So Who's Running Apple Now?

An anonymous reader writes "With Steve Jobs stepping down from heading Apple for at least six months who's running the company that he resurrected? This article names the three people who will try to keep things running. But you have to wonder whether they'll have the charisma needed to keep Apple cool..."

Re:Did I miss the news?

[Daswolfen]

fact is apple needs a successor.

I don't think Bill Gates is doing anything important right now...

Didn't he do it all?

[retech]

I heard he mined the minerals and metals himself. Smelted and forged them. Used his own personal laser pointer to hand cut every chip. Speaks in code to a special computer that compiles it on the fly. And then hand assembles each and every Apple devise.

How will they carry on without him?

Oblig Simpsons quote

[genner]

What happened to you apple you used to be cool?

BRING BACK WOZ

[oGMo]

I mean seriously.

Re:Did I miss the news?

[INTERNET EXPERT]

If Apple just want to get big among costumers all they need to do is to start selling the OS and applications for any computer

I agree. The "one size fits all" mentality, that seems to be the norm at Apple, is instantly shot down in the costume industry.

Re:Did I miss the news?

[robthebloke]

Hans Reiser's going to be doing nothing twiddling his thumbs for the next few years as well....

You insensitive clod...

[denzacar]

Steve IS Jesus! [photobucket.com]

Re:How is Apples "cool"?

[Khemisty]

case in point [slashdot.org] ;)

Re:Did I miss the news?

[Anonymous Monkey]

I think Microsoft and Apple have been looking forward to this day for a long time. Think about it Silverlight sounds so shiny, iTunes only needs to change one letter to become iZunes, and this way Microsoft won't need to program their OS for that pesky extra mouse button.

Raul Jobs

[Junior J. Junior III]

Steve's younger brother, Raul, has taken over day to day operations.

Re:Who cares?

[Itninja]

I smell a fanboy. I bet you will love this [theonion.com] recently revealed CES innovation.

Re:Did I miss the news?

[Shakrai]

Hans Reiser's going to be doing nothing twiddling his thumbs for the next few years as well....

Cool, Apple will finally be able to overcome the pesky filesystem limitations that have been holding the iPod back ;)

Re:Didn't he do it all?

[MindlessAutomata]

I heard he kisses every Ipod before it's placed in the packaging.

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Re:Did I miss the news?

[MikeDirnt69]

Imagine that: Bill Gates became Apple's CEO. Then he brings his old company for a merge. Completing the utopia, a joint venture with Google will form the mighty GooAppleSoft.

WOOOOSH!

Re:Who cares?

[MindlessAutomata]

Simply amazing. One Apple fan praises Apple because it "does what he wants and more", the next comes in to someone countering that with examples of products that do more at a lower price with "well, less features is good!

No, fewer features does not decrease usability, necessarily, and the point is moot because most people with Ipods don't seem to have even considered or looked at the competition to even determine if it has greater usability or not. If usability was such a big deal then people wouldn't buy a product locked-in to iTunes. Seriously, there's no excuse for that; many if not most other music players have simple drag-and-drop functionality.

Let me compare the mp3 players to give you an example of what they have that Ipods do not. Many mp3 players, such as the Zen, Fuze, and Cowon D2 have SDHC/micoSDHC expandability. I guess having an expandability makes it harder to use?

Having FM Tuners makes them more difficult to use?

Simple voice recorders?

In some, ogg and flac support...?!

Having some other features does not make them more difficult to use. Just read the reviews, many of these mp3 players are easy to use. I own a Fuze and it's not at all difficult. Of course, you haven't even read the reviews, have you? I'm betting you're talking out of your ass.

The fact that you even need to bring up "winning form factor and styling" as being superior over features says a lot. I really do think that's "styling" is what gets you, that Apple-logo on the product. Other music players have similar styles or are just as easy to use.

Bring Back Guy!

[Verminator]

If there's one man who could replace Jobs when he decides to leave / retire, it's Guy Kawasaki. [guykawasaki.com]

Re:Did I miss the news?

[dzfoo]

Or AppleSoftGoo.

On second thought, ewwww!
        -dZ.

Put George W. Bush in charge of Apple

[PolygamousRanchKid]

He'll be free real soon now. Everybody rants that Apple's success is dependent on Jobs. If Apple continues to deliver blockbuster products, despite having George W. Bush as CEO, that will prove them wrong, and that Apple as a company is strong, despite of who is at the helm.

If Apple craters, we can all blame it on Bush.

Re:How is Apples "cool"?

[somethingwicked]

Do the people on the street buying Apple really know who Jobs is?

Of course. After a few movies, and doing that NBC show ED, he's been in a junkload of popular commercials with that guy from the Daily Show.

Re:Did I miss the news?

[eln]

At last, someone capable of giving the iPhone the killer app it's been missing all this time!

6 months???

[highfidelitychris]

He's coming back (according to his note) at the end of June. That doesn't come to 6 months, more like 5 and some change, depending on the actual date he comes back.

Re:Did I miss the news?

[Anonymous Coward]

That brings new meaning to the term iPod killer.

Re:Did I miss the news?

[Ragzouken]

Micrapoogle

Re:Did I miss the news?

[WCguru42]

GooAppleSoft

GAS? I don't know if that'd pass the marketing execs smell test. Baa Dum Ching. I keed, I keed.

Re:Did I miss the news?

[FishWithAHammer]

Gooplesoft.

Re:Did I miss the news?

[Gilmoure]

Steve needs to be using the iPotty, with RSS feed.

Re:Did I miss the news?

[oatworm]

Does your dick look good in a turtleneck? Does your dick always provide "one more thing" right at the end? Can your dick keep a conference room of people enthralled for hours at a time? Is your dick anal retentive?

If so, I would like to meet your dick.

Re:Did I miss the news?

[Sfing_ter]

why yes it does thank you, comes with it's own turtleneck.