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Seven Years Ago Today: Steve Jobs Resigns as CEO of Apple, Tim Cook Named His Successor
Today marks the seventh anniversary of the late Steve Jobs resigning as CEO of Apple. In a letter addressed to Apple's Board of Directors, dated August 24, 2011, Jobs strongly recommended then-COO Tim Cook be named his successor.
Letter from Steve Jobs:
Letter from Steve Jobs:
To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community:Apple's Board of Directors approved the request, effective immediately, with Jobs elected Chairman of the Board. Jobs reportedly remained closely involved with Apple's strategic decision-making until passing away October 5, 2011.
I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.
I hereby resign as CEO of Apple. I would like to serve, if the Board sees fit, as Chairman of the Board, director and Apple employee.
As far as my successor goes, I strongly recommend that we execute our succession plan and name Tim Cook as CEO of Apple.
I believe Apple’s brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it. And I look forward to watching and contributing to its success in a new role.
I have made some of the best friends of my life at Apple, and I thank you all for the many years of being able to work alongside you.
Steve
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12 months ago
Today marks the seventh anniversary of the late Steve Jobs resigning as CEO of Apple ('https://www.macrumors.com/2011/08/24/steve-jobs-resigns-as-apple-ceo/'). In a letter addressed to Apple's Board of Directors, dated August 24, 2011, Jobs strongly recommended then-COO Tim Cook be named his successor.
From a business and a shareholder perspective, Jobs' recommendation was spot on, Cook has done amazing things, and made Apple into the cell phone giant that it is today.
From my perspective as a long time Apple fan, he is no Jobs, and my love for Apple has diminished to the point that for the first time since the mid-90's, I am strongly looking elsewhere for my electronic needs.
12 months ago
"I strongly recommend that we execute our succession plan and name Tim Cook as CEO of Apple.
I believe Apple's brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it"
The biggest mistake Steve Jobs ever made.
Complete lack of innovation.
Poorly designed Hardware.
Shoddy after sales service.
The shareholder is doing well though.
I believe Apple's brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it"
The biggest mistake Steve Jobs ever made.
Complete lack of innovation.
Poorly designed Hardware.
Shoddy after sales service.
The shareholder is doing well though.
12 months ago
Apple is nothing like it would’ve been if Jobs were still around. I know this because I’m from an alternate timeline in which this very thing happened.
11 years of aging in a single GIF:
Wow Tim Cook looks so much younger in that photo...
11 years of aging in a single GIF:
12 months ago
Tim Cook is not a "Steve Jobs". And those of us who continue hold the Steve Jobs's vision in high regard should be thankful for that. Were Tim Cook a "Steve Jobs", the Apple of today would be radically different than the Apple of seven years ago, because to be a "Steve Jobs" is to be a radical and militant thinker with a distinctly personal vision. Tim Cook was and has been the best choice to see Steve Jobs's vision through. Because the person we admired was the Steve Jobs. Not just any "Steve Jobs".
12 months ago
It is unfortunate what happened to Mr. Jobs. However, Mr. Cook has more than aptly stepped into a tough job and showed the world and its' doubters and naysayers, the stuff he is made of by growing apples business tremendously.
12 months ago
He seems like a pretty solid successor. I don't think Apple changed much. They still kinda do whatever they want, regardless of consumer pressure or demand. From a lot of points it's admirable. But on the other hand, we all want what we want. So it's fun to complain. lol.
12 months ago
I think as a computer for design the PC is finally catching up to Apple. Which is worst than bad. Because I loved being the only one with a Mac. Now I see Apple devices everywhere and the quality is, meh... So, with painful reluctance; I am considering a PC but it has to be totally bug free, reliable, fast and reliable. Did I say bug free, reliable, and fast? I really need my tools to be bug free, fast and reliable.
Yeah, I've been hearing about how Windows PCs have caught up for a couple years and then I recently spent 3 weeks using Adobe CC and Powerpoint on Windows 10. It hasn't caught up! LOL Windows is still garbage.
Believe me, I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to build my own PC using nVidia's brand new GPU. But the OS is just garbage.
You know how in OS X you can grab a JPEG and just drag it onto the Photoshop icon in your dock and it gets launched into Photoshop? Forget about doing that in Windows.
You know how if you have a Photoshop file open and you go to the Finder and you decide you want to move that file to a different folder, or you want to rename it? Forget about doing that in Windows. You will get an error message. You have to close the file first, then you can move the file or rename it. And if you want to rename or move files on the company network, you'll have to do that in the middle of the night because if one employee has one file open on that network, you get an error.
The open/save dialogue in Windows is the same as it was a decade ago. You know how in the Finder you have a sidebar with your favorites and that sidebar shows up in the open/save dialogue? Not in Windows! In Windows, you will be browsing your file system ALL THE TIME because it doesn't have a list of recent places like OS X, and it doesn't give you your favorites from your sidebar.
And just switching between open apps in Windows requires more steps. It doesn't switch between apps, it switches between WINDOWS. So if you have a few open in Photoshop and you click on the Photoshop icon in the taskbar, it brings up every open document as a thumb for you to pick. Insane!
I could go on and on. Windows is still garbage. Believe me.
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