Apple Will Flourish With or Without Steve Jobs

How has the United States done without George Washington? Should the Boston Celtics have folded after Red Auerbach. Disney without Walt? You get the picture.

The recent paranoia over the health of Steve Jobs has been taken way out of proportion and is in need of correct perspective. Apple (AAPL) will survive without him. All great institutions do just fine without their founders. Under many circumstance the founder/visionary is not even the best leader for ensuing growth phases. We all applaud Mr. Jobs for his innovative work at Apple but even he has made mistakes. He launched the first iPhone with a faulty price plan. He has struggled to get television shows and digital movies to the mainstream. He was probably 10 years late in getting Windows on the Mac. There is no doubt that he is a creative genius who produces top notch products but the scoreboard