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Three Reasons Why Apple Will Survive Without Steve Jobs: “

Steve Jobs in January 2008. Picture by Macinate. Creative Commons.

In the wake of Apple pulling out of Macworld — and the prospect that Steve Jobs may leave the company — many are wondering if Apple will survive without him.

The answer is yes, Apple will definitely survive without Steve Jobs. It may even thrive.

Here’s three reasons why, after the jump:

1. Apple Survived Without Jobs Before

We’ve been here before. In 1985, Jobs was forced out of Apple after losing a boardroom battle for the company with CEO John Sculley.

Sculley was Apple’s CEO for the 10 years, during which it became one of the biggest PC makers in the world and saw its revenues increase ten-fold –from $1 billion annual revenues to $10 billion.

Of course, it all went south after that, and Apple might easily have ended in bankruptcy if Jobs hadn’t returned to save it (and lead it to much greater success.)

(Via Cult of Mac.)