New York (NY) – Daniel Lyons, the man behind the Fake Steve Jobs blog, is hanging up his keyboard and heading to bigger and better things.  In his last post, titled “I’m sailing away”, Fake Steve says Real Dan was given administrative access to the blog and has now locked out fake Steve.  But Lyons assures loyal fans that Fake Steve isn’t completely going away.

Started in 2006, the FSJ blog has become immensely popular and Lyons has become somewhat of a web personality.  The former senior editor for Forbes started the blog to stay busy and now sells FSJ-branded shirts and books through the site.  Some people may remember Lyons as the staunch defender of SCO in its patent battle against IBM.  He later aplogized and told readers that he was duped by SCO executives.

By all accounts the blog was doing great until everyone discovered the real identity of Fake Steve.  The site’s last big hurrah was when Fake Steve was ‘served’ with a fake lawsuit from Apple.  For a few days, other blogs were speculating whether lawsuit was real or just an elaborate stunt to draw more readers.  Even now, people are wondering if Fake Steve is really quiting, but that's the price you pay for writing a multiple-personality, Jekyll and Hyde website.

Lyons admits that he may have overstayed his welcome and says that he’s sorry for the blog “fizzling out”.  However he assures readers that Fake Steve isn’t really going away.  “He’s just taking on a new form,” Lyons said.

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