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- unloud, on 10/12/2007, -7/+36Chuck Norris.
- JeffH, on 10/12/2007, -4/+33Bill Gates.
He'll storm Apple HQ with a trenchcoat and a shotgun and let his 1337 Doom skills do the rest.
Hey, it worked for Windows '95 and DirectX :P - Ireland, on 10/12/2007, -6/+32You care enough to tell us you don't.
Although a very recent newcomer to the Apple board, when Steve Jobs eventually gets replaced, I'd love it to be Eric Schmidt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Schmidt I like this guy. You'll never get another Steve Jobs, just as you'll never get another you. I think it would be wrong move on Apple's part to look for another Steve Jobs. Eric Schmidt is expirenced, clever, and a likeable guy. I think he do more then well in the position. I like Phil Schiller, but I don't think he'd suit as CEO, sorry Phil. - flamingmb, on 10/12/2007, -4/+22he didnt resign, he was fired.
- christiancadeo, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16That question is why I am afraid to buy Apple stock. Apple=Steve Jobs.
- titlesaysitall, on 10/12/2007, -6/+18If Steve Jobs leaves, Apple will never be the same again.
@anonymoustroll, http://digg.com/apple/Who_Will_Replace_Steve_Jobs/who - gobuchul74, on 10/12/2007, -4/+14Steve Jobs strikes me as the type of person who would never resign under any circumstances. And thats probably the best for Apple.
- awhiteflame, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12Here's my card...
- JasonMaloney101, on 10/12/2007, -5/+13Woz
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10Jack Bauer.
Just kidding.
Really, though, it'd be nice to see Jonathan Ive as CEO, he's another big part of Apple's success. And where the ***** did John Thompson come from? - xioner, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9They will reveal at the next Macworld Expo that a secret Apple lab has been working on a project for the last five years. Steve will pull back a curtain and reveal... Steve Jobs. Steve will then explain that the entire presentation has actually been given by Steve, an ageless clone of Steve that has been functional for most of Steve's tenure, but kept under wraps pending the need for the old Steve to be replaced by the new Steve, who just gets better with age and requires less power to run faster.
Everyone will applaud this brilliant market move, except for Dvorak, who predict that Steve taking over from Steve is just a prelude to Steve signing the company over to Bill Gates. - rcran, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10Actually, he was slowly moved to positions with less and less power (not fired) and then resigned.
- hangtown, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10Ive is a designer. It's a mistake to take someone out of their area of expertise and shove them into something that would waste their talents (not allow him to design) and he'd probably not be nearly as good at.
It's a dumb idea, although this tends to happen all the time in business. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8Steve Jobs could be outed as the pimp behind the congressional republican pedo ring and he still wouldn't be fired. Apple's mere existence at this point owes itself to Steve. They would have gone bankrupt if not for his return a few years back.
- fr0stbyte, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Steve Wozniak
- DaveClarkOne, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8Steve Jobs isn't going anywhere as a result of this stock option issue. Silly post.
- koko775, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Well, castrating your CEO down to a low-level position that can't do anything should count as firing. Actually firing him would have been a much larger morale blow to the rest of the company. So Jobs took "low-level" employees that Apple considered important and formed NeXT. NeXT did great and was developing their next OS when Apple bought NeXT for $400 million and made Jobs CEO. As it turns out, it was pretty much NeXT buying Apple for -$400 million, as NeXT's OS became OS X.
- leopardhunter, on 02/18/2009, -4/+9Patricia Dunn is available.
- PixelVision, on 10/12/2007, -5/+9Al Gore
- MonkeyFit, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5@happyyellowbug
The media would turn on Apple in a second if it would get them more ratings. - TheReport, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Will the clone be called iSteve?
- Arramol, on 10/12/2007, -5/+8Steve Ballmer.
- TheReport, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Steve Ballmer would end up killing all the developers, probably by throwing chairs across the room towards their heads
- NoOneButMe, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5First 4 choices wouldnt be to bad. Last 4 are the guy picking names out of thin air.
- weberik, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Succession will be an issue for Apple at some point. Having a brilliant and charismatic CEO is great, but over the long haul, the culture and processes at the company must be more important than the person at the top. If you haven't already read it, check out "Build to Last," which talks about why many of the most successful companies are run by CEOs you've never heard of.
- CodeMasseur, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4As much as I admire The Woz, it's not likely to happen for a number of reasons. Read his recently published book and you will understand.
- paulsmerdon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Phil works at Apple, you're thinking of Eric Schmidt.
- easy4lif, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3BILL CLINTON
- TheReport, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3 ..
- hmemcpy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4John Hodgman
- mouthster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I think she's trying to sell penis enlargement formula.
- TheReport, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"as NeXT's OS became OS X."
Probably one of the best decisions by Apple as well, NeXT was soooo ahead of its time and the pioneers and visionaries of of its time all used NeXT workstations, One great example is Tim Berners-Lee the most important figure in the World Wide Web. - g4dualie, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7@music...
Apple Computer IS a hardware company and the thing keeping OS X alive and kicking like bruce lee on a 600-dollar-a-day-coke-habit IS the Mac community, get it?
That Steve Jobs has laid out a business strategy for the next ten years, I have no doubt whatsoever. So, whom ever takes his place when he retires need only follow the game plan and avoid pursuing new technologies in search of a problem.
Apple's creations sell themselves when you think about it. SJ is like a rock star who loves center stage. So as long as he delivers he can have his method of delivery. - paulsmerdon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4The inchoherent keynotes, laser pointers and stories about the 70's would sure be entertaining.
- emer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Noah Wiley
- TheReport, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4"Although a very recent newcomer to the Apple board, when Steve Jobs eventually gets replaced, I'd love it to be Eric Schmidt"
Holy ***** dude!!! I thought I was the only one who thought that? kudos - daldredge, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4@flamingmb
And sold all his apple stock save for one share... - TheReport, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"The inchoherent keynotes, laser pointers and stories about the 70's would sure be entertaining."
Thats exactly why they'd never make him CEO, there's a reason he left Apple in the first place. It became a huge conglomerate business and wasnt fun anymore. CEO's are not known to be free spirited jokers, that is why Apple practically forced Steve Jobs out of the company to begin with. I have to admit, out of everyone in apple Jobs has matured the most since the first time he was in Apple. Woz though a great person and Engineer is just that, an Engineer and would make a terrible CEO. - colincornaby, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4I don't think Steve is going anywhere for another 5 years. We'll worry about it then.
- SVPirate, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Steve Jobs hasn't been fired yet, he has admitted he was aware of what was going on but has not been found guilty of misconduct thus far. Apple would be ludicrous to fire him, and I can't see him stepping down. In short he is irreplacable in the capacity he works in at Apple, he'd need 2 people to replace him They need both an inspired innovator and boundary pusher, and a sound business head.
- paulsmerdon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3What?
- LuCiFer6, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5Yeah, I think we remember what happen to Apple the first time they force Steve out.
- terminalpariah, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I've got a more important question:
Who will replace Miyamoto???
I propose we call this the Death of Gaming scenario. - mjar81, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Marked as lame for speculation.
- mikee7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Here's how it'll go down. Steve resigns and takes over Disney. Disney is bought by Apple then Steve-o is back on top.
- g4dualie, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Takes one to know one.
By the same token I know you to be highly opinionated and someone who has an answer for everything. I'm surprised you gave paulsmerdon the last word. Or is it you're too busy taking swings at everyone else you haven't had time to respond, mmmm?
If SJ steps down it's no skin off my nose and I seriously doubt my stock will suffer any long term effects. Bloggers like McIntyre are paid to write titillating copy. I have read exactly two blogs on the specter raised by McIntrye and he's written both of them. I suspect so that he could entertain the idea of who could possibly take SJs place.
Where was McIntyre and his query when Jobs was hospitalized in July 2004 for cancer surgery? Mac users have already been there done that and questions like this, to the uninitiated such as yourself, are exercises of self-flagellation.
One thing is certain... if SJ left Apple Computer tomorrow, the MacWorld 2007 keynote would still take place on January 8th and we will see a new headless Mac running Leopard. Did I mention the phone... or a new video iPod?
You're right about a three things though aleahey, Jobs didn't build the iPod, nor did he code the firmware, and he certainly didn't do any of the marketing. As a CEO he oversaw each and every aspect of its production from concept to completion though. God is in the details. You need only hold a Mac Book Pro in your hands to know what I'm talking about.
As for being a fanboy, if that means being a computer user since 1979 and never having owned a PC, then I'm guilty as charged. I made a handsome living using Apple products and retired nine years ago at the age of 44. Life is really, really good. You should get one and then let it go.
heh heh - DrDabbles, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Those of us old and wise enough remember Steve being forced out of Apple before. We also remember them nearly going completely under. Without Steve Jobs, Apple has no appeal whatsoever. Whatever it is that fan boi's love about him, it's ONLY him that has it.
- colincornaby, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2"Hopefully someone less arrogant and self-aggrandizing. I'm so tired of Jobs' puffery and "everything we do is the best thing that's ever been done" *****. I'm tired of the slimy yuppy grime that covers the entire image of Apple right now."
I don't know of a company who sells products by claiming that their products are sub-par or mediocre, so I don't know what you're really expecting out of a computer company. - exxon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Sonos CEO, John McFarlane he runs an inovative company wit both software and hardware background
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Ben Peterson.
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