<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Predictions that Steve Jobs would start to share the stage with others ( before he was sick ) .... have been around for years.</div><div><br></div><div>Apple will survive and do well for a long time. Key people at Apple will make a difference ... should that void in leadership come ... </div><div><br></div><div>..... and I pray Steve Jobs is with us for a long time. But let these three very important people (and there are many more) give you some comfort.</div><div><br></div><div style="font-size: 22px; "><b>Tim Cook - the work</b></div><div style="font-size: 22px; "><b>Chief Operating Officer at Apple</b></div><div><a href="http://www.apple.com/pr/bios/cook.html">http://www.apple.com/pr/bios/cook.html</a></div><div><a href="http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/former-apple-exec-tim-cooks-been-running-the-company-for-years-aapl">http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/former-apple-exec-tim-cooks-been-running-the-company-for-years-aapl</a></div><img class="float_right" border="0" alt="tim-cook.jpg" title="tim-cook.jpg" width="270" height="378" src="cid:90C3F734-9398-42B1-9C0A-D78B5CA5A22F@zoominternet.net"><div><br></div><div style="font-size: 20px; "><b>Jonathan Ive - the design</b></div><div style="font-size: 20px; "><b>Senior Vice President of Industrial Design at Apple </b></div><div><a href="http://www.jonathanive.com/">http://www.jonathanive.com/</a> </div><div><a href="http://www.jonathanive.com/inventory/">http://www.jonathanive.com/inventory/</a></div><div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Ive">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Ive</a></div><div><img height="336" width="274" src="cid:CFB8F293-B595-4A0D-A1BF-A73E78F7CFB6@zoominternet.net"></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div style="font-size: 19px; "><b>Scott Forstall - the future</b></div><div style="font-size: 19px; "><b>Senior Vice President of iPhone Software at Apple</b></div><div><a href="http://www.apple.com/pr/bios/forstall.html">http://www.apple.com/pr/bios/forstall.html</a></div><div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Forstall">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Forstall</a></div><div><a href="http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2008/fortune/0806/gallery.apple_jobs_successors.fortune/5.html">http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2008/fortune/0806/gallery.apple_jobs_successors.fortune/5.html</a></div><div><img alt="" width="180" height="250" border="0" class="thumbimage" src="cid:6BF64B49-BCD8-4086-8B00-FAAB69FD6A48@zoominternet.net"></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><font class="L24" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Ron Johnson - the market</span></font></b></font><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font><font class="L18" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; 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