# \[Very OT\] Steve Jobs, is he sick? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [August 8, 2006, 5:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/very-ot-steve-jobs-is-he-sick/101906 "2006-08-08T17:11:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jjrussell](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@jjrussell](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jjrussell)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 5:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/very-ot-steve-jobs-is-he-sick/101906/1 "2006-08-08T17:11:17Z")
For us “Railers” on Mac systems we all probably watched Steve Job’s keynote at the WWDC yesterday. Was it just me, or did Steve look “sick”? I mean he has lost a lot of weight and his skin was very drawn. ---
**Author:** ![jjrussell](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@jjrussell](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jjrussell)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 5:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/very-ot-steve-jobs-is-he-sick/101906/2 "2006-08-08T17:42:10Z")
Is this “The S.”? 2006/8/8, John R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): ---
**Author:** ![jjrussell](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@jjrussell](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jjrussell)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 6:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/very-ot-steve-jobs-is-he-sick/101906/3 "2006-08-08T18:27:31Z")
Leonardo Eloy wrote: > Is this “The S.”? Have a look around the Internet. Most Mac sites/forums are talking about it. Watch the keynote and you’ll see why. ---
**Author:** ![jjrussell](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@jjrussell](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jjrussell)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 6:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/very-ot-steve-jobs-is-he-sick/101906/4 "2006-08-08T18:33:17Z")
Maybe he has THE AIDS ---
**Author:** ![jjrussell](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@jjrussell](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jjrussell)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 8:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/very-ot-steve-jobs-is-he-sick/101906/5 "2006-08-08T20:53:20Z")
Jobs didn’t look any different than he has in the recent past… Joe ---
**Author:** ![jjrussell](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@jjrussell](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jjrussell)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/very-ot-steve-jobs-is-he-sick/101906/6 "2006-08-15T14:18:21Z")
On Aug 8, 2006, at 12:54 PM, Josh S. wrote: > deteriorating. > > [http://www.thinksecret.com/news/jobsmemo.html](http://www.thinksecret.com/news/jobsmemo.html) Personally, I thought he just looked old. Not sick really, just the look of someone who’s feeling ready for retirement. He seemed to have a bit of trouble reading stuff during presentations, etc… On the plus side, I thought Scott Forstall did a great job. I thought his presentation was very steve-like, even if a bit rough around the edges. -Mat ---
**Author:** ![jjrussell](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@jjrussell](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jjrussell)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 6:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/very-ot-steve-jobs-is-he-sick/101906/7 "2006-08-08T18:54:26Z")
John R. wrote: > For us “Railers” on Mac systems we all probably watched Steve Job’s > keynote at the WWDC yesterday. Was it just me, or did Steve look > “sick”? I mean he has lost a lot of weight and his skin was very drawn. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2004 and underwent surgery then. I haven’t heard if that has had any permanent effect on his health, but my friends who work at Apple haven’t said anything about him deteriorating. [http://www.thinksecret.com/news/jobsmemo.html](http://www.thinksecret.com/news/jobsmemo.html)