Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 30th Dec 2008 23:49 UTC
Steve Jobs' health has been an important topic of rumours ever since he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in mid-2004. He was treated successfully, and recovered from his ordeal. Ever since then, rumours of possible health problems popped up regularly, which were only ignited further by Apple's recent announcement to drop out of MacWorld San Fransisco, with Steve Jobs not delivering the famous keynote speech coming January. Gizomodo threw a whole lot of oil on the fire today by publishing information which they claim comes from a source which has always been 100% accurate.
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Member since:2006-03-12
This modded-to-hell comment raises a valid point. Fat? Every health rumor of the last four years has had to do with his decreasing weight at successive keynote addresses. It would be very strange for him suddenly to gain a lot of weight, and definitely inconsistent with the notion that existing health problems are worsening. Maybe the OP just saw a large balding man in a black turtleneck and jeans.
Anyway, I don't think pulling the plug on MacWorld means anything, except that trade shows and ink-and-paper magazines are dead and January is a terrible time to introduce new products. RD nails it as always:
http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/12/17/why-did-apple-bail-on-macw...
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2006-08-09
Well... I'm afraid this time it might be for real. I saw Steve Jobs about a week ago. I first I didn't notice it was him: he looked like 20 years older and extremely fat
I'm sorry for him and I really hope he gets better.
I don't think anyone can get a picture of him from the last month or so to prove this (and, of course, I did not take a picture myself either!).
In any case, these are personal matters and I really think we should be discussing about something else.