Published 1/14/2009
by mwagner@techweb.com (Mitch Wagner)
at InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs
Apple has a deep management bench and will continue to thrive without Steve Jobs at the helm, according to Apple bloggers and journalists. The company announced today that Jobs is taking a five-month medical leave of absence , which sent the company's stock price into a dive. Nonetheless, blogger Robert Scoble and other bloggers and journalists expressed confidence in the company. "You are an idiot if you sell your Apple stock tomorrow," Scoble wrote.
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