“I’m not going to beat around the bush here. Many of us are thinking the same thing. Nobody wants to say it, but I will: I’m worried that Steve Jobs is sick,” SteveJack writes over in our Opinion section today.
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Not to mention that this is SteveJack’s second editorial asking these types of questions. His first was entitled something like, “What happens to Apple when Steve Jobs leaves or dies?” You guys make a big deal out of Enquirer-type stories, then you post one equally as bad. You guys are “journalists” – have you tried contacting Steve or Apple to ask?
What do people want? A sweating fat fuck like Ballmer?
That said Steve J should go back to his 1984 look.
Anyone is going to look bad in stubble.
I agree that Steve looked thin.
But then he’s 51 years old, he’s had cancer in the last couple of years and, there’s been just a little bit going on at both of his companies in the last year and a half or so.
I’m willing to bet he was short on sleep, has been under a great deal of stress with the options situation and prepping for this keynote. He’s also been at the head of a company that has radically changed it’s entire product line in just over six months. Fortunately we all know he’s not a micro-manager (joke).
And all of that’s been said above.
I have a different perspective on it. I work in advertising. I used to work at one of Apple’s ad agencies and I’ve worked directly with Mr Jobs. He doesn’t do anything half way. He’s ALWAYS the smartest and most on-target person in the room. I’m not kidding. I’ve seen him shut down a legend in my field – and be totally, absolutely correct in doing so. He’s passionate and he’s totally present when he’s involved in something. I’ve never seen anyone in my life with his intense powers of concentration.
And that has to be physically wearing when you’re in middle age and a cancer survivor.
I think his health is probably fine, he’s just a bit worn down.
As to the other presenters, I’ve gotten used to Phil Schiller, he’s the Keynote Komic Relief® and the fact that he’s a bit of a dorky buffoon is kind of a nice relief from Steve’s relentless coolness.
Bertrand Serlet’s timing was impeccable and I had no trouble understaning him (and I’m a native American English speaker, actually a SF Bay Area native). I thought he was hilarious and his deadpan delivery was spot-on.
Scott Forstall was just fine. He had the right amount of enthusiasm and obvious competence. He also had the coolest thing in the entire OS presentation to show – and that helps.
To sum this rambling note up, I’m fine with the tag-team style of the keynote and I expect that they’ll be like this from now on. It’s a good thing because we’re finally getting to see some of the other people at Apple and perhaps we’re even getting an inkling of what the future might hold. I’d love to see Jonathan Ive on that stage at some point…
As a long-time Apple stockholder, I was pleased with the keynote.
And, boy howdy do I want Leopard – can anyone say Time Machine?
Mark
Because Apple’s health is so heavily reliant on Steve’s, if he had anything life-threatening he’d be duty-bound to inform the market. I put it down to a change of lifestyle or treatment since the cancer scare.
I agree that Steve looked thin.
But then he’s 51 years old, he’s had cancer in the last couple of years and, there’s been just a little bit going on at both of his companies in the last year and a half or so.
I’m willing to bet he was short on sleep, has been under a great deal of stress with the options situation and prepping for this keynote. He’s also been at the head of a company that has radically changed it’s entire product line in just about seven months. Fortunately we all know he’s not a micro-manager (joke).
And all of that’s been said above.
I have a different perspective on it. I work in advertising. I used to work at one of Apple’s ad agencies and I’ve worked directly with Mr Jobs. He doesn’t do anything half way. He’s ALWAYS the smartest and most on-target person in the room. I’m not kidding. I’ve seen him shut down a legend in my field – and be totally, absolutely correct in doing so. He’s passionate and he’s totally present when he’s involved in something. I’ve never seen anyone in my life with his intense powers of concentration.
And that has to be physically wearing when you’re in middle age and a cancer survivor.
I think his health is probably fine, he’s just a bit worn down.
As to the other presenters, I’ve gotten used to Phil Schiller, he’s the Keynote Komic Relief® and the fact that he’s a bit of a dorky buffoon is kind of a nice relief from Steve’s relentless coolness.
Bertrand Serlet’s timing was impeccable and I had no trouble understaning him (and I’m a native American English speaker, actually a SF Bay Area native). I thought he was hilarious and his deadpan delivery was spot-on.
Scott Forstall was just fine. He had the right amount of enthusiasm and obvious competence. He also had the coolest thing in the entire OS presentation to show – and that helps.
To sum this rambling note up, I’m fine with the tag-team style of the keynote and I expect that they’ll be like this from now on. It’s a good thing because we’re finally getting to see some of the other people at Apple and perhaps we’re even getting an inkling of what the future might hold. I’d love to see Jonathan Ive on that stage at some point…
As a long-time Apple stockholder, I was pleased with the keynote.
And, boy howdy do I want Leopard – can anyone say Time Machine?
Mark
I’m a Pescetarian and have been since college. I just completed an Ironman and I run, ride and swim about 20 hours a week. Being a Pescetarian does not lead to thinness.
That said, wow, this is a lot of idle speculation. At the end of the day Mr. Jobs either is or isn’t sick and either will or will not chose to comment on it. One poster mentioned stock holders- I think if Mr. Jobs were sick he’d have a responsibility to share that with the BOD, but not the general shareholder population.
Regardless, Mr. Jobs could walk away from Apple tomorrow and he will have done more for it, and us, than can be repaid, much of it perhaps not entirely tangible.
I am shocked, but I shouldn’t be that others saw this also. As a apple supporter, stock holder and cancer doctor I see this every day. The type of cancer he has is “sometimes” curable, unlike the more common type of pancreatic cancer. If I had to guess, I would say his cancer has recurred and had probably spread before they did his surgery, hence the weight loss all of you saw and his awkwardness on stage and need to have the others involved.
I’m afraid he is mortal after all. As we know there is no one else like him. We could see that Schiller and the others are not him, but it will take all of us to save what he created and returned to create, but I think his time is coming near even though none of thus like to think about this.
Don’t panic, keep the stock strong and let’s find another with creativity and charisma like he had, although it may take time. If we panic, we are letting him down.
saw the presentation. thought he looked slim, maybe he’s doing tantric yoga techniques. to me he just looks like a guy who just came back from vacation. he seemed the same to me. the only difference was in the format of the presentation, where he acted more like an mc. he looks healthly. he looked like he lost the middle age pouch. lots of people giving up sugar and such and eating south beach way.
It is actually Dr. Serlet
When the cancer scare first came to light, Steve said he was expected to make a full recovery. Apple’s fortunes are so dependant on his health that if he had a life-threatening condition he’d be duty-bound to disclose it. I put it down to a change in lifestyle and/or treatment since the scare.
Let’s hope Steve is okay. He’s done a lot of great things — including being responsible for furthering computer capabilities for the masses.
He is one of the most passionate persons I have ever known of. He is so full of life!
He does look much too thin. I think if he was sick, he would not be wasting time at Apple, he would be with his family. He may be possibly doing some treatment to make sure he never gets cancer or some other kind of detoxification method. I’m guessing he will gain back some lbs soon. Eating ice cream is the quickest way for that to happen.Is there such a thing as organic ice cream?
Problem is, if you get sick, you usually lose some lbs. That is why he needs to gain some back, kind of like having extra RAM when you need it when running a second OS in VMWare or Parallels.
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there are 2 types of pancreatic cancer, one slow-growing, one fast-growing. From what he said at the time, he had the slow-growing variety.
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IS TAHT “TEH GOOD KIND”?
Since when is thin bad? What do people want, a sweating fat fuck like Ballmer?
That said, SJ should bring back his 1984 look. Anyone will look bad in stubble.
carlo: “he tumor they found was NOT malignant. there was a tumor, they cut it out, end of story.”
If so then he has some other cancer or sickness.
Easy to clear up – APPLE PR dept – issue a definitive statement on Steve´s health. Or better yet, Steve, come out and make a statement.
Wow, love the self-righteousness of the non-Americans in this thread! Must be great to be a perfect, the thin pinnacle of European perfection, Truly you are all gods among mere mortals (read: all of us fat slovenly white Americans). Also note the dripping sarcasm.
Get over yourselves.
Could some of these posts be any more stereotypical? Pathetic.
I really take exception to the tone of all this FUD manure spreading. It’s one thing to have concern for a beloved CEO, it’s quite another to openly speculate and create uncertainty, fear, doubt…
STEVE JOBS LOOKED F-ING GREAT. HE SOUNDED GREAT. He has as much vitality, poise, presence and boom in his voice as ever. He was strutting and shufflin’ with top energy. HE LOOKED ON F-FORM!
THE TAG-TEAM WAS EFFECTIVE AND POSITIVE AND DAZZLING. You wouldn’t expect Jobs to droll on for over an hour on all the minutae of that stuff, that would be more boring than the tag-team which gave color and variety and multiple perspectives.
MAC PRO LOOKED GREAT. LEOPARD LOOKED GREAT. Time Machine and Spaces alone are going to have Redmond spies sweating and salivating.
We all care about SJ. That’s not the same as permission to create vile rumors about his health which have NO F-ING BASIS in the reality of his performance and presentation.
All of us are gonna die some day.
There have been no denials from Endless Loop Way. I think that is very telling. He did lack vitality, in my opinion, in the WWDC keynote.
Time will tell. Life without Steve Jobs pushing us into a way cooler world is a very sad thing to contemplate.
In a way it is good that this article has run. If it is true, it has been insider information for some time now.
It may have some bearing on why the stock of a company that is doing everything so very well, with financial numbers to support it, cannot sustain a price rally.
We all deserve to know the truth.
Cancer is a terrible thing.
Enjoy everyday of your life.
it really concerns me that so few of you actually seem to know wat gaunt looks like. Steve Jobs looked good,. If that is now our standard of “gaunt” we are a more seriously obese nation than I thought. Do you guys actually know anyone who is in shape?
Noah Wyle should be Steves replacement!
Yes, Steve is thinner. However, if he were a bit thinner and still bounding with enthusiasm nobody would say ‘Boo’. The reason Steve’s keynotes lately have been lacklustre is to me obvious. He has been presiding over a period of transition, from PowerPC to Intel, in which the main watchword has to be ‘stay the course’ and they have intentionally not experimented with new enclosures in order to reassure everyone that they are getting the same old Macs. At the same time, OS X has reached a point of maturity in which software upgrades, while exciting and innovative, start to seem like just icing on the cake.
It all adds up to not a very inspiring environment in which to be a Keynote presenter. I bet Steve has been thinking, maybe I should hand over some of these less momentous keynotes to a talented up-and-comer in the company who is a good speaker. And that is probably Scott Forestal.
Steve has been putting in the time himself mostly to reassure us that the Mac isn’t changing. But now that this transition is over, I think, in the next year, we should see them start to push the envelope again on hardware (hey, they must have wanted to go for performance-per-watt for a REASON — I bet there are some really interesting enclosures coming down the pike). Nothing gets Steve’s juices flowing like an amazing new piece of hardware — and I’m not talking about specs.
I bet that we will see Steve return to his sparkling style sometime in the next year. Provided he doesn’t die of cancer first.
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I’m not going to beat around the bush here. Many of us are thinking the same thing. Nobody wants to say it, but I will: I’m worried that Bill Gates is sick.
I’m not saying he is sick, I’m saying that I’m worried that he’s sick. I’ve also been getting emails about the subject, too.
Look this picture below:
Bill Gates 2004
Bill Gates 2006
Really, who care’s these “news”?