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Apple's Steve Jobs resigns as CEO, stays on the board. Tim Cook, who has been subbing during Jobs absence, takes over. Stock slides 7%.
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Dr. Mordrid
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An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.
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It was expected. He is irreplaceable, though I think momentum will carry Apple for quite some time. -
Yeah it's sad to see him retire, he will be missed.
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I've been saying for a while Apple should have been positioning someone as the replacement 'Apple God' to be worhsipped by the masses.FT.Comment
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They were: Tim Cook. He's been filling in for Jobs as acting CEO during his absences since 2004, and in his resignation letter Jobs named him as his designated replacement.Last edited by Dr Mordrid; 25 August 2011, 03:06.Dr. Mordrid
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An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.
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There's a difference between covering and becoming a new messiah.FT.Comment
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Every time he took the reigns Apple made more money, and Jobs remains on the Board. It's after he's gone-gone that is the concern.Dr. Mordrid
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An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.
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Maybe now they will stop the sue all competitors mentality..paulwComment
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BWWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!Originally posted by paulw View Post
That was a good laugh. There is no end in sight to the lawsuit craze that has taken over the mobile phone market. Everyone will keep suing everyone else until software patents are reformed or each of the big three (Microsoft, Apple and Google) end up in a Mexican stand-off because each holds so many patents that no one can move against the other.“Inside every sane person there’s a madman struggling to get outâ€
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I see that in defending itself against Apple's patent claims Samsung has named Star Trek, 2001, Star Trek TNG and other sci-fi that has portrayed tablets & other handheld devices with touch interfaces as prior art. Guess if it goes through Apple might owe the Kubrick and Roddenberry estates a dime or two
Last edited by Dr Mordrid; 27 August 2011, 20:22.Dr. Mordrid
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An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.
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Doesn't work that way, even if it would be amusing. Apple is suing for very specific things in the various cases. Samsung is just flinging stuff against the wall hoping something sticks.
It's all about trying to get the other party to the negotiating table. It just so happens that all the parties involved are a stubborn bunch.
As far as the topic goes... Apple will be fine for at least the next decade or two. Jobs has known he was in bad shape health-wise for a long while now and he's not the type to leave things to change. He's been grooming a company's worth of now and future replacements, as well as making sure the "right" people are in the right positions within the company.
The only thing I would worry about is if Tim Cook plays it safe on future decisions because he doesn't want to tread on Jobs' legacy.
Personally, I'm just glad we might finally be able to quit hearing all this "messiah" and "RDF" garbage.Last edited by Jessterw; 27 August 2011, 20:35.“And, remember: there's no 'I' in 'irony'†~ Merlin MannComment
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Not sure what "RDF" means but over here we're still hearing about a "messiah" from like, uh, ages past...Join MURCs Distributed Computing effort for Rosetta@Home and help fight Alzheimers, Cancer, Mad Cow disease and rising oil prices.
[...]the pervading principle and abiding test of good breeding is the requirement of a substantial and patent waste of time. - VeblenComment
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RDF = reality distortion field.
What makes Mac fanatics believe Macs are better or faster than PCs and enables them to justify much higher price.Comment
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Actually it's a more specific definition than that. It's Steve Jobs' ability to make people clap and cheer for damn near anything. Since people who don't like Apple or their products can't wrap their heads around why anyone could possibly want one of said products, they invented this magical RDF.Originally posted by UtwigMU View Post
That way, they can make themselves feel superior in their own product usage since they aren't susceptible to the hype.“And, remember: there's no 'I' in 'irony'†~ Merlin MannComment
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RDF video (it's in Chinese but animation tells the story).
Otherwise this speech is an inspiration to me:
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