The news this morning is Steve Jobs is taking another medical leave of absence from Apple and he didn't say much more than that. The Wall Street Journal (and a lot of others) wonder How Much Privacy Does Apple's Steve Jobs Deserve on His Medical Leave?.
My take is this. Some investors, or at least those reporters saying they are speaking for investors, deserve more info. But I don't think there's a good for that. The fact of the matter is that given his past medical history and the leave, it must be serious. So he'll either come back or he won't and the doctors probably don't know any more than that and the investors won't know either. So there isn't really more useful info to give.
My reaction is to usually tell people and be open be about it but not everyone feels that way and Jobs certainly doesn't. So you don't have to respect his wishes but I think you do have to live with them. I hope he gets better soon.
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