［Steve Jobs in October 2008 – Paul Sakuma］
Steve Jobs は肝臓移植手術を受けたとウォールストリートジャーナル紙が報じている。
術後順調に快復中であり、６月末には復帰の予定だと云う。ナンバー２の比重が増すことになるのではないかとも伝えている。
WSJ: “Jobs Had Liver Transplant“: by Yukari Iwatani Kane and Joann S. Lublin: 20 June 2009
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Mercury News: “Report: Apple CEO Steve Jobs had liver transplant in Tennessee” : 19 June 2009
Bloomberg: “Apple’s Steve Jobs Had Liver Transplant 2 Months Ago, WSJ Says” by Jim McDonald: 20 June 2009
AllThingsD [MediaMemo]: “Report: Steve Jobs Is Recovering From Liver Transplant, Still Coming Back to Apple” by Peter Kafka: 19 June 2009
TechCrunch: “Not Only Was Steve Jobs Sick, He Had A Liver Transplant.” by MG Siegler: 19 June 2009
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追記（６月２０日）
John Gruber いわく・・・
Daring Fireball: “WSJ: Steve Jobs Had Liver Transplant ‘About Two Months’ Ago” by John Gruber: 20 June 2009
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これは熟慮された意図的リークだ
This must be a deliberate, timed leak from Apple. The timing is simply perfect from Apple’s perspective — midnight on the Friday of what appears to be the most successful new product launch in company history.
二つのことが引っ掛かる
But two things strike me about this story. First, the WSJ offers no source for this information — not even an “according to sources close to the matter”…
Second, why Tennessee? …
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さらに追記（６月２０日）
同じく John Gruber ・・・
Daring Fireball: “The Timing of Steve Jobs’s Purported Liver Transplant” by John Gruber: 20 June 2009
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前の週 Jobs を見かけたという話とつじつまが合わない・・・
I’m curious about the reported timing. The Journal story says “about two months ago”, but I heard from a bunch of sources last week at WWDC that Jobs had been seen on campus the week before — i.e. about two weeks ago. I mean, he was there walking around, giving people hell like usual…
とすると・・・
So I’m thinking that if Steve Jobs had a liver transplant, it was more than “about two months” ago.
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追加（６月２１日）
CrunchGear: “WSJ: Steve Jobs had liver transplant 2 months ago, still set to return to work at the end of the month” by Nicholas Deleon: 20 June 2009
TechCrunch Japan: “［CG］２か月前に肝臓移植手術を受けていたスティーブ・ジョブズ“: 21 June 2009
Long Tail World: “ジョブズ肝臓移植手術の噂は本当だった：Rumor was Right…Jobs Had Liver Transplant” by satomi: 20 June 2009
Daring Fireball: “CNBC: ‘Jobs Had Liver Transplant’” by John Gruber: 21 June 2009
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さらに追加（６月２１日）
Daring Fireball: “Regarding the WSJ’s Report That Steve Jobs Had a Liver Transplant” by John Gruber: 21 June 2009
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誰がどんな目的で漏らしたのか
What’s intriguing about this story is not the question of whether Jobs actually had a liver transplant. I do not doubt that (although I’d like to see better sources for it). What is intriguing is the question of who leaked this information to the Journal and why.
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考えられる３つの可能性：
仮説１）医療関係者
THEORY 1: That the information came without Jobs’s permission or knowledge, from a healthcare provider with knowledge of Jobs’s medical situation. [...]
仮説２）Jobs の了解を得た誰か
THEORY 2: That the leak was authorized by Jobs himself. [...]
仮説３）取締役会の誰か
THEORY 3: That a member of Apple’s board of directors leaked the information to the Journal without Jobs’s permission or knowledge, or perhaps, if the matter of public disclosure had been posed to and dismissed by Jobs at a board meeting, expressly against Jobs’s wishes. [...]
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たぶん第３のケース
This third scenario is my best guess as to the Journal’s source. It sounds sensational to speculate that there is conflict in this regard between Jobs and at least some contingent of Apple’s board of directors, but sensational or not, it makes more sense to me than any other scenario.
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Tim Cook の可能性はないと思う
In theory the Journal’s source could be Tim Cook, but that goes against everything I have ever heard about Cook. I believe him to be loyal, honest, and to have deservedly earned Steve Jobs’s full trust. I truly believe that Cook would much prefer to continue in his current role in an Apple with Jobs as CEO than to be CEO of a Jobs-less Apple. Plus, Cook doesn’t need to angle through the press for anything. If Jobs steps down as CEO any time in the foreseeable future, the CEO job goes to Cook. No one whose opinion I value doubts this. It’s simply a question of whether Cook runs operations as “COO” with Steve Jobs overseeing product development, or as “CEO” without Steve Jobs overseeing product development.
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