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The news of Steve Jobs taking a medical leave of absence has rocked the blogosphere and the stock market. First, this shouldn't have come as a surprise to anyone who knows anything about cancer, especially the kind he has. Second, it highlights the risk of hiring or developing a rock star CEO. While any executive of Steve Jobs' stature temporarily or permanently leaving a company is traumatic, I think it could have been different in this case and less "newsworthy".