End of an era: Steve Jobs resigns as head of Apple

When Moscow was already night, came the sad news from Cupertino: Apple founder Steve Jobs resigned from the CEO post. He was replaced by Tim Cook.
The widespread press release no mention of the reasons for the resignation, but they are so obvious: in recent years, Steve's health It has suffered greatly. In 2004, he revealed cancer of the pancreas and the tumor was removed. In 2009, Jobs underwent a liver transplant. At the same time, there is evidence that he visited incognito in Switzerland, presumably for further treating cancer neuroendocrine system.

Steve reluctantly commented on the news and rumors about his health. But the last time, when the founder of Apple appeared in public, he looked much skinny ...

Steve Jobs resigned from Apple is not final. At least for now. After leaving the post of head of the company, he was elected chairman of the board of directors. Perhaps Jobs departed Apple's operational case management, reserving the opportunity to influence policy decisions.

In a letter to Apple community, Jobs expressed his confidence that the best and the brightest of days yet to come. We believe that it is, but imagine the announcement of the iPhone 5 without the founder of Apple, without the main "speaker" will be a difficult ...