Afin de taire définitivement les rumeurs portées à son encontre, Steve Jobs, CEO d'Apple Computers Inc. a publié la lettre ouverte suivante adressée à la communauté Apple.
En résumé, Steve confirme qu'il a eu des problèmes de santé et a décidé de prendre du repos en famille. De ce fait il ne présentera pas le Keynote d'Apple au Macworld 2009 qui se tiendra le 6 janvier 2009.
Dear Apple Community,
For the first time in a decade, I'm getting to spend the holiday season with my family, rather than intensely preparing for a Macworld keynote.
Unfortunately, my decision to have Phil deliver the Macworld keynote set off another flurry of rumors about my health, with some even publishing stories of me on my deathbed.
I've decided to share something very personal with the Apple community so that we can all relax and enjoy the show tomorrow.
As many of you know, I have been losing weight throughout 2008. The reason has been a mystery to me and my doctors. A few weeks ago, I decided that getting to the root cause of this and reversing it needed to become my #1 priority.
Fortunately, after further testing, my doctors think they have found the cause — a hormone imbalance that has been "robbing" me of the proteins my body needs to be healthy. Sophisticated blood tests have confirmed this diagnosis.
The remedy for this nutritional problem is relatively simple and straightforward, and I've already begun treatment. But, just like I didn't lose this much weight and body mass in a week or a month, my doctors expect it will take me until late this Spring to regain it. I will continue as Apple's CEO during my recovery.
I have given more than my all to Apple for the past 11 years now. I will be the first one to step up and tell our Board of Directors if I can no longer continue to fulfill my duties as Apple's CEO. I hope the Apple community will support me in my recovery and know that I will always put what is best forApple first.
So now I've said more than I wanted to say, and all that I am going to say, about this.
Steve
En d'autres termes, pour la première fois Steve sera bien le grand absent remarqué de cet événement. Si Steve eut effectivement des problèmes de santé, la bonne nouvelle est qu'il se rétablit.
For the first time in a decade, I'm getting to spend the holiday season with my family, rather than intensely preparing for a Macworld keynote.
Unfortunately, my decision to have Phil deliver the Macworld keynote set off another flurry of rumors about my health, with some even publishing stories of me on my deathbed.
I've decided to share something very personal with the Apple community so that we can all relax and enjoy the show tomorrow.
As many of you know, I have been losing weight throughout 2008. The reason has been a mystery to me and my doctors. A few weeks ago, I decided that getting to the root cause of this and reversing it needed to become my #1 priority.
Fortunately, after further testing, my doctors think they have found the cause — a hormone imbalance that has been "robbing" me of the proteins my body needs to be healthy. Sophisticated blood tests have confirmed this diagnosis.
The remedy for this nutritional problem is relatively simple and straightforward, and I've already begun treatment. But, just like I didn't lose this much weight and body mass in a week or a month, my doctors expect it will take me until late this Spring to regain it. I will continue as Apple's CEO during my recovery.
I have given more than my all to Apple for the past 11 years now. I will be the first one to step up and tell our Board of Directors if I can no longer continue to fulfill my duties as Apple's CEO. I hope the Apple community will support me in my recovery and know that I will always put what is best forApple first.
So now I've said more than I wanted to say, and all that I am going to say, about this.
Steve
En d'autres termes, pour la première fois Steve sera bien le grand absent remarqué de cet événement. Si Steve eut effectivement des problèmes de santé, la bonne nouvelle est qu'il se rétablit.
Le fait à son importance car Steve Jobs, âgé de 53 ans, reste le père d'Apple et un homme visionnaire. Qu'il vienne à quitter la société - ce n'est pas à l'ordre du jour - et les spéculateurs se demandent ce que vaudra encore l'action Apple. Comme quoi le sujet est très sensible.
Pour le moment, c'est toujours la "success story". Le dernier trimestre fiscal de l'année 2008 a battu tous les records (en excluant les trimestres de Noël) : 7.9 milliards de dollars de chiffre d'affaire, en hausse de 21% par rapport à la même période en 2007 pour 1.14 milliards de dollars de bénéfices. Apple a vendu 2.6 millions de Mac, 11 millions d'iPod et 6.9 millions d'iPhone !
Cela dit, on ignore ce qui sera présenté lors de cette Keynote d'Apple. Les rumeurs parlent d'une mise à jour du MacBook Pro de 17", d'un nouveau Mac Mini, de nouvelles fonctionnalités dans iWork ainsi qu'un iPod Touch "géant" mais rien de certain. On en reparlera demain.
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