on the Exe team not to mess things up at Apple while Steve is gone. A good test for them.

Steve... thinking of you, really, we all want you back.