http://loosesuits.com/notes/ LooseSuits Thread: Steve Jobs’s Appearance Grabs Notice, Not Just the IPhone en Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:00:47 +0000 http://loosesuits.com/business/notes/14968/p/1/#response-117565 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:09:11 Tyme 117565 <p>I understand the concern due to his diagnosis of cancer a couple of years ago but to my knowledge, he had surgery and made a full recovery. What I find interesting is that <a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=aapl">Apple's stock is down</a>. Of course the drop could be for another reason but it seems that Apple would not fair as well as Microsoft with Gates leaving if Jobs left. </p> <p>I'm not an Apple follower but it seems if Jobs left or got ill their stock would tank. Is Jobs "that" important to Apple? I admit when Gates announced he was leaving I mentally "checked out" with Microsoft but the company still makes billions a year. </p>