Steve Jobs Resigns As Apple CEO 1027
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An anonymous reader writes "The title says it all, really; Steve Jobs has resigned as the CEO of Apple, and would like to become Chairman of the Board. Reasons are not specified, but his declining health of recent years is a likely candidate. He's named Tim Cook as his successor."
Lemme be the frist to say: (Score:0, Funny)
So... (Score:5, Funny)
Will the Turtleneck of Power be passed on to Cook?
Or will it instead be enshrined in a glass case at Apple HQ?
And in other news, the iPhone 5... (Score:5, Funny)
is rumoured to have Flash, USB ports, AND a 3.5" floppy disk.
To Quote Obi-Wan (Score:3, Funny)
Re:This is a sad day for the tech world (Score:5, Funny)
Millions of people also said "yes we do" to MS-DOS.
Being the vanguard of those with absolutely no taste is not necessarily something to brag about.
Re:This is a sad day for the tech world (Score:4, Funny)
>>...it doesn't look good
Don't worry. When he dies, Jobs will become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.
DUPE! (Score:5, Funny)
Slashdot.. Late again. He resigned in 1984.
Enough with the dupes already! ;-)
Re:Lemme be the frist to say: (Score:5, Funny)
No, buy. I'm going full-in. I'll be an millionaire.
So, you're telling us your a billionaire then?
Re:So... (Score:5, Funny)
Will the Turtleneck of Power be passed on to Cook?
Or will it instead be enshrined in a curved glass case at Apple HQ?
fixed.
Re:This is a sad day for the tech world (Score:5, Funny)
I don't know how you did it, but you seem to have forgotten about this device called the iPod. Yeah, it brought PMPs to the mainstream. Apple sold a metric butt-load of them and made a mint in the process. Oh yeah, they also created an iTunes store, sold over 10,000,000,000 songs and other related media, and now sells more music than anyone else on the planet, including Walmart.
iOS and iPhone didn't save Apple, it catapulted them from ludicrously successful to can't-talk-I'm-having-too-many-orgasms-all-the-time successful.
Re:And in other news, the iPhone 5... (Score:5, Funny)
Picture of the upcoming iphone 5. [wordpress.com]
Re:To Quote Obi-Wan (Score:5, Funny)
I said "FIRST PSOT!!!!" and was trying to think how to use HTML formatting to link to a relevant XKCD before I realized it was a conversation and not slashdot. But it's okay, I'm safely back in Mom's basement now.
Re:This is a sad day for the tech world (Score:4, Funny)
1) Wipe iPod and enable for disk use.
2) Back up music library before reinstalling OS.
3) Drag music files back into iTunes.
4) Go on with life.
Just works, eh?
So according to your steps ... you wipe the device before you back up your data? How's that work out for you?
Re:This is a sad day for the tech world (Score:4, Funny)
Jack Welch, Steve Jobs, man just imagine what those guys could have accomplished with an MBA?