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Old 08-25-2011, 03:16 PM   #16
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Apple will be fine.
Tim Cook is already casting an amazingly robust vision:

New Apple CEO Tim Cook: 'I'm Thinking Printers'



Very nice. I hadn't seen that yet.

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Old 08-25-2011, 07:57 PM   #17
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Very nice. I hadn't seen that yet.
Yes, it's very Dunder Mifflin inspired if you ask me...
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I don't think this will change anything day to day, but it is a rather iconic move, especially for a rare company that has such a huge amount of cult like followerers.
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The way the news reports are coming out and the way they're titled, you'd think he died.

He's still on the board, and thus indirectly vision-casting. Some companies are very CEO-centric and others exist as an idea larger than any one person, and the CEO is more of a steward of that vision. Although Apple is Jobs' vision, I think it has gotten a life of it's own and will live on without Jobs at the helm. It won't be a repeat of '86-'97 because the "iPod" Apple company (1998-present) is basically a different company than the "Macintosh" Apple company (which couldn't survive without Jobs). Tim Cook will do a fine job of shepherding the spirit and vision of the company.
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It won't be a repeat of '86-'97 because the "iPod" Apple company (1998-present) is basically a different company than the "Macintosh" Apple company (which couldn't survive without Jobs). Tim Cook will do a fine job of shepherding the spirit and vision of the company.
i agree that apple is a completely diff company today, and i am sure their product roadmap is well defined for the next few years. however, i think the last thing that you said was telling. steve jobs did not shepherd apple. he took it and molded and steered it in the direction it would go. this is going to be the tough transition for apple...moving from a visionary leader with the seeming midas touch to having to rely on multiple people to contribute.

this is not to downplay tim cook's talent...its just that jobs is a very special ceo. the challenge for cook is going to be to find his own way to lead the company without being compared to jobs...that is going to be hard...esp when jobs is on the board.
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