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Steve Jobs to Become Ikea CEO 65

Posted by CmdrTaco on Friday April 01, 2005 @07:04PM from the third-times-the-charm dept.

RLewis1241 writes "According to The Register, Steve Jobs seems to be broadening his horizons: "IKEA will employ Jobs as "acting CEO", from next month. The technology icon will maintain his twin CEO roles at Apple Computer Inc. and Pixar Inc. but will also take command with a wide-ranging brief at the retail giant""

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yes! (Score:2, Insightful)

by Kaisum ( 850834 ) writes:

Great, now he can make furniture no one buys! *dodges random bottles*
- Don't bet on it! (Score:2)
  
  by ShaniaTwain ( 197446 ) writes:
  
  Oh they'll buy it allright.. they'll buy it and like it [gizmodo.com]
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by account_deleted ( 4530225 ) writes: on Friday April 01, 2005 @07:05PM (#12116262)

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Ugh. (Score:3, Insightful)

by trifster ( 307673 ) writes: on Friday April 01, 2005 @07:06PM (#12116265) Homepage Journal

Boooo. Boooo. Booooooooo. Get the hook. Pull CmdrTaco's submit button.

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Stop it stop it stop it stop it! (Score:1, Redundant)

by the_skywise ( 189793 ) writes:

Please for the love of humanity stop it!
First Post! (Score:1)

by J053 ( 673094 ) writes:

WooHoo!!

Naturally, on April 1.

Oh, well
gah! (Score:1)

by Dr.Roo ( 810662 ) writes:

It's april 2nd, foo! >_
Ummm.... (Score:1)

by Trevor66 ( 872730 ) writes:

[tcs@apollo] ~> date Fri Apr 1 19:05:59 AST 2005 Last time I checked, 19:05:59 > 12:00:00 Even in the wilds of Canada...
NOOO (Score:2, Insightful)

by darth_MALL ( 657218 ) writes:

What the hell happened to Ingemar? I loved his conveyer-belt-ridin swedish ass. Truly a sad day.
- Re:april (Score:1)
  
  by Thnikkaman ( 818752 ) writes:
  
  Ever heard of a company called Pixar?
OOOH HELL NAW (Score:1)

by XplosiveX ( 644740 ) writes:

This is just getting a little silly now.
Comfort? (Score:1)

by PMJ2kx ( 828679 ) writes:

Steve wants you to sit comfortably.
Uh...I'll pass, thanks.
This sucks (Score:1, Insightful)

by takeya ( 825259 ) writes:

in under 2 hours the entire main page has been flooded with shitty jokes. i need slashdot! april 1 is my least favorite day now :(
fuck off (Score:2)

by RMH101 ( 636144 ) writes:

no, really. and i'm taking the time to tap this out on windows tablet edition. ow, the RSI.
Apple v Ikea (Score:2)

by odano ( 735445 ) writes:

Apple is all about high quality, high cost.
Ikea is all about low quality, low cost.

Seems like a pretty big difference in philosophies.
Great... (Score:3, Interesting)

by The-Bus ( 138060 ) writes: on Friday April 01, 2005 @07:08PM (#12116304)

He's got experience selling to fad-obsessed 25-35 year olds hooked on useless crap just because it's trendy, it looks vaguely European/from the future, and it's made of plastic.

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unboring (Score:1)

by caltman ( 861217 ) writes:

He's determined to be the richest man in the world and beat Bill Gates even if he has to be CEO of every other company but Micro$oft!
- Re:unboring (Score:1)
  
  by damsa ( 840364 ) writes:
  
  At $1 a year for being CEO of Apple, Jobs has to be CEO of every single corporation on the planet maybe even other planets.
Real (Score:1)

by Nexboy ( 868907 ) writes:

I guess the real April Fools joke is that I'm surfing Slashdot instead of doing real work...
So after the iPod... (Score:1)

by BarneyRabble ( 866644 ) writes:

We'll have funky colored pink, blue, and green furniture with rotating thumbwheel lazy susans in the middle...click! click! click!
- Re:So after the iPod... (Score:3, Funny)
  
  by ettlz ( 639203 ) writes:
  
  Make way for iKEA.
Make it stop (Score:1)

by T(V)oney ( 736966 ) writes:

Honestly, this crap is getting old. I'm sure there is some real news to talk about. Most of the rest of the world has not stopped for April Fools Day.
This is reminding me... (Score:1)

by st1d ( 218383 ) writes:

...of that old deal South Park did with Cartman's "real dad". Namely, you were so sure it would come to a close with the "next" episode (and it didn't), that when it really did, you just didn't care anymore. Not that /. will lose as many fans as SP did during that mess, but it is reminiscent.
ewwww.... (Score:1)

by Threatis ( 847906 ) writes:

<i>"wide-ranging brief"</i>

ewww....thats more then i want to know about Steve Jobs' choice of underwear.
I guess I should get some IKEA stocks (Score:1)

by kungfuSiR ( 753429 ) writes:

guess it's about that time
Hey Look!! (Score:2)

by Basehart ( 633304 ) writes:

The lights went out....ha ha ha....april fool
iMac Furniture (Score:1)

by cybercobra ( 856248 ) writes:

Let's just hope he doesn't make all sorts of furniture into a computer, like he did with the lamp (iMac).
1. Make furniture/computer hybrids
2. Sell them for an arm and a leg while not telling people it's a computer
3. Make $$$
I hope not! (Score:3, Insightful)

by WoTG ( 610710 ) writes: on Friday April 01, 2005 @07:31PM (#12116777) Homepage Journal

I'd hate to start seeing "IKEA is dying" comments on /.

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We may now look forward to... (Score:1)

by rookworm ( 822550 ) writes:

Things we may now expect from IKEA
1)A one- buttoned couch
2)The iBook(-shelf assembly kit)
3)The iPad
.........
iCEO (Score:1)

by adavies42 ( 746183 ) writes:

iGuess that makes him the iCEO again.
Reading with surprise (Score:1)

by Steward5732 ( 868088 ) writes:

all news I read today, it just april 1 fool... :).
1st april (Score:1)

by dutt ( 738848 ) writes:

another april fools...

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