all i see here is idle speculation. the tech press doesn't understand apple, because the company doesn't operate by the same rules as everybody else. jobs cou

all i see here is idle speculation. the tech press doesn't understand apple, because the company doesn't operate by the same rules as everybody else. jobs could have opted out of doing the macworld keynote because there's nothing interesting to announce, because he got into a fight with one of the conference organizers, because he's afraid he'd get booed for having announced that apple won't be at macworld next year, etc. one part i'll agree with is that apple's fortunes are unhealthily tied to steve jobs. once he's gone, the company will be in for a world of hurt.