He talks to Tim, he talks to the top guys, he talks about the Apple stores. But I don’t believe that’s diminished his role in any way. I think the process he’s going through is recuperative, which means he probably needs to be more at home and less physically active. ‘We saw him at the Worldwide Developers Conference in June, and to me he looked the same as he did in March when he introduced the iPad 2. May reports, “‘I don’t think you can draw too much from the length of the absence,’ said analyst Tim Bajarin with Creative Strategies. “Yet he’s not really gone at all, though by one account he’s less involved in micromanaging every aspect of the business.” “It’s now been more than six months since Jobs, often considered not only the face but also the heart and soul of Apple, has been gone,” May reports. “In one of the most curious vanishing acts in American corporate history, Apple CEO Steve Jobs remains on what is now the longest of his three medical leaves, popping up in public on the rare occasion, reportedly keeping an opaque remote control over major decisions but also prompting questions as Apple keeps its trademark veil of secrecy drawn tight over its iconic leader’s status,” Patrick May reports for The Mercury News.
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