Apple Is In Trouble With or Without Jobs

"He was brilliant. I mean, he was our Edison. He was our Picasso. He was an incredible inventor."
 
That was Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) CEO Larry Ellison describing Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs in an interview with Charlie Rose for CBS This Morning. Describing him as his "best friend for 25 years," Ellison spoke of Jobs as an irreplaceable visionary and foretold Apple's grim future without its boldest leader at the helm
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