mags

Apple Will Flourish With or Without Steve Jobs

I don't disagree that Apple's stock, once Jobs leaves, will be hit hard. I do disagree, though, with all of you saying that he is the center of the entire Apple universe. Jobs has a reputation for hogging the credit for the products which Apple comes out with, so there is no reliable way to measure how much influence/participatio... he has when it comes to product innovation.

Bill Gates is now retiring. He built up a HUGE empire and was one of the most influential people of the last 10+ years. I don't imagine that MSFT's stock is going to take a huge hit from him leaving. I also don't see Google's stock taking a huge hit if Schmidt leaves google (I could be wrong on that one). A time may come where Jobs just fades into the background and it wont be a huge deal for him to leave, so lets not start panicking now.

fatcat: Please do some research before you start saying things about Jobs's cancer. He had a very rare form of pancreating cancer called islet cell neuroendocrine tumor which is far less aggressive or deadly than other types of pancreatic cancer. He is not going to die within weeks, if he did, Apple's PR team would be in extremely hot water for lying about it.