Steve Jobs letter to his staff today: 

Team,

I am sure all of you saw my letter last week sharing something very personal with the Apple community. Unfortunately, the curiosity over my personal health continues to be a distraction not only for me and my family, but everyone else at Apple as well. In addition, during the past week I have learned that my health-related issues are more complex than I originally thought.

In order to take myself out of the limelight and focus on my health, and to allow everyone at Apple to focus on delivering extraordinary products, I have decided to take a medical leave of absence until the end of June.

I have asked Tim Cook to be responsible for Apple’s day to day operations, and I know he and the rest of the executive management team will do a great job. As CEO, I plan to remain involved in major strategic decisions while I am out. Our board of directors fully supports this plan.

I look forward to seeing all of you this summer.

Steve

The big man is officially taking a leave from now until June. For the time being Tim Cook, Apple’s current COO, will be taking over. It will be interesting to see how the stock price and that place in NY that used to be known as ‘the street’ react, because as a former owner of apple stock, the price used to dip when the man got a cold…. one thing we know is that it’ll be interesting for sure

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