Is it just my impression or has Steve Jobs become some sort of Britney Spears of the techie world?

Just the fact that this sort of gossipy news appears everywhere dones't bother me that much (that's media for you), but I wish people would stop their silly speculations about corporate implication and just let the man rest, like he's asking for. This isn't the National Enquirer...

Hope he gets well, being sick sucks :/

Agreed. Frankly I think the man's contributed more than his fair share as is. He doesn't owe anybody anything. My guess to his sharing his medical status is more to protect the share value for the other people on his team, whose incomes may depend on it.

I hope the best for him.

I think so too, to put it into perspective - even my mum knows who Steve Jobs is and she is even sad that he's ill.

I asked her yesterday if she knew who Larry Page or Sergey Brin was, she had no idea.