This news item is taken directly from the BBC London Tech section.
Mr. Jobs is credited with turning around the fortunes of the company
Apple boss Steve Jobs has announced that he is to take "medical leave" from the company.
In an e-mail to employees he said he was taking the break to focus on his health.
He said he would continue as chief executive of Apple and be involved in any major decisions. Day-to-day running of the company will pass to Tim Cook.
In late 2008 to mid-2009 Mr Jobs was absent from Apple for six months to have a liver transplant.
It was part of the series of treatments he has undergone for pancreatic cancer. He was first diagnosed as suffering from the cancer in 2004 and underwent surgery later that year to remove a tumor from his pancreas.
In his e-mail Mr. Jobs said he would be back at work as soon as he can.
"At my request, the board of directors has granted me a medical leave of absence so I can focus on my health. I will continue as CEO and be involved in major strategic decisions for the company," he said in an e-mail.
"I have asked Tim Cook to be responsible for all of Apple's day to day operations."
Mr. Cook is currently the firm's chief operating officer. He has run the company day-to-day before now during previous times when Mr. Jobs has been dealing with his health problems.
The announcement was made on a public holiday in the US when there is no trading in company stocks and shares. However, Apple shares traded in Frankfurt are down 7% on the news.
It comes ahead of Apple's first quarter results, due on 18 January.
Mr Jobs is an iconic presence at Apple and is widely credited as the architect of its current run of success based around products such as the iPad and iPhone.
The absence comes as Apple is rumored to be preparing to launch the second version of its iPad - the successor to the tablet computer it launched in 2010.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12205173
I certainly wish him well through this ordeal. This kind of thing goes way beyond Windows/Apple preferences. His life could be in jeopardy, and that human vulnerability unites all.
"Get well soon, Mr. Jobs."
Death is an illusion.
Material death is a process we all must embrace in life.
Speaking of life, how did humanity survive all those thousands of thousands of years without the advent of allopathic medicine? Answer is obvious. However, modernization of the field has only prolonged life -- ensuring inheritance of invalid/corrupt alleles in the process...giving rise to a "greater need" for the practice.
Concurrently, the creation of governments and currency led way for greater secular understanding of life and the world; privation, egoism, self-aggrandisement. Academe, a prized jesuit enterprise, nailing the nail to the coffin preventing the future generations from actively thinking and instead forcing them to consensus-ism and deference as the acceptable method for knowledge-gaining. Greater importance was thus placed on the material mind and material body, conditioning people to be ever more vigilant about securing their material world.
Style and graces IS defined in this culture/society by material status. In fact, this has been made true the world over. But who defines the cultural/societal formatting? Obviously....the ones who actively prevent us from knowing our true origins and thus our true purpose in this world.
Can I get an Amen(Ra)?
-.-
Look, here's a simple reality: Please take the trolling elsewhere.
This thread really is about Mr. Jobs, not you.
Why not start your own with those very interesting ideas?
I made a comment about Mr Jobs.
We are all discussing Mr Jobs.
However, you made a comment about me.
I then replied to your comment about me.
Thus, you made this about me, not me.
Are you really this easily confused?
In advance, I accept your apology.
Now, enough about me.
Refocus your energy on Mr Jobs.
I"m not going to add a name her but the person(s) who wish to post negitive please just don't post. Steve Jobs is a well know person so a thread was put up for anyone that may not have heard of his serious situation. This has nothing to do with whether an illness causes a person to lost their job or not. Has to do with compassion for people which the world needs more of. We lost a member awhile back and a thread was put up. There were many post on it and later on it was sent to his family to show the love and friendship he had around him here. It didn't bring him back but it was very much appreciated by the family. We have a current member that has a niece with a serious medical problem. A thread was posted for that to show the members are wishing his neice the best. That doesn't change the medical situation but shows people are thinking about this persons situation and care. Those such as yourself that don't care should just not post on this type of thread. You may not believe it but one day you will need someone and I hope you come to realize that soon and gain some respect for others.
Amen. The world will lose a great visionary when Jobs does leave us.
Absolutely, Dave and Dr Guy. Appreciate the support.
Not sure how much to believe in the story since it's from the Enquirer. Looking at the second photo, I'm not sure if it's him or if the hand is real or PhotoShop.
Doc, you should be a better judge of this than I, are there Doctors that are good enough to judge how long a person has to live from a photo like this?
If it's true, I feel for him and his family, no one should have to endure the pain he must be going through.
No, CG1. No one knows from looking how long another has. Besides, a photo can be (forgive the pun) doctored... you and I do it all the time with Ps.
I can say "It looks terminal" (to myself) but I wouldn't put it that way to others... not without knowledge of the problem and labs, etc. but then it wouldn't be "from just looking". Occasionally I've hit it on the nose. Other times, close. But never vocalized.
With all due respect, the story Yahoo 7 printed was quoted from a tabloid -- The National Enquirer -- the same rag that gave us Bat Boy and sitings of the chupacabra.
This is what PC Magazine had to say about that: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2380530,00.asp"Combine the news of the alleged sighting at the clinic with the news that President Obama is meeting with Jobs today in San Francisco: Is it possible that Jobs could be sick and meeting with the president? Sure. But with just weeks to live? It's looking less likely."
I personally don't care for Apple products and don't subscribe to the cult of Jobs.
But what I find really disturbing is this stalkerish obsession with him. He's having health issues. Why can't everyone just leave him alone? Why are people trying to make his condition news? I saw an article about some newsidiots who photographed him leaving the hospital...
JUST LEAVE THE MAN ALONE!
Sheesh.
To anyone wishing to make a philosophical discussion/debate out of this news, this is not the place. I posted the link to the news of Steve Jobs' situation as a courtesy to DrJBHL and those interested in Steve Jobs' condition/career/life, etc, so please go elsewhere if you cannot contain your philosophical/debating urges.
As for the accuracy/veracity of the report, I would hate to hazard a guess, but I do know that pancreatic cancer is unrelenting and merciless, and what we should be doing here is wishing Steve Jobs all the best in what must surely be the most difficult time.
The guy has cancer, can you all shut the fuck up and grow up please. I like making dickish comments more than anyone, but show some humanity please.
"When I was a child, I spoke as a child, thought as a child, understood as a child, but when I became a man, I put away childish things." that the bible for grow the fuck up.
And I thank starkers for doing it.
To those who are new here, the Cap'n and I have been mates on "The Twisted Sister" since days of yore, with Shaunna, Karen, Storm and the goodly Angus1949 lost after a gallant battle with cancer.
I've dealt with suffering and death for more than 30 years. Everyone's turn comes sooner or later and for some, more often. It behooves us all to be gentle and kind with all we meet for we are all made of the same cloth....
Strangely, Lord Xia got it right.
Could have been worded a little more 'PC', but right all the same.
Brillig, it's the nature of the beast that anything that befalls a person of prominence will be 'news'.
Don't I always?
Actually, Jafo was referring to this:
................. J/K, Lord Xia. Your heart's in the right place.
Actually, it's the nature of the beast that anything that people will watch/read/click on will be 'news'.
It wouldn't be 'news' if people excercised a little restraint.
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
You must also use quotation marks:
"Become the change you most wish to see in the world." - Mohandas K. Ghandi
My pleasure, matey.
"The change I most like to see in the world is the cash I get back after making a purchase" - starkers
It also gave us the Edwards/Hunter affair which got it nominated for a Pulitzer. You cannot go on sensationalism to judge a news paper as most of the media is guilty of it, and far from very informative.
I hope he gets well, as I know what the ravages of cancer look like and it breaks my heart to see that change in anyone. I'm glad he has the resources to get treatment, as I've transcribed more than my share of hospital reports on people who didn't have those resources and had to triage the remainder of the lives because of that lack of resources, and lastly, I hope the media will grant the man his privacy--I've been blessed to be a fairly healthy person, but the few times I have been ill, I didn't want anyone looking at me.
I saw in the news yesterday that Steve Jobs came out of indefinite medical leave to launch the second iteration of the iPad... iPad 2.
I'm still not likely to buy one, but I still see it as a good thing, not just for Apple as a company, but for Jobs himself. Recent reports had him at death's door, so hopefully this is a sign that he's on the mend and will continue to contribute to the world of tech.
He looked ill to me, Mark...double plus unwell. However, the man's a trooper. He did his best.
I agree with the Doc. But love them or hate them (Apple products), I do not see how any one cannot at least give grudging respect to Steve Jobs. He is a trooper - and a visionary.
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