Future of Apple

" It's not cold real live take a lot of look in the top box in Minneapolis the temperatures plunging. Going as low as 29. Below and that's without the wind chill factor dikes winters here by the -- seventy degrees in Miami. -- then watched Joe biden's farewell the vice president elect to the Senate. And the bottom -- Steve Jobs and his health. A big topic mark. And it's sad story on a personal level and is it a very interesting. Problem in many ways for Apple Computer's Steve Jobs of course is that familiar face in the beloved. Apple CEO he has announced it is going to take a five month long. Medical leave of absence take a look at -- this picture. Is sort of shows his decline in health and 2004. On the left hand side of your screen to 2008. In the most recent pictures of him the apple CEO was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer back in 2004. And reports that he now faces health complications. From that -- are out there Spencer on day i.'s computer editor for business we -- author. Creative capital -- and over with traces -- our -- who is an assistant professor of surgery in the oncology department at New York's mount Sinai hospital. You know we talked about this this morning Spencer. You know it's a two level story there's the medical situation he's going through and then there is this company. This so many people in this country worship they love their iPod they -- their iphones -- Mac books how much of that. Is Steve Jobs in terms of the company employees but and a lot of product and how do you assess isn't."

" Medical situation -- back to the company. I think Steve Jobs is probably the most indispensable chief executive in the United States his. His face his persona his vision is so wrapped up -- this company that he is really iconic and so. Apple without Steve Jobs is is worth much less than an apple you know with Steve Jobs so. You know the question is how much how much how valuable as evil stock markets given a single tonight that's only got five. The sense that I I think a lot of people expect the stock to be down more. However it is come down 20/20 five sentences -- and -- November. People are starting to come to grips finally. With the idea of life -- apple without Steve Jobs and it is it's a sad thing but it's inevitable thing and and and it's starting to happen now finally."

" As -- nobody UCF the company -- sort of his credit said the person who will carry out that creativity that he has brought so fully to this company."

" I think he is irreplaceable there's no one like him however apple does have a great management team tempered -- an elevated to the you know interim CLA hasn't got that title yet Steve Jobs still strangely is keeping the CEO title even though he's not at the company and so. That's one of the problems -- this apple has not been forthcoming. Apple has not done a good job of grooming a successor to to see jobs."

" Now how much they've known and when they've got information and other classes and I want to go over to. Chase is getting you know -- because that's the question is the other saddest thing is the health of Steve Jobs we know -- patriotic -- we only had surgery the question is Doctor Who what do you think is wrong with -- now we've been getting his gun and ambiguous definitions of what his problems. It's not speculate as to what's the Allison because. We don't have much information about the type of pancreatic cancer that he had there is different forms of pancreatic cancer the most common form is what Patrick Swayze had. And that's the form of can only wait that he's lost to me that's gotta be that's gotta be an indicator for some. While at Philly but not necessarily. The weight loss -- associated with something like Patrick Swayze has to be with just the -- carcinoma and had a disease. Which again is it is. More prognosticate actor for patients with with that type of pancreatic cancer. If he had the -- yet she related to. -- That I found in the end -- glance those related to hormones and that they just have been friends in the pancreas. The prognosis for those cases patients much better but they may suffer side effects of the surgery. Which is removing part of the pancreas possibly all of the pancreas which can lead to -- last beacon he's the side effects of severe diabetes."

" either way I guess guess that's dear to your guess mark either way he's in -- for a very long road to recovery I -- percent."

" It away and if you had a recurrence of the -- is -- they found -- some are Allison in his body if they are related to the hormones which can happen. Then his CE eight isn't. Or a little benefit recovery time I definitely got some -- we're that's the whole thing is we just don't really know it was made of."

" Point exactly that point this is exactly why apple needs to be much more forthcoming in -- to come out and explain exactly for once and for all what exactly is wrong with Steve Jobs. And and just. Could that if they don't it's gonna be a distraction for the next six months and you know what that's not gonna be good for apple it's not going to be very tough."

" He's a very private person and some people are very open and and forthcoming with these things and some people are not -- that he -- Republican Rick Perry don't know what your privacy to a certain extent I expensive thank you very much concerned -- I joining us."