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To: Zen Dollar Round who wrote (75743)	6/17/2008 11:10:23 AM
From: GVTucker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

Considering that the last time Steve Jobs wasn't at Apple the firm practically went broke, I don't think Cramer's conclusion is all that far fetched.

To: Zen Dollar Round who wrote (75743)	6/17/2008 4:46:55 PM
From: Cogito	Respond to of 213177

>>More proof, at least to me, that Jim Cramer doesn't really know Apple or much about Steve Jobs:<< Roy - I agree with you that Cramer is wrong. He believes that Jobs is an inventor, and that all the creative ideas at Apple are his. If one has read anything about the history of Apple, one knows that is not true. He has excellent taste, and he makes decisions about whether or not to go ahead with the ideas that other people have. He makes decisions about feature sets, I'm sure. Some of those decisions are a bit weird, like not supporting stereo bluetooth in the iPhone. (An acquaintance of mine, an iPhone owner, was complaining about that yesterday. He's underwhelmed by the 3G because it doesn't have that feature, either, along with MMS.) If Jobs were replaced by someone else, a lot of what makes Apple great would be gone, no doubt. But there would still be a lot of very creative people there, who would still have great ideas. I can't believe there is no one in that organization who could step up and provide leadership for them. Such a person might not have Steve's flair for marketing, which is one of his greatest talents, but there's no reason to assume the company would go the direction it went when Jobs was not there before. They have a very different Board, now. Those people would not make the same mistakes. - Allen