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"Apple has previously drawn criticism from some shareholders over what they have called limited disclosure of Mr. Jobs's health problems" "once Mr. Jobs resume
by sho 17y ago
"Apple has previously drawn criticism from some shareholders over what they have called limited disclosure of Mr. Jobs's health problems"
"once Mr. Jobs resumes work, the company will have to be "very careful" about what it says"
This strikes me as almost unbelievably cynical, that Jobs' health could be factored into the price of Apple shares. I understand why, of course, but still, I hate it and I wonder how SJ himself feels. "Don't die yet, Steve, I'm long AAPL!"
I think he should retire soon. He's had a good run. Apple will be fine.
- zimbabwe 17y agoIt's insane not because it's cynical, but because we've now seen twice that when Steve Jobs is gone, Apple falls back on TimCookPhilSchillerEddyCueJonathanIve and every other one of its other brilliant, beauty-minded industrialists. Jobs once said that he views Apple as his lasting triumph, not the Mac or the iPod, because with Apple he took his ideals and embedded them within the company upon his return. The result is that any one of the people at Apple is as brilliant as Jobs is. Some would argue that Tim Cook is a better Jobs than Jobs himself.
- vaksel 17y agoHe is only 54, plenty of things he can still do
- sho 17y agoSince he's already had surgery for pancreatic cancer, and now this, I wouldn't be too sure about that.
- DavidSJ 17y agoHow is it cynical to price the health of an organization's key person into its value?
- sho 17y agoBecause it's basically placing monetary bets on another human being's health. Yeah, I know he's the key person, I know why they do it, I just think it's depressing that our society still hasn't risen above putting a dollar value on life.
- gizmo 17y agoWhy should we rise above it? What's wrong with estimating somebody's worth in dollars?
- sho 17y agoI've written and deleted about 3 attempts at answering that question, not happy with any of them and obviously I have to get my thoughts in order. It's quite the "question for the ages" : D I'll get back to you ...
- gizmo 17y agoTypically, this means you have an pre-conceived opinion, and are looking for a rationalization.
- sho 17y agoOr it could mean that I have a lot of complex thoughts on the matter, and it will take some time to distil them into a pithy comment. That's the problem with rapid-fire sites like this, the pressure is on to respond quickly, before the thread sinks into oblivion - you have actually asked an interesting question and I would like to give it some thought.
- gizmo 17y agoOf course you can have complex thoughts on the matter. That's why I said "typically". I didn't make any kind of judgment. From my own experience I know that if I have an opinion but don't have the supporting arguments readily available my opinion is either wrong, or right only by coincidence. These arguments don't do well in sound-byte sized chunks though, I grant you that.
- anigbrowl 17y agoYou wait until someone's aggressively shorting DavidSJ.com.
- fallentimes 17y agoThat's all part of being a public company and a negative DavidSJ accepted.
- mironathetin 17y agoIts not cynical. You don't invest in companies, you invest in their leaders.