Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter


 OPINION 
4

Apple Needs to Tell the Truth About Jobs' Health

Firm's secrecy is a disservice to its investors

Share

(Newser) – It’s possible, but not likely, that something truly changed in the days between Steve Jobs discounting his health issues as a “hormone imbalance” and deciding he needed to take a medical leave from Apple. That means, writes Joe Nocera in the New York Times, that America’s “most indispensable chief executive … can’t be trusted on the subject of whether he is healthy enough to continue running the company.”

Jobs strongly believes his health is no one’s business but his family’s, but he’s wrong, Nocera writes. People in important positions forfeit a portion of their privacy rights, and Jobs’ “health has become a material fact for Apple shareholders.” The time has come for Apple’s board to tell investors what is going on with the CEO.

In this Sept. 9, 2008, file photo, Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs waves goodbye after a product announcement in San Francisco.
In this Sept. 9, 2008, file photo, Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs waves goodbye after a product announcement in San Francisco.   (AP Photo)
In this Oct. 14, 2008, file photo, Apple CEO Steve Jobs gestures during a product announcement at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif.
In this Oct. 14, 2008, file photo, Apple CEO Steve Jobs gestures during a product announcement at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif.   (AP Photo)
« Prev« Prev | Next »Next » Slideshow

Enough is enough. Tell us, once and for all, what is going on with Mr. Jobs’s health. Put the subject to rest. End the constant rumor-mongering. And then get back to the business of making the coolest products on earth.
- Joe Nocera

« Prev« Prev | Next »Next » Slideshow
OFF THE GRID
11.24.09
Murdoch and Microsoft: The Mice Are Trying to Roar
11.23.09
Books Are Bad for You
4 comments
VIEWING:
 
joe_is_in_the_room_54
Jan 15, 09 6:08 PM CST
America’s “most indispensable chief executive …, yeah right, so why is Microsoft forced to support Apple? Salesmanship never made or created a damn thing. Reply
Vote up! Vote down!
0
IN RESPONSE:
Newser001
Jan 16, 09 5:00 AM CST
What a callous thing to say... If you'll pull your head out of your PC and read... MacBook/Pro (Massive Global Impact, Industry Changing; approximately 30% of all laptop sales in US, approximately 16% of global sales), iMac (PC World said, it was Awe Inspiring), iPod (Massive Global Impact; Global shipments of iPod accessories, according to a Research & Markets study, are on the upswing, riding high on the steady growth of the iPod user base. Since launching the first generation of iPod in 2001, Apple Inc. has sold approximately 90 million units worldwide. Zune and all others are Rip-Offs of the iPod), iPhone (Massive Global Impact, Industry Changing; 5 million sold since inception. Look at all the Copy-Cats)...
Vote up! Vote down!
0
PosterNutbag
Jan 16, 09 2:41 AM CST
He has a right to privacy. I'm more concerned about the health effects of their product line, on individuals and the environment, especially in light of their planned obsolescence. Reply
Vote up! Vote down!
0
Lolikhan
Jan 16, 09 2:56 AM CST
Leave the man alone, you hogs, he's ILL. Reply
Vote up! Vote down!
0
LEAVE A
COMMENT Comment Policy
Facebook ConnectPost this comment to Facebook?

After connecting you will have the option to post your comment on your Facebook profile.

 

Related Newser Stories

152 Stories

Now Panel Urges Delay
in Pap Test

Docs' group advises later start, every 2 years for cervical cancer test

Nov 20, 09 7:46 AM CST
(Newser) - The screening cutbacks continue. Just days after the government announced more conservative guidelines for mammograms, a major medical body says women should begin having Pap smears for cervical cancer later and less frequently. The new guidelines from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists say women don't need to be... More »

MORE ABOUT:
cancer • health • cervical cancer • gynecology • Pap smear • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists • older women • Pap smear guidelines

 Disney Reinventing Stores 
 as 'Imagination Parks' 

Apple's expertise will help transform shopping into entertainment

Oct 13, 09 1:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Disney has unveiled ambitious plans to bring the theme park to the shopping mall by turning its network of stores into interactive "Imagination Parks." The overhaul—designed using the expertise of Steve Jobs and his Apple Stores team—will cost some $1 million per store and focus... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Steve Jobs • Walt Disney Co. • Apple • Pixar • Disney • mall • retail stores

 Microsoft Pinching Apple 
 Employees to Staff Stores 

Managers enticed with higher salaries and sent back to poach sales people

Sep 22, 09 2:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Microsoft’s planned expansion into the brick-and-mortar retail sector will be staffed at least in part by…Apple Store employees, reports the Loop. The software giant is hiring away Apple managers with higher salaries, sources tell the tech blog. Those managers in turn are trying to bring aboard Apple's top... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Microsoft • Apple • poaching • Macintosh • retail stores • computer • Apple Store • manager • employees

152 Stories


Jobs may get his pancreas removed
Bloomberg

Shareholders fear jobs might not return to Apple
Times (UK)

Tim Cook can run Apple, but can he duplicate Jobs' success?
ZDNet


Opinion  •  Business 
TwitterFollow @NewserOpinion on Twitter

 
cancer • Steve Jobs • health • shareholders • Apple • computer

from our news partners