Comments on: After Steve Jobs, who runs Apple?

By: Appleman, AZ

Appleman, AZ — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 09:57:34 +0000

I believe Rahul Sood of VoodooPC should be brought in to run replace Steve when it is time.

By: c williams, rockville, va

c williams, rockville, va — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:54:51 +0000

Wow no diversity here.

By: Dr Krieg, AZ

Dr Krieg, AZ — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:01:08 +0000

Put Timothy D. Cook in charge and bring back Apple Evangelist Guy Kawasaki to be the spokesperson and face of Apple. Guy has the charisma to keep Apple at the top. Use Guy for all major speaking engagements and for all new product announcements.

By: Tedd Fox

Tedd Fox — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:37:44 +0000

My Vote? Jony Ive! He has the passion and the charisma. Yes he is shy and secretive, but then again, so is Apple and Jobs, in most cases. He CARES about the product he is in charge of and has a great vision. I can see Ive speaking at a keynote event. I do like Cook, but I do not see him as a leader of the Apple Passion.

By: terry,miami, florida

terry,miami, florida — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 07:29:34 +0000

what is up with the race thing? I'm black and I don't expect to see a negroe everywhere. You sad and insecure brothers and sisters out there need to chill.Oh, here's a novel idead, start your own tech company. Yeah!

And lets be real, Apple works because their products are tested to near perfection for the best user experience.MS only cares about licensing cash. My girlfriend's hp took 40 minutes to get through some stupid red tape before we got to the home screen. My Al macbook got busy in less than a minute after being turned on. This is from the out of box experience. Get the point? Now, I will not give 100% loyalty to them,not even 30%. Why? Because you don't! We don't really know what goes on at Apple. We were told that the ipod was done in house but we know it was a shopped around product before finding a home in cupertino. They lie.and the thing with creative? Yeah. It is the fit and finish that we enjoy, sometimes but more often than not.Steve has an ego that is really big from what the reports say. He is a mean one. he has something to prove to the naysayers that wrote him off and he has said it loud and clear: Who's your daddy. And at 53 he's a baby. this tech game takes years to master. And as far as Apple stocks dropping, it is investor fear. Irrational really. Apple has 24 billion in the bank and no debt.Booya!

They have to be doing something right. And this is off of a few products that get refreshed like three times a year! Amazing! Dell drops like 150 different laptops and desktops a month.Now multiply that by the other 10 thousand pc clowns out there. Yeah, Apple is pretty bad ass.

By: phquere

phquere — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 07:24:30 +0000

Where are the womens ?

By: Traves, Denver CO

Traves, Denver CO — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 06:25:19 +0000

Sina:

He's "Iranian" – so what?

How many Americans know that Jobs is biologically Syrian!

By: Sean Sunny

Sean Sunny — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:31:32 +0000

I think who is the next is Bill Gates. Just kidding .

By: iphonerulez, Brooklyn, New York

iphonerulez, Brooklyn, New York — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:32:23 +0000

Yeh, when Steve goes down, Apple goes down. It's amazing that a company's worth is based upon one person. Hardly the world's greatest investment. For all we know, Steve Jobs may be worth more than Apple, the company. Products mean nothing, retail stores mean nothing. Steve Jobs built everything with this own hands, came up with every good idea that Apple ever had and when he leaves all that's left of Apple will be the skin and a few seeds that stand no chance of growing.

Investors are basically being told to sell their stock right now since when he leaves it will be worth less than confederate money after the Civil War. $40 billion dollars worth of charisma and magnetism and he's not a pop idol or movie star. I can only say based on analyst predictions, Apple is now probably the worst investment ever. A company that is held in the palm of one man's hand. When Steve lets go of Apple and it drops on the ground, splat, it's a goner.

Apple stock value has already lost it's iPhone premium, losing it's iPod premium and now the biggest premium, the Steve Jobs premium. What a screwed up company. A company that's probably one of the healthiest companies around and yet it's on the verge of collapse if you listen to WS and the media. Good luck investors for January. You guys are gonna have your forward guidance low-balled back to the stone age.

By: Tich, UK

Tich, UK — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:30:54 +0000

Steve's only 53, although many seem to write him off, others to spread rumours of heart attacks. I'm sure he'll go on strong, taking Apple further for many years to come.