Posted on 12/30/2008 1:36:04 PM PST by COUNTrecount
According to a previously reliable source, Apple misrepresented the reasons behind Macworld and Jobs' keynote cancellation. Allegedly, the real cause is his rapidly declining health. In fact, it may be even worse than we imagined:
Steves health is rapidly declining. Apple is choosing to remove the hype factor strategically vs letting the hype destroy apple when the inevitable news comes later this spring.
This strategic loss will be less of a bang with investors. This is why Macworld is a no-go anymore. No more Steve means no more hype. Saying they are no longer needing [Macworld] is the cover designed by the worldwide "loyalty" department.
This source has repeatedly been 100% correct before. Those times, however, were always related to news and images of unreleased Apple products. I can only hope that, in this more personal matter, it is absolutely wrong. And that if he is not, that sentence just means that Steve Jobs is retiring according to his plan.
While Steve Jobs' health is nobody's business—not the press, not investors, not the public—we believe that there's a line between saying "no-comment" and plainly misleading—once again—the public.
Steve Jobs have been giving Macworld Expo keynotes since he came back as interim CEO of the company in 1997. Since then he has never failed once, always introducing notable products both at Macworld San Francisco and Macworld New York. During his latest Macworld keynote, in 2008, he introduced the MacBook Air. Later this year, he used his WWDC presentation to announce the new iPhone 3G. In his last two show-n-tells, for the new iPods and the new MacBooks, he used less time on stage, giving more limelight to key members of Apple's executive team.
According to our Deep Throat's report, the fact seems to be that, whether or not Apple had other reasons to pull out of Macworld, they weren't the only ones, and they certainly weren't the same ones used for not putting Steve Jobs through the ordeal of a two-hour presentation.
Apple did not comment on this story after being contacted.
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I hadn’t heard anything about Job’s health. What’s supposedly wrong with him?
ruh-roh ping.
My most sincere best wishes for Jobs.
Pancreatic cancer.
I would disagree that his health is of no business of the investors. He is one of the greats of my generation.
Jobs, while a real prick at times, was undeniably good for the tech industry and Apple. If true, we will all have suffered a huge loss. I used to watch his Macworld keynotes just to see what he was up to.
What’s wrong?..............
He had a milder form of pancreatic cancer for which I believe he’s still being treated. It may be taking it’s toll over time, however.
Indeed, my thoughts go out to he and his family.
Yeah— I’m very sad, if this is in fact his last moment.
He’s a giant of intellect, business savvy and showmanship. There are VERY FEW people (if any) who are on his level.
I can’t say more forcefully or directly that this man is no less than the DaVinci, the JP Morgan and the PT Barnum of our era, all rolled into one.
Genius.
If memory serves, he’s already beaten pancreatic cancer once. I wish him good health - I don’t like his politics, but this is beyond that.
Prayers for Job’s recovery, and he may indded be a genius of sorts, but I’m not the only one his Apple, “Made in California” labels pissed off...
I had met with Jobs many times, on business terms, trust me he could be a prick. But you are right about his genius, he was good and he had most of all — INTELLECT and VISION.
Oh yeah. did I say, I agree with the showman part as well. None better.
Sad ...
Prayers for Mr. Jobs, a giant in the computer industry.
That said, can’t gizmodo afford to hire a proofreader or an editor. Geesh!
Yeah, this same genius also screwed over a lot of the original engineers that worked at Apple.
Whereas the guys who started with the evil Bill Gates wound up millionaires.
And no, I’m not a Bill Gates fan.
However, I’ve never understood how Steve Jobs wound up being such an icon of business virtue.
I don’t believe there ARE mild forms of pancreatic cancer.
Until some new development, a diagnosis is a death sentence. The only variable is time, something even Steve can’t really buy much of.
Umm... that's "billionaires", with a B.
Bill Gates, love him or hate him, has created more wealth than nearly any other human you could name.
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