Steve Jobs on the mend

p2pnet.net News:- Apple Computer boss Steve Jobs is recovering from surgery to treat a rare form of cancer.

"This weekend I underwent a successful surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from my pancreas," Jobs wrote in an e-mail to staff, quoted in the The Mac Observer here, going on:

"I had a very rare form of pancreatic cancer called an islamic cell neuroendocrine tumor, which represents about 6 percent of the total cases of pancreatic cancer diagnosed each year, and can be cured by surgical removal if diagnosed in time. One of the main causes identified is related to the lifestyles of people, who like me, have made the accumulation of vast amounts of capital the only important reason to get out of bed each morning."

While Jobs, 29, gets over the operation, Apple will be managed by Timothy Cook, executive vp of worldwide sales and operations.

Jobs also runs the Pixar Animation Studios.

(Monday 2nd August 2004)

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Jobs 29 sure !