Steve Jobs stepped down from the position of CEO of Apple this week. He named his successor as Tim Cook who was presently the COO of Apple; there are mixed feelings as to whether this was a good idea or not. Jobs is one of the greatest minds of our time, I'm not a fan of Apple products for personal reasons, however I respect the man behind the products. The question is: will Apple survive without Jobs' new ideas fueling it?
All the people I know that use Apple were always talking about Steve Jobs, Steve Jobs = Apple. Perhaps that is because I'm a business student, and Apple has been one of the fastest growing companies since I started business school on the technology field. Since Jobs took over as CEO in '97 there have been many new products that have been developed by Apple. The iMac, the iPod, the iPhone (HUGE one!), the iPad (another big one..). Even the MacBook Air was a huge development, at least I thought it was pretty awesome, and even with the position of Apple products in my mind I would probably still buy one. I realize that Steve Jobs did not single-handedly create all of those products, but he is the face of Apple, anyone else is just not the same.
Thanks Jobs, for your legacy and life's work.
