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By: Jeff Putz

Did Gruber really say “plainspokenness” when talking about Apple? The company where everything is amazingly beautifully awesome?

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By: Tim Stout (@RnssncMan)

I think the one thing missing from above is that Forstall was opposed to the iPad Mini. I can see him sitting in a meeting and saying “Steve so no way.” So Cook showed him the highway.

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By: Michael Di Canio

It’s tempting to focus on these highly gifted individuals- Forstall, Ive, Cook, Schiller, etc. But what’s inscrutable to us outsiders is the dynamic of these people working together. I have to believe...

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By: Chien-Yu Lin

Half of the Gruber article was about skeumorphism. Bizarre to see the disproportionate time spent by some people bringing up Forstall’s use of skeumorphic design in the form of wooden bookshelves,...

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By: Bob Corrigan (@bobcorrigan)

I think the time Mr. Forstall will spend there in an advisory role will be a bi-directional experience: he will help transition his job to the new federated team that will own it going forward, but I...

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By: ralphell

This is all so redolent of kremlinology in the old days. I’ve never much liked the cut of Forstall’s jib, and your final sentence on him sounds plausible. That said, I think there are many things to...

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By: airmanchairman

Scapegoating is never a good sign of progressive corporate climate, especially given the great run of success enjoyed at Apple. In the past, it ran the company to the edge of the abyss when they made...

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By: BongBong (@BongBong)

What do I think? I think Om and Gruber made a deal.

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By: Chris Berryhill (@Berrythrills)

Scott Forstall was a huge force at Apple and responsible for much of it’s current success. He was the single force behind the world’s most profitable OS to date. But it seems his attention has drifted...

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By: Ron Domingue (@rondomingue)

I think Forstall was trying to be more like Steve Jobs I and not Steve Jobs II. He’ll resurface and will succeed again just not with Apple in the foreseeable future.

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By: Jeff Putz

Did Gruber really say “plainspokenness” when talking about Apple? The company where everything is amazingly beautifully awesome?

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By: Tim Stout (@RnssncMan)

I think the one thing missing from above is that Forstall was opposed to the iPad Mini. I can see him sitting in a meeting and saying “Steve so no way.” So Cook showed him the highway.

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By: Michael Di Canio

It’s tempting to focus on these highly gifted individuals- Forstall, Ive, Cook, Schiller, etc. But what’s inscrutable to us outsiders is the dynamic of these people working together. I have to believe...

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By: Chien-Yu Lin

Half of the Gruber article was about skeumorphism.Bizarre to see the disproportionate time spent by some people bringing up Forstall’s use of skeumorphic design in the form of wooden bookshelves,...

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By: Bob Corrigan (@bobcorrigan)

I think the time Mr. Forstall will spend there in an advisory role will be a bi-directional experience: he will help transition his job to the new federated team that will own it going forward, but I...

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