Just like they were when they fired Steve Jobs. They were going out of business and Bill Gates saved them by loaning them millions. Without Steve Jobs Apple might become a very average company again. They may have enough to hang on because they can buy success for years. But eventually..

as long as people like zerg are around, apple will be in business.
sadly for everyone but luckily for apple, a fool is born everyday.

Zerg I think your wrong there once a IT company reaches the top they come back down again and in the next 10 years I see Microsoft and Google over taking them as they have fingers in many areas where Apple are only in 3.