10-18-2008, 08:37 PM
guitarist wrote:
Nothing like a little false controversy to promote a fictional conversation about an imaginary problem.
MacMagus, didn't you switch to a Wintel laptop already? Disappointed the rest of us didn't come with you?
It's a self-regulating feedback loop with people blindly speculating on Jobs' health, leading others to say "people are talking about Jobs's health". I've said enough about it in other threads lately and am quite frankly sick and tired of the whole subject. Jobs is not going to drop dead next week, and he's not going to retire from Apple when they've achieved so much and are poised to become the dominant player in the next great area of tech growth: handheld computing.
Gee, Steve Jobs is such a lousy CEO, running Apple into the ground without a care in the world. They've only set new sales records quarter after quarter; they've only outpaced the growth rate of the rest of the PC market in the US by at least 3x over the past few years; they're only knocking on the door of 10% marketshare in the US; they've only entered a completely new market with a completely new device/platform and, after less than a year, are now selling the second most popular cell phone (not just smart phone) in the US. Jesus H. Christ, MacMagus! If that's your definition of "oblivion", I would hate to see your definition of success!