Steve Jobs Unemployed
Posted at 11:00 AM Jan 15, 2009
By Kenny HerzogOK, I couldn't help the ironic allure of that headline, but it kind of makes me look like a dick. Because in reality, Apple's 52-year-old co-founder and Chief Exec Steve Jobs (aka the computer guru who didn't get pulled over and have a ridiculous mug shot snapped) has taken a leave of absence for at least a few months due to an ambiguous, but worsening, medical condition.
Or at least Jobs is leaving the details cloudy. Outsiders speculated with some concern that it may be a recurrence of his pancreatic cancer from four years ago. Meanhwile, insiders have merely panicked at the possible business repercussions, as Apple shares immediately started to sink. Which, in the business world, is the equivalent of a guy rocketing up shareholders' death-pool lists.
Man, today's just full of bummer news, as this of course arrives on the Heaven-bound heels of Ricardo Montalban's passing. But hopefully Jobs will pull through, so that his creative vision can lead to more unbelievable TV spots like the one above, from a quarter-century ago (watch it and marvel at how far your little MacBooks have come).
