Apple刚刚宣布iOS主管Scott Forstall明年将离开公司

同时，立刻走人的还有加入不久的零售主管John Brownett

零售业务直接由Tim Cook领导

而Ive将负责人机界面团队

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[ 本帖最后由 眼神 于 2012-10-30 08:28 编辑 ]

后者走人没有人在乎，Dixons来的，一年不到而已

前者是教主从Next带来的老兵，一手带起来的iOS和iPhone团队

可能性之一是权力斗争：之前传闻Scott是最有可能的接班人之一
可能性之二是关系不和：之前传闻Scott在Apple内部没有什么朋友，性格问题，被人排斥
可能性之三是为产品问题负责：iOS这几年的进步比较慢，Maps又出了纰漏，必须有人负责

人事动荡终究不是好事，何况还是灵魂人物，且看下步怎么走

一朝天子一朝臣

准确的说，Scott Forstall的职责将由三个人分担

Jony Ive是人机交互界面
Eddy Cue负责Siri和Maps
Craig Federighi，也就是Mac OS的负责人，负责iOS

也有人认为主要的冲突来自Scott和Jony，原因之一是仿真界面的问题（日历，寻找我的朋友之类的App）

八卦时刻到——看来Scott和别人关系确实不好

“He was as close to Steve as anybody at the company,” says Andy Miller, who headed Apple’s fledgling iAd group.
Insiders say he has such a fraught relationship with other members of the executive team—including lead designer Jony Ive and Mac hardware chief Bob Mansfield—that they avoid meetings with him unless Tim Cook is present.

“I once referred to Scott as Apple’s chief a–hole,” says former Apple software engineer Mike Lee, who left the company in 2010. “And I meant it as a compliment.”

According to the story, iPod godfather Tony Fadell and Jean-Marie Hullot CTO of Apple’s application division until 2005 left Apple after clashing repeatedly with Forstall. Jon Rubinstein, a former iPod chief who left for Palm in 2006, chatted amiably at a Silicon Valley party last month, until Forstall’s name came up. Then he turned away abruptly. “Goodbye!” he said.

Before the iPhone 4 went to market, Forstall persuaded Jobs to allow dozens of his engineers to carry prototypes of the device to better test its network performance and minimize dropped calls, says a former Apple employee who was a manager at the time. That’s how Gizmodo got ahold of it.

Forstall has cashed in over $40 million in Apple Stock. Brian Marshall, an analyst at ISI Group, says that he would consider downgrading Apple stock if Forstall were to leave.

上一次人事地震要追溯到2006年，Jon Rubinstein，iPod团队的领导者之一离开公司，之后去了Palm，开创了WebOS并成为CEO，前些年离开了HP

Jon Rubinstein当年离开也有Scott的原因

如果Jon能回来，应该会很有意思

给员工的信

Team,

We are in one of the most prolific periods of innovation and new products in Apple’s history. The amazing products that we’ve introduced in September and October – iPhone 5, iOS6, iPad mini, iPad, iMac, MacBook Pro, iPod touch, iPod nano and many of our applications – could only have been created at Apple, and are the direct result of our relentless focus on tightly integrating world-class hardware, software and services.

Today, I am announcing changes that will encourage even more collaboration between our world-class hardware, software and services teams at all levels of our company. As part of these changes, Jony Ive, Bob Mansfield, Eddy Cue, and Craig Federighi will be taking on more responsibilities. I am also announcing that Scott Forstall will be leaving Apple next year and will serve as an advisor to me during the interim. I want to thank Scott for all of his many contributions to Apple over his career.

Jony Ive will provide leadership and direction for Human Interface (HI) across the company in addition to his longtime role as the leader of Industrial Design. Jony has an incredible design aesthetic and has been the driving force behind the look and feel of our products for more than a decade. The face of many of our products is our software and the extension of Jony’s skills into this area will widen the gap between Apple and our competition.

Eddy Cue will take on the additional responsibility of Siri and Maps. This places all of our online services in one group. Eddy and his organization have overseen major successes such as the iTunes Store, the App Store, the iBookstore and iCloud. They have an excellent track record of building and strengthening our online services to meet and exceed the high expectations of our customers.

Craig Federighi will lead both iOS and OS X. We have the most advanced mobile and desktop operating systems on the planet, and bringing together our OS teams will make it even easier to deliver our best technology and user experience innovations to both platforms. Craig recently led the very successful release of Mountain Lion.

Bob Mansfield will lead a new group, Technologies, which combines all of our wireless teams across the company in one organization, allowing us to innovate in this area at an even higher level. This organization will also include all of our semiconductor teams, who have some very ambitious plans. As part of this, I am thrilled to tell you that Bob will remain with Apple for an additional two years. Bob has led some of our most challenging engineering projects for many years.

Additionally, John Browett is leaving Apple. Our search for a new head of Retail is already underway. In the meantime, the Retail team will report directly to me. Retail has an incredibly strong network of leaders at the store and regional level, and they will continue the excellent work they’ve done over the past decade to revolutionize retailing with unique, innovative services and a focus on the customer that is second to none. This phenomenal team of talented and dedicated people works their hearts out making our customers happy. They have our respect, our admiration and our undying support.

Please join me in congratulating everyone on their new roles.

I’d like to thank everyone for working so hard so that Apple can continue to make the world’s best products and delight our customers. I continue to believe that Apple has the most talented and most innovative people on the planet, and I feel privileged and inspired to be able to work with all of you.

Best,

Tim

功过分开两说，iOS 5的进步还是不小的，通知中心现在大家用得都很频繁

iOS 6确实创新不够缺少亮点

明年是很关键的一年，看Craig的了

Apple的企业文化决定了这种宫廷剧会经常上演

给我的感觉就是主席尸骨未寒，华国锋干掉了毛远新，但谁是小平同志，且待下回分解