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I am glad that Steve remains in pretty good health. Thank goodness. I'm a little disgusted at how all this concern about the quality of Apple gadgets and the pr

by gcv 18y ago

I am glad that Steve remains in pretty good health. Thank goodness. I'm a little disgusted at how all this concern about the quality of Apple gadgets and the price of Apple stock trumps simple human concern for a fellow human being.

SapphireSun 18y ago
I heard some of Job's speeches on philosophy and it really resonated with me. I think he's a really cool guy even if he's a bit arrogant. The real value is in who he is.
- ruby_roo 18y ago
  Wha..? Where would one go to read or hear these speeches?
  - SapphireSun 18y ago
    Jobs gave an address to Stanford university's graduating class in 2005. Here's a link to youtube if you want to watch it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1R-jKKp3NA It was quite interesting and spoke deeply to me.
    - jim-greer 18y ago
      He covered his health in that speech, but according to this CNN piece he was pretty misleading. http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/02/news/companies/elkind_jobs.fortune/index4.htm http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/02/news/companies/elkind_jobs.f... (Scroll about 1/4 of the way down) If he's going to talk about his health, he should be more straightforward than this. I think once you're the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, your responsibilities to your shareholders mean that you need to be more forthcoming about your health than he has been.
      - redrobot5050 18y ago
        No, you need to be more forthcoming with your board of directors, some of which (Al Gore) are close personal friends and can keep their mouth shut to the press if it really is a "private matter". The fact that Apple's board hadn't take any action was (to me) a clear indication that he was A-Ok. Steve might be exceptional, but the rest of the senior management has Sarbanes-Oxley to contend with -- meaning they could face jailtime for any intentional falsification or misleading statements given to the board of directors. And the board/stockholders have been extremely watchful ever since the backdating options/SEC Probe scandal a year or so back.

by gcv 18y ago

SapphireSun 18y ago

I heard some of Job's speeches on philosophy and it really resonated with me. I think he's a really cool guy even if he's a bit arrogant. The real value is in who he is.

ruby_roo 18y ago
Wha..? Where would one go to read or hear these speeches?
- SapphireSun 18y ago
  Jobs gave an address to Stanford university's graduating class in 2005. Here's a link to youtube if you want to watch it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1R-jKKp3NA It was quite interesting and spoke deeply to me.
  - jim-greer 18y ago
    He covered his health in that speech, but according to this CNN piece he was pretty misleading. http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/02/news/companies/elkind_jobs.fortune/index4.htm http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/02/news/companies/elkind_jobs.f... (Scroll about 1/4 of the way down) If he's going to talk about his health, he should be more straightforward than this. I think once you're the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, your responsibilities to your shareholders mean that you need to be more forthcoming about your health than he has been.
    - redrobot5050 18y ago
      No, you need to be more forthcoming with your board of directors, some of which (Al Gore) are close personal friends and can keep their mouth shut to the press if it really is a "private matter". The fact that Apple's board hadn't take any action was (to me) a clear indication that he was A-Ok. Steve might be exceptional, but the rest of the senior management has Sarbanes-Oxley to contend with -- meaning they could face jailtime for any intentional falsification or misleading statements given to the board of directors. And the board/stockholders have been extremely watchful ever since the backdating options/SEC Probe scandal a year or so back.