Will Jobs's departure cut Apple to the core?

Will Jobs's departure cut Apple to the core?

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The world's hippest company may falter if its founder waves goodbye, say John Naughton and Nick Mathiason.
 
Apple is the world's definitive 21st-century company, harnessing like no other the possibilities that exist in the digital age. Earlier this month the firm produced truly startling results. Sales leapt by 48 per cent as consumers the world over bought music from the iTunes virtual music store to play on their iPod media players.
 
But what will become of Apple when its all-powerful chairman, Steve Jobs, eventually decides to spend more time with his billions? Can it withstand growing competition and are we witnessing the end of the Californian dream?
 
Jobs's brush with cancer two years ago has led some to fear for the future of a company without its dynamo. Today Apple has revenues in excess of $4.3bn (£2.3bn) and controls more than half the world's digital media player market, according to US research consultancy NPD, while its computers and operating systems are revered.

 
Press cutting from The Observer - Sunday July 30 2006

  

Will Jobs's departure cut Apple to the core?

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