Steve Jobs steps back temporarily
According to Bloombergs press service, Steve Jobs will stop temporarily as CEO at Apple. Jobs' bad health is said to be the reason for the step back.
Jobs had some issues with his health before. In 2008, he lost a lot of his body mass. Pictures showing him before and after that time, show an entirely different Steve. He had a liver transplantation and got pancreatic cancer. Jobs took some time of to fight his disease, survived and came back. His illness made the value of the Apple share decline severely. Eventually, Job again took his position as CEO. keerde hij terug aan de leiding van Apple.
Mail to employees
Jobs seemed to do better lately, but in an e-mail to all Apple-employess, Jobs says that he need some time to work on his health again. He says that he continues as CEO, but leaves the daily direction of Apple to Tim Cook, making him in fact CEO for the time being.
Cook represented Apple last week, when the CDMA iPhone was presented in cooperation with Verizon. Jobs'absence didn't cause any rumors of illness back then, but in hindsight, it may be that Jobs wasn't present due to his illness.
Photo: Steve Jurvetson
Source: Engadget.com
