From the outside perspective, it seems clear that the short term. The company said it has a succession plan that was adopted in August at the request of Jobs, Tim Cook installation as CEO. The company also has a new iPhone - the hottest money making products - next week, will begin a week later with what is possible to set another record quarter.
But one wonders what happened over the years, or maybe sooner. Can Apple continue mojo as a technology company that has made a remarkable comeback and influence change in virtually every industry in the last ten years? Can Cook carve its own place in the history of the company, about the role change, as Apple puts together its products, in a role that defines what they are and how they felt?
This is the big unknown in part because Jobs has Apple been before the people since he got back to the community. Cook while on medical leaves for 'Jobs completed and run the company day to day business for many years for the public, he is now just beginning to attract attention as people who would go on to lead Apple. No more, if something is a success or a failure point as "Steve will continue to be involved with strategic decisions." And with future products and services, Apple is now facing control how many hands, people think or do not have a job where long-term vision, that was before he stepped down play set.
In the end, this is a firm, smooth run with a lot of strong leaders. But the momentum is the "vision thing" is difficult to replace. The loss of one of the founding board members can take years to have a negative influence on, and usually there is one more subtle - a loss of energy, loss of drive, the MBA option, rather than engineers. This will happen at Apple? It is impossible to say, but they are a risk in coming years.
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