Steve Jobs Resigns from Apple

[plnyyanks]

An era has ended for Apple. Steve Jobs has resigned as CEO effective immediately (although he will become chairman of the board).


http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/08/jobs-resigns/

[sanddrag]

Must have been all the madness over the HP Touchpad. It did cause an earthquake afterall...

[gblake]

Originally Posted by plnyyanks

An era has ended for Apple. ...

I think it is more correct to say that an era has ended for Apple, again.

This isn't the first time.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Steve has been fighting an illness. This should not come as shock but likely Apple stock will be a good buy in the coming days.

Though it'd sad that Mr. Jobs will be leaving as CEO, my question is, how's the new CEO going to run the company? Will we see Jobs-level work at Apple, like we have for the last decade or so, or will there be a new kind of work level with this new CEO? Will the apps, computers, handhelds, etc. be the same?

I guess we'll find out in the months to come.

[JesseK]

So long as the new CEO continues what Jobs setup, Apple's stock will be fine. Jobs himself has been seen as one of the best CEO's of all time, which is why Apple's stock tumbled last night. Investors always spook during management changes when things are going well.

Maybe this means that in the future we won't have so many Apple commercials implying that our lives are filled with gaping voids if we don't have an iPhone and iPad

[Duke461]

All i have to say is Apple will be fine, and Tim Cook is awesome!

[Michael Hill]

You can just tell Steve Jobs isn't doing too well...Here's a picture of him after the resignation:



From the looks of his unshaven beard, he's basically stopped caring what he looks like and is succumbing to his illness, and it looks like chemo has really taken its toll on him as well.

[plnyyanks]

My thoughts and prayers go out to him and his family. I do hope he can make a recovery. Cancer can be a terrible thing (if a link go with that statement is even needed, I suppose this is it). Mr. Jobs did some great things, and I hope he can pull through. And if anyone here doesn't know how much he devoted himself to Apple, I think this says it all. We're praying for you, Steve.

[gyroscopeRaptor]

Originally Posted by Michael Hill

You can just tell Steve Jobs isn't doing too well...Here's a picture of him after the resignation:



From the looks of his unshaven beard, he's basically stopped caring what he looks like and is succumbing to his illness, and it looks like chemo has really taken its toll on him as well.

This is completely shopped, if you want proof, look at the left side of his neck at the bad lighting and his cheek.

[Chris is me]

It's a digitally zoomed / cropped picture. Of course it's going to have image artifacts and noise.

[davidthefat]

It was proven shopped by reddit.

[Michael Hill]

Originally Posted by davidthefat

It was proven shopped by reddit.

Nothing was "proven" by anyone. I have Photoshop and can draw red lines too, does that also make me a photo manipulation expert?

The thing on his cheek is obviously an artifact. If someone DID photoshop it, such a large artifact wouldn't be there, especially since it's being zoomed in on. Things like that happen. And as for the neck, light CAN naturally shine that way. Shadows can be deceiving. Remember all the people who think we faked the moon landing because the shadows seemed to be "off"? It's just an odd contour in his neck that makes the shadow appear to be "pixelated".

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by davidthefat

It was proven shopped by reddit.

Or rather, some guy on Reddit pointed out that the image had artifacts and decided that was "proof" that it was shopped.

Skepticism only makes sense if you're always skeptical.