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Yes, I'm just as shocked and disappointed as you. Unless you didn't hear.

Steve Jobs, just days after describing his "hormone imbalance" health issue, wrote a letter to all his employees announcing that he's taking a "medical leave of absence" because the issue is "more complex" than he originally thought. He doesn't plan to return until late June. Tim Cook will be running Apple until then.

I'm really scared. No Steve Jobs for 6 months? I don't have faith in Cook's abilities to be CEO, and even if he does do a decent job, nobody can match Steve. They never had a back-up plan, and that could really tear the company apart if this continues.

Dan Lyons, AKA Fake Steve Jobs, appeared on CNBC and threw a hissy-fit while talking about this.



I'm actually told that he was banned from CNBC because of this. I don't blame them. Let me tell you something about Dan. He's an idiot. And he doesn't care about his FSJ fans. If he did, he would've kept running the FSJ blog. All he is is a jerk who tries to bring attention to the dying magazine he works for, Newsweek. You know what he said a while ago? He said "If Steve Jobs is still running the company at year-end [2008], I'll be shocked." Too bad he wasn't speaking literally. Maybe it would've knocked some sense into him for a change. It's now January 2009, and not only did Steve run the company, he technically still is running the company. He stated that he's still going to run CEO operations while he's away. Here's the full letter.

Let's hope that Steve stays okay so we can have our awesome CEO back and so we can have our awesome computer company back!

-Derek