Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Articles--10/29/2012
There was an interesting article in the LA Times about Apple's head of mobile software, Scott Forstall. It's been announced that he's leaving the company following the release of Siri and Apple Maps, both of which are considered flops. Apple has refused to comment on whether the flops themselves are the reason for Forstall leaving or if he's simply choosing to leave of his own free will. Considering both projects were pretty major for the company, it makes sense that they would be the main reason for Forstall's departure.
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Forstall was forced out.
ReplyDeleteHe is rumored to be a hard person to work with.
But Apple's CEO, Tim Cook, was pushing Map and Voice out of the door, before the are ready for prime time. And, kaboom. Now, he wanted Forstall to take the blame and write an apology to Apple's users.
Forstall refused.
More details on the saga, from a WSJ article:
ReplyDeletehttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204840504578088820397847426.html