I posted this over at Mac Rumors and I thought I would add it to the discussion here too:
You may think i'm crazy but... it 'seems' that Jonathan Ive would be a damn good replacement for Steve when he eventually/inevitably retires. Ive's been on the scene for a long time now and judging from previous articles he and jobs are very like minded; they see eye to eye. Plus he has the superior design/functionality/engineering balance that have created some of Apples most successful products to date.
With the backing of other prominent members such as Phil Schiller, it could probably continue in much the same way.
His side-kicks have shown that they're not up to taking over. Bertrand Serlet looked like a drunk, ok he's French so maybe that's a style but still. Every guy that came on during the keynote, I just wanted them to put Steve back on.
Haha
I agree, and the prospect of him leaving is very worrisome. I have, however, two thoughts:
1. something very extreme and unlikely would have to happen in order for him to leave for more than a short period of time. Apple is part of his identity, and he evidently loves it, and will always have much to contribute
2. if he left, Apple would continue to be a cool company for at least a while (what with the corporate culture, and the not-to-be-forgotten hundreds of other cool people in the company, etc.); maybe not AS cool or innovative, but we would still get great (insanely, even) products, and the stockholders could still count on above-average returns because the company would still have real value to create
The original article that was repeated (and toned down) stated that Jobs was leaving because of his pancreatic cancer returning. The info came from a "reliable source" at a short selling firm, and was reported by another short seller.
and one more thing, the iCasket, plays your favorite tunes....forever. Comes in white or black, 5.1 or 7.1 sound, 100gb or 120gb. iSight with bluetooth for your loved ones to view your slowly decaying remains which will rock out and move to the music.
and one more thing, the iCasket, plays your favorite tunes....forever. Comes in white or black, 5.1 or 7.1 sound, 100gb or 120gb. iSight with bluetooth for your loved ones to view your slowly decaying remains which will rock out and move to the music.
I posted this over at Mac Rumors and I thought I would add it to the discussion here too:
You may think i'm crazy but... it 'seems' that Jonathan Ive would be a damn good replacement for Steve when he eventually/inevitably retires. Ive's been on the scene for a long time now and judging from previous articles he and jobs are very like minded; they see eye to eye. Plus he has the superior design/functionality/engineering balance that have created some of Apples most successful products to date.
With the backing of other prominent members such as Phil Schiller, it could probably continue in much the same way.
Ive may be a good driver of design at Apple but there is no way he can bring the life experiences Jobs brings to Apple. Steve started the company and came back to bring it back from the edge of irrelevancy. Jonathan Ive has not started a company of his own and brought products of his own to market. Steve is the alpha and omega.
If I was Steve I would create the worlds largest super computer network and let the best minds in science have at it. I bet he could build one bad X serve cluster. With his money, I would open a freekn medical division at Apple and have them write software for cancer and aids (etc.) research.
Cancer research (and most medical research) is not in need of Xserve and software, not as a high priority. It's in need of equipment and staff funds and research resources which are mostly logistic in nature. Even if Steve or Apple could contribute significantly (and they can't), throwing money at a problem like cancer is no guarantee of results. It's the best we can reasonably do, but the best we can reasonably do may not be magically effective.
Sorry about the off-topic rant, I just get annoyed at the attitude that cancer could be cured if only we worked harder on it. Countless people are doing just that every day.
Cancer research (and most medical research) is not in need of Xserve and software, not as a high priority. It's in need of equipment and staff funds and research resources which are mostly logistic in nature. Even if Steve or Apple could contribute significantly (and they can't), throwing money at a problem like cancer is no guarantee of results. It's the best we can reasonably do, but the best we can reasonably do may not be magically effective.
Sorry about the off-topic rant, I just get annoyed at the attitude that cancer could be cured if only we worked harder on it. Countless people are doing just that every day.
Than I retract my statement and I would do what you suggest.
There is no one at Apple I am confident in that can take his place. Leaving now would be a really bad move. He is the only one in upper management that has any confidence, or self-esteem that can lend stability and credibility to Apple.
If I was Steve I would create the worlds largest super computer network and let the best minds in science have at it. I bet he could build one bad X serve cluster. With his money, I would open a freekn medical division at Apple and have them write software for cancer and aids (etc.) research.
That is not a joke. I would do that.
I posted something like that a while ago after the xServes came out and the whole Big Mac cluster at Virginia Tech. Except that I thought it should have been a donation from Apple to some non-profit or some academic institution (Johns Hopkins, Emory, or some AIDS or cancer research institute).
I remember doing the math and I seem to remember the total price tag coming to something like $30 million to create the world's fastest supercomputer (based on PPC xServes).
It would have shown off the xServes power, their price/performance ratio, gotten a whole hell of a lot of good press and goodwill, been a nice tax write-off, and maybe convinced IBM to actually spend some money on the G5. (And who knows, it may even have been instumental in some important medical discovery that could actually save lives.)
Why not just donate computers to schools? That would help educate the young, which would save more lives than any research into cancer, AIDS or badbreath combined.
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You may think i'm crazy but... it 'seems' that Jonathan Ive would be a damn good replacement for Steve when he eventually/inevitably retires. Ive's been on the scene for a long time now and judging from previous articles he and jobs are very like minded; they see eye to eye. Plus he has the superior design/functionality/engineering balance that have created some of Apples most successful products to date.
With the backing of other prominent members such as Phil Schiller, it could probably continue in much the same way.
His side-kicks have shown that they're not up to taking over. Bertrand Serlet looked like a drunk, ok he's French so maybe that's a style but still. Every guy that came on during the keynote, I just wanted them to put Steve back on.
Haha
I agree, and the prospect of him leaving is very worrisome. I have, however, two thoughts:
1. something very extreme and unlikely would have to happen in order for him to leave for more than a short period of time. Apple is part of his identity, and he evidently loves it, and will always have much to contribute
2. if he left, Apple would continue to be a cool company for at least a while (what with the corporate culture, and the not-to-be-forgotten hundreds of other cool people in the company, etc.); maybe not AS cool or innovative, but we would still get great (insanely, even) products, and the stockholders could still count on above-average returns because the company would still have real value to create
Here's a link to get started:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=4227
There's a link there to the article on the Ten rumors.
and one more thing, the iCasket, plays your favorite tunes....forever. Comes in white or black, 5.1 or 7.1 sound, 100gb or 120gb. iSight with bluetooth for your loved ones to view your slowly decaying remains which will rock out and move to the music.
oh that's horrible.
i nearly got sick LAUGHING!!
and one more thing, the iCasket, plays your favorite tunes....forever. Comes in white or black, 5.1 or 7.1 sound, 100gb or 120gb. iSight with bluetooth for your loved ones to view your slowly decaying remains which will rock out and move to the music.
oh that's horrible.
hahaha
thats funniest thing i've read in ages
lol icasket
Floppy or Hard Drive?
Neither.
Zip.
I posted this over at Mac Rumors and I thought I would add it to the discussion here too:
You may think i'm crazy but... it 'seems' that Jonathan Ive would be a damn good replacement for Steve when he eventually/inevitably retires. Ive's been on the scene for a long time now and judging from previous articles he and jobs are very like minded; they see eye to eye. Plus he has the superior design/functionality/engineering balance that have created some of Apples most successful products to date.
With the backing of other prominent members such as Phil Schiller, it could probably continue in much the same way.
Ive may be a good driver of design at Apple but there is no way he can bring the life experiences Jobs brings to Apple. Steve started the company and came back to bring it back from the edge of irrelevancy. Jonathan Ive has not started a company of his own and brought products of his own to market. Steve is the alpha and omega.
That is not a joke. I would do that.
Sorry about the off-topic rant, I just get annoyed at the attitude that cancer could be cured if only we worked harder on it. Countless people are doing just that every day.
Cancer research (and most medical research) is not in need of Xserve and software, not as a high priority. It's in need of equipment and staff funds and research resources which are mostly logistic in nature. Even if Steve or Apple could contribute significantly (and they can't), throwing money at a problem like cancer is no guarantee of results. It's the best we can reasonably do, but the best we can reasonably do may not be magically effective.
Sorry about the off-topic rant, I just get annoyed at the attitude that cancer could be cured if only we worked harder on it. Countless people are doing just that every day.
Than I retract my statement and I would do what you suggest.
He/She is so different then Jobs that he is exactly like Jobs at the same time
He/She is an incredible Visionary with a very good background in everything that seems irrelevant but really makes a difference
He/She can make the Stock Rocket into Space just by looking at Investors
He/She will put more focus on the Enterprise market and turn Keynote into a Landmark Product
He/She will have a statue of Steve Jobs built on every Planet, Moon, Dwarf Planet, and Sun in the Universe
I wonder who He/She is?
Sebastian
PS: That iCasket idea is absolutely HORRIBLE! I like it
There is one Canidate for Apple
He/She is so different then Jobs that he is exactly like Jobs at the same time
He/She is an incredible Visionary with a very good background in everything that seems irrelevant but really makes a difference
He/She can make the Stock Rocket into Space just by looking at Investors
He/She will put more focus on the Enterprise market and turn Keynote into a Landmark Product
He/She will have a statue of Steve Jobs built on every Planet, Moon, Dwarf Planet, and Sun in the Universe
I wonder who He/She is?
Sebastian
PS: That iCasket idea is absolutely HORRIBLE! I like it
Bill Gates?
Bill Clinton?
OPRAH?!?! Oh my god, it's Oprah isn't it?
Bill Gates?
Bill Clinton?
OPRAH?!?! Oh my god, it's Oprah isn't it?
lmao
lol
Sebastian
If I was Steve I would create the worlds largest super computer network and let the best minds in science have at it. I bet he could build one bad X serve cluster. With his money, I would open a freekn medical division at Apple and have them write software for cancer and aids (etc.) research.
That is not a joke. I would do that.
I posted something like that a while ago after the xServes came out and the whole Big Mac cluster at Virginia Tech. Except that I thought it should have been a donation from Apple to some non-profit or some academic institution (Johns Hopkins, Emory, or some AIDS or cancer research institute).
I remember doing the math and I seem to remember the total price tag coming to something like $30 million to create the world's fastest supercomputer (based on PPC xServes).
It would have shown off the xServes power, their price/performance ratio, gotten a whole hell of a lot of good press and goodwill, been a nice tax write-off, and maybe convinced IBM to actually spend some money on the G5. (And who knows, it may even have been instumental in some important medical discovery that could actually save lives.)