As reported on The Verge.
By Sean Hollister
An Apple without Steve Jobs? Larry Ellison dismissed the idea with a wave of his hand. On tomorrow’s episode of CBS This Morning, Charlie Rose asks the Oracle CEO how he thought the computer company would fare without his friend Steve Jobs, and his answer was that history will repeat itself again. “Well, we already know,” Ellison told Rose. “We conducted the experiment. It’s been done,” he continued.
“We saw Apple with Steve Jobs,” said Ellison, raising a finger of a single hand to the sky in a meaningful gesture. “We saw Apple without Steve Jobs.” Down came the finger again. “We saw Apple with Steve Jobs.” Up went the finger.
“And now, we’re going to see Apple without Steve Jobs,” he ended, making it clear with a last downward flourish that he believes the fortunes of Apple are not long for this world without the company’s mentor at hand.