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Steve Jobs Announces "Hormone Imbalance" as Macworld Begins

by Jordan Yerman | January 5, 2009 at 08:30 am

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As Macworld gets underway, rumors of Apple CEO Steve Jobs' health are once again swirling around the web. First of all, no, Steve Jobs is not dead. Secondly, Jobs has announced that he is indeed ill, the first public announcement on the subject from the man himself.

So far, I haven't heard any rumors of show-stopping announcements from MacWorld: discussion is mostly focused on Jobs' non-participation.

I suspect that the announcement was a move to prevent another stock drop.

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Apple denies that the latest Steve Jobs health scare is behind the decision to have Jobs bail on the keynote address, stating that this was the plan all along.

Officially, Apple said its decision to have Jobs skip the Macworld keynote address--perhaps the most widely followed annual presentation by any tech industry CEO--was linked to its decision to bail on Macworld entirely following this week's event. It's unclear what will happen to the conference following Apple's departure. The show's presenter, IDG World Expo, says the 2010 event is on. But it also plans to hold a "town meeting" during this week's show, where it will solicit ideas for the future.

His recovery could take until late spring but Jobs plans to remain as CEO, saying in the letter that he "will be the first one to step up and tell our Board of Directors if I can no longer continue to fulfill my duties as Apple's CEO" and then tried to put the lid on the discussion: "So now I've said more than I wanted to say, and all that I am going to say, about this."

What do you think? Should Jobs step down? Let us know in the poll.

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Jawa Lunk

at 10:43 on January 5th, 2009

Well, I don't think he should step down unless he thinks he should step down.

Pretty much with the market as shaky as it is right now, anything he does is going to effect the stock.

If he steps down, the stock will drop, and I will BUY! Because it will go right back up within a few months of his replacement stepping in.

Such is the market.

Hopefully it's just something simple, and they get him taken care of.

beepbeepcar

at 12:56 on January 5th, 2009

It is doubtful Steve will retire anytime soon, it is more likely he will give himself a lighter workload while he recovers from this "imbalance". Apple without Steve is just another tech company, he is the whole driving force behind Apple's any future success.