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Macworld doesn't need Steve Jobs

The industry is abuzz with doom and gloom: No Steve Jobs at Macworld '09! No Apple at Macworld '10! No Christmas for good girls and boys!

No doubt the fanboys will decry Philip Schiller as Macworld's keynote speaker, saying that nobody can deliver a Stevenote like Steve Jobs. In reality, I think a worthy successor will be easier to find than naysayers predict. For evidence, just look to Macworld 1999 and someone who had the Jobs style down pat:

 


Hey, if he was good enough for Pirates of Silicon Valley, then why not?

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Great piece, great clip

Noah Wyle was amazing in POSV. I'm going to have to look around online and see if I can find a DVD of it. I forgot how great (and not terribly complimentary of Jobs and the other pirates) that flick was. And yes, Wyle could be the MacWorld host from now on.

PoSV DVD

You're in luck! Pirates of Silicon Valley is widely available on DVD.

What did Noah mean...

What did Noah mean when he asked Steve, "Are you still a virgin?"

Is there a nine-year-old in-joke I'm missing?

Pirates of Silicon Valley

I think it might be a line from the movie...?