对老乔感情很复杂，他回到水果之后搞出来iMac、Cube这些漂亮的东西，要不然
也许今天的电脑还都是白盒子
但是也是他搞出iTune这种邪恶的东西，还一手培养出大批果轮，搞得我对水果
从喜欢变成厌恶
SEATTLE – Apple Inc. co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs sent a note Monday to
employees saying he's taking a second medical leave of absence in two years
so he can focus on his health.
No further information about his current condition was provided. Apple
spokesman Steve Dowling would not directly answer questions about Jobs'
health or whereabouts, referring only to the text of the brief note.
Jobs said he will continue as CEO and be involved in major decisions but has
asked chief operating officer Tim Cook to be responsible for all day-to-day
operations.
"I love Apple so much and hope to be back as soon as I can," Jobs wrote.
Apple has a long history of secrecy when it comes to the iconic CEO's health
, disclosing major illnesses only after the fact. Jobs was "cured" of a rare
form of pancreatic cancer called an islet cell neuroendocrine tumor in 2004
, but his surgery and recovery were not made public until afterward.
Then, during a six-month medical leave from January to June 2009, Jobs had a
liver transplant. When the leave was announced, there were scant details
about his actual diagnosis, and the transplant came to light two months
after it was performed.
Few CEOs are considered as instrumental to their companies as Jobs has been
to Apple since he returned in 1997 after a 12-year hiatus. With Jobs serving
as head showman and demanding elegance in product design, Apple has
expanded from a niche computer maker to become the dominant producer of
portable music players, a huge player in the cell phone business and the
inventor, with the iPad, of a new category of tablet computers.
Shares of Apple have plunged in the past with news and rumors about Jobs'
health.
During both the 2004 and 2009 health scares, Cook took the reins. Cook, who
joined Apple in 1998, ran the Cupertino, Calif.-based company for two months
in 2004 while Jobs battled cancer. His performance won him the promotion to
chief operating officer in 2005.
Analysts credit Cook with solving problems that Apple was having with
inventory management. Many people consider Cook as Jobs' logical successor.
Under Cook's direction in 2009, the company kept cranking out well-received
products including updated laptops with lower entry-level prices and a
faster iPhone with many longed-for features.
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