Does Apple have a Scott Forstall problem?
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Does Apple have a Scott Forstall problem?
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#2Forstall has been called "Apple's chief asshole"[0] - he channels Steve Jobs's approach of being a douchebag, but doesn't seem to have acquired the same level of perfectionism as Jobs.
0: http://www.dailytech.com/Apples+chief+Ahole+Forstall+Keeps+S...
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#3It sounds more like they have a services/big data problem, + maybe a Windows XP-like "good enough" problem (leading to new features and changes being viewed more skeptically)
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#4> Inside Apple, tension has brewed for years over the [skeuomorphism] issue. Apple iOS SVP Scott Forstall is said to push for skeuomorphic design, while industrial designer Jony Ive and other Apple higher-ups are said to oppose the direction. "You could tell who did the product based on how much glitz was in the UI," says one source intimately familiar with Apple’s design process.
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1670760/will-apples-tacky-softwa...
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#5Since when has Siri been "an embarrassment for Apple?"
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#6Forstall seems to be a "copy" of Jobs. I am not sure if it's a good thing.
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#7Forstall has been called "Apple's chief asshole"[0] - he channels Steve Jobs's approach of being a douchebag, but doesn't seem to have acquired the same level of perfectionism as Jobs. 0: http://www.dailytech.com/Apples+chief+Ahole+Forstall+Keeps+S...
Maybe Apple has a "if you take the different parts of Steve Job's management style in isolation, they start to look horrible" problem.
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#8I don't understand why someone needs to be fired just because they had one or two bad products. Why would you throw away the rest of the knowledge that this person has? Demote them, put them on new projects, place them where they are stronger and have them work on another project, but outright removing someone seems like it is throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
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#9I don't understand why someone needs to be fired just because they had one or two bad products. Why would you throw away the rest of the knowledge that this person has? Demote them, put them on new projects, place them where they are stronger and have them work on another project, but outright removing someone seems like it is throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
Fresh perspectives matter sometimes in product's lifecycle. Working on same stuff for years you run a high chance of developing tunnel vision. If there is a new but capable person with different vision, there is a good chance something new and appealing might come of it.
Case in point - Steven Sinofsky and Windows 7.
I dont know what other project they can put someone like Scott Forstall on without even indirectly becoming related to OS development at Apple.
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#10Forstall has been called "Apple's chief asshole"[0] - he channels Steve Jobs's approach of being a douchebag, but doesn't seem to have acquired the same level of perfectionism as Jobs. 0: http://www.dailytech.com/Apples+chief+Ahole+Forstall+Keeps+S...
He also gives me that impression when I see him on Keynotes, one of a power grabbing, back-stabbing kind of guy. Which could or could not be true, I'm talking purely from a "face-reading" standpoint.
The exact opposite of that would be Bob Mansfield.