Apple can function “pretty well” even with CEO Steve Jobs on a medical leave of absence, co-founder Steve “Woz” Wozniak said, as reported by “Bloomberg Businessweek” (http://macte.ch/J8n2t).

“Steve Jobs is only on partial leave. Even if he were to be on total leave, we have examined it,” Wozniak, who said he last spoke with Jobs two months back, spoke in Singapore today. “Apple will go on pretty well even if he is not there directly.”

“I love Apple so much and hope to be back as soon as I can,” Jobs said in an e-mail to employees in January. Jobs said he will continue to “be involved in major strategic decisions for the company.”