This is a well-wish for Apple CEO Steve Jobs, recovering after a liver transplant required following complications from a form of pancreatic cancer. (Note: I don't own Apple's shares: never have, never will. I own corporate and municipal bonds, and real estate.)
Here's wishing Jobs a speedy, full recovery. Jobs is an American icon, an innovator extraordinaire, and a symbol of all that's good about the United States, commercially and technologically.
Jobs is back
"I'm very happy to be here, and thank you all," Jobs said Wednesday while appearing at an Apple news conference, after receiving a standing ovation, The New York Times reported Thursday. "As some of you know, five months ago I had a liver transplant. I now have the liver of a mid-20s person who died in a car crash and was generous enough to donate their organs. I wouldn't be here without such generosity, so I hope all of us can be as generous and elect to be organ donors." (For more information on becoming an organ donor, see this U.S. government web site: organdonor.gov.)
Think of what Jobs and the Apple (NYSE: AAPL) culture have meant for the United States: the Mac. The iPod. iTunes. The iPhone.
What's next? I'll leave that for the technology specialists to discern, but you can count on one thing: with Jobs at the helm of Apple, the next big thing is certain to be a game-changer.
Disclosure: Lazzaro has no positions in stocks, but does own shares in two Pimco Bond Funds: PHDAX and PYMAX.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
9-10-2009 @ 3:55PM
John Nemesh said...
Contrary to popular belief, Mr. Jobs does NOT walk on water. His company has engaged in some of the most deceptive and anti-comptetitive behavior of any company around. Hell, they make Microsoft look like saints in comparison! They dont innovate, they steal, then sue the companies they stole from (Mac OS was "stolen" from Xerox, for those of you with short memories!). They blackmail component companies into cutting off supplies for competing MP3 players. They blacklist applications that compete with their partners. They overcharge for their products, and then dont back them up when they EXPLODE...the list goes on and on.
While I would never wish illness on anyone, I do hope Steve Jobs retires soon. Then the "Cult of Steve" can end and Apple will have to actually make good products to survive.
9-10-2009 @ 4:44PM
Warren said...
Good god, why is every comment I read on this blog filled with bile and hate? Apple doesn't make good products?! What?!!
9-10-2009 @ 4:43PM
John Nemesh said...
Yep, you heard me. Why is it that every smartphone on the market can multitask except one? (guess which?) No Blu-Ray support in OSX. No cable card support either. No Flash support on iPhone. More security holes in OSX than XP or Vista (just not as many being actively exploited). I can keep going...this isn't about fanboyism. This is about Apple continually ignoring the needs (or wants) of its customers.
9-10-2009 @ 6:32PM
tony said...
Mr jobs should be as generous and have the iphones, all 3 with video,pic text and all the extra that the cheapest phones on the market are able to do.
donate something we can all enjoy.
not next year or the next generation iphone.how about in two weeks or less.so we dont have to jailbreak the damn thing.
thank you mr jobs get well soon
9-16-2009 @ 10:24AM
Beltway Greg said...
And may Apple hit at least $220. I said it before and I'll say it again, hell Steve would even say it though I'm not so sure he said it before: it's the culture dude. I don't want to go through another "Picture of Dorian Gray" moment where every step he takes and every word he spakes, and turtleneck he wears, and all the jeans he shares are so over analyzed. In the words of the immortal Paul "No Show" McCartney, "Let it Be."
BTW, let Yoko handle the negotiations with EMI. All she has to do is to lock them in a room and play some of her "art" and they'll be clamoring for a deal in a nanosecond.
Ms. Yoko, truthfully, I think you're great.