More disclosure on Jobs’ health problems: Forbes: “...Lately, Jobs has, as far as any reasonable person can tell, been taking the same sorts of liberties with telling the truth about his medical condition. He shouldn’t be allowed to get away with it again. Perhaps more than just about any chief executive in the world, Jobs is identified with his company. He founded it, was exiled from it only to watch from afar as it withered to nearly nothing, then returned, bringing new vitality and success beyond what anyone had thought possible…the notion that he is only now realizing the extent of his health issues defies all credulity. People might be disinclined to say so out loud, but on the subject of Jobs’ health, no one believes these Victorian-like subterfuges.” WSJ (sub. req.): “Some leadership specialists were troubled by the Apple CEO’s latest disclosure. Wednesday’s announcement raises questions about ‘whether we have been getting the full story for the past year’ about Mr. Jobs’s health, suggested Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, a senior associate dean at Yale University’s School of Management. This week’s letter ‘is less forthcoming’ than the Jan. 5 one disclosing a ‘hormone imbalance,’ but the Apple leader should have revealed ‘what the new health issues are.’‘

Jobs’ short-term break makes for long-term cloud: Gawker: “He might as not well return after June, for his health and for Apple’s. As much as he claims that he wants to remove the ‘distraction’ from Apple, by leaving things so unresolved, he guarantees it will remain as a cloud over Apple’s Cupertino headquarters…Apple needs to prove it can thrive without Jobs. And Jobs, for the sake of his family and friends if not Apple’s investors, must show he can thrive without Apple.”