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01/14/2009, 4:50pm, EST
Wednesday, January 14th
Jobs says health concerns more complex, takes leave
Apple's CEO Steve Jobs on Wednesday confirmed that his health was worse than expected and said that he would take a leave of absence from the company. In his email to Apple employees, Jobs said he recently learned -- after his the disclosure of health issues just before Macworld Expo -- that the health issues are more complex than he originally thought and that he would be leaving day-to-day operations to COO Tim Cook until the end of June.
Team,
I am sure all of you saw my letter last week sharing something very personal with the Apple community. Unfortunately, the curiosity over my personal health continues to be a distraction not only for me and my family, but everyone else at Apple as well. In addition, during the past week I have learned that my health-related issues are more complex than I originally thought.
In order to take myself out of the limelight and focus on my health, and to allow everyone at Apple to focus on delivering extraordinary products, I have decided to take a medical leave of absence until the end of June.
I have asked Tim Cook to be responsible for Apple's day to day operations, and I know he and the rest of the executive management team will do a great job. As CEO, I plan to remain involved in major strategic decisions while I am out. Our board of directors fully supports this plan.
I look forward to seeing all of you this summer.
Steve
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wow
To anyone medically trained, the excuses over the last several months for his declining health were bogus, and may elicit the biggest lawsuits against Apple it has ever seen. Nevertheless, Steve is a good man, and hopefully he recovers.
hmmm
Well, stock price down $9 in after hours trading...
Damn
Whatever may come, I hope for his wife and familys' sake that he recovers. My guess is it is cancer.
makesense: I'd be surprised if anyone sued Apple over Jobs' health.
Wahoo!
Major SELLING opportunity in the hizzy!
This is God's punishment for being lax on releasing new desktops. Or maybe for that awful Feist iPod commercial.
It's simple. He lied
Jobs has been lying through his teeth the whole time. It's now apparent. And his deceit will damage the company and the stock. There will be shareholder lawsuits. Lots of them.
Look it up. The four year survival rate for pancreatic cancer is only 40%. The guy is on his way out.
Good Luck
Best of Luck getting better.
God bless Steve & family
God bless you Steve!!! and your family. I hope the best for you and them. Thank you for your dedication, hard work and love for Apple. I look forward to your return.
Lol
Karma finally got around to getting him after years and years of deceiving consumers, business and dumb arse fanboys.
But man what a hit of Karma. Its like it was just waiting and then BAM!!
Pancreatic cancer
"The four year survival rate for pancreatic cancer is only 40%. The guy is on his way out."
That's for the more common form of pancreatic cancer, which quite frankly, I'm surprised is listed at 40%. Most people are gone within a year.
Jobs' form was very rare, but completely curable.
However, a cancer reoccurrence somewhere else would not be uncommon at all.
2009 Dev Conference?
Has the dates been announced for this years Dev Conference?