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Is Steve Jobs prepping for the goodbye?

Robert Hallock October 15, 2008 10:06 AM ET in Tech

In Apple’s meteoric return to international recognition, Steve Jobs has been at the fore of the ranks of developers that have restored the once-ailing firm. Yet yesterday’s Macbook events saw a Steve Jobs that was not only remarkably subdued, but also gave the reins to other luminaries within Cupertino. Gizmodo suggests that this is not an accident, and instead a symbolic gesture to prove that Apple is in good hands if he should leave.

It’s certainly compelling conjecture, as investor belief has often trended towards the notion that Apple is nothing without Mr. Jobs. It is of interest because it does represent a stark departure from prior events where Jobs was nothing if not commanding and in charge. Might this represent a willingness to show that Apple is filled with many creative and brilliant minds all operating on the same page?

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3 Comments:

  1. kryyst
    CTRL+ALT+DEL
    15 Oct '08, 12:18 pm

    Looking at Steve Jobs from a few years ago to yesterday and other reports of his health I'm sad to say I don't think it's a question of if but when.

  2. Robert Hallock
    Cad
    15 Oct '08, 12:50 pm

    I agree with you. Even if he's in perfectly livable health, he's altogether very gaunt these days. He looks like a man who could do with some rest. Apple is in good hands.

  3. kryyst
    CTRL+ALT+DEL
    16 Oct '08, 8:26 am

    Even if we take Steve's health out of the equation and make a statement that he'll live fine for another 40 years. I do think that they are making the right choice and trying to show that Steve isn't the only person that brings vision to apple. He may be the focus for the company and that's fine. But by the same token I think Apple needs to show that all their eggs are in one basket. They need to show that Apple is capable of progressing without Steve or any one person at the helm. I mean this is a huge corporation. It's not Steven in his garage cranking out these wonderful toys. While Apple fans may always chant the "In Steve We Trust" mantra. Apple is in it's best interest to shift some of that focus off of Steve and apply it to Apple as a whole, which is what this even was starting to do and I applaud them for it.

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