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Hopefully the last example of his leaving is an aberration due to the circumstances. On top of that we have some lessons learned from the executives brought in post-Steve. e.g. the people who run a company should have some kind of understanding of the vertical.

Looking at this recent absence, it looks like Apple and Steve has done the kind of continuity planning we'd all like to see.

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Isn't the question really, that if Steve's gone, will there be another breakout hit, like the iPod / iPhone, or will you just see more evolutionary products, like Microsoft does?

Good point. Apple's demonstrating that can continue to operate at a high level, but innovation like the iPod/Phone usually relies on one or two people in an entire organization.

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