People keep saying this and I don't really want get into a philosophical debate about it, but Steve Jobs has not been at the helm of Apple since January of this

People keep saying this and I don't really want get into a philosophical debate about it, but Steve Jobs has not been at the helm of Apple since January of this year and officially resigned in August. I'm not saying that RMS is spitting on his grave but if Steve Jobs' "removal" from Apple was really the catalyst in provoking such remarks surely they were due in January or August, no?