苹果公司“大地震”，高层变动 Forstall和Browett离职

ysihaoy

苹果今天爆出了重大的新闻，iOS 软件高级副总裁 Scott Forstall 和果零售总负责人、高级副总裁 John Browett 将双双离开苹果。

　　随着 Scott Forstall 和 John Browett 即将离开，Jony Ive、Bob Mansfield、Eddy Cue 和 Craig Federighi 将承担更重的任务。换句话说，库克并不打算引进“新人”。Mansfield 的退休计划看来要无限期延迟了，他将坚守自己的工作岗位，领导一个全新的技术团队，这个团队将整合苹果所有的无线团队。乔纳森除了负责工业设计部门之外，还将负责Human Interface (HI)部门。Eddy Cue 将接手 Siri 和 iOS 地图，同时他还要兼顾 iTunes Store、App Store、iBookstore 和 iCloud。Federighi 将负责 iOS  和 OS X 两大系统。

　　据悉，Scott Forstall 将会在 1 年以后离开苹果，在这期间他将充当库克的顾问。他的离职应该是迫于 iOS 6 地图表现欠佳的压力。John Browett 很快就会离开，他接手苹果零售团队时间非常短，离职的原因很可能是由于早前闹得沸沸扬扬的苹果零售店裁员事件。目前苹果零售团队负责人一直尚未确定，整个零售团队目前直接向库克报告。

关心的是这两位有才哥的新东家是哪里？


Scott Forstall
Education: Stanford University (1992), Stanford University (1991)

IsDonIsGood

不厚道滴YY下，难不成都去google了？

ysihaoy

IsDonIsGood 发表于 2012-10-30 09:46
不厚道滴YY下，难不成都去google了？

不太可能吧，这种高层肯定会有什么特殊的要求，不能去竞争对手公司balabala的啊

美国真是东边飓风，西边“地震” 啊

netstat

树倒猢狲散咯

neco

Forstall 不会是google派来的卧底吧

garysu

John Browett's brief tenure brought both positive and negative publicity to Apple's retail empire, though much of the focus centered on reports of budget cuts, employee layoffs, and other scale-backs.

On the good side: In June the company raised the pay for some of its employees up by 25 percent, based on performance, and it dolled out more generous employee discounts. The positive change was soon overshadowed by reports that some of the company's retail employees were actually being laid off, or having their hours cut significantly.

zirro

Education: Stanford University (1992), Stanford University (1991)

难道只上了2年stanford?

rayki

估计多少跟IOS6表现欠佳有关系


We interrupt our extensive Nexus and Android 4.2 coverage to reveal one interesting, and unforeseen, predicament in the mobile business. Scott Forstall, Senior Vice President of iOS Software, the man responsible for iOS development inside Apple, will leave the company.

We have no idea whether he was fired or decided to leave the company on his own, but what’s clear that he’ll be out of iOS development starting with 2013:

    Apple today announced executive management changes that will encourage even more collaboration between the Company’s world-class hardware, software and services teams. As part of these changes, Jony Ive, Bob Mansfield, Eddy Cue and Craig Federighi will add more responsibilities to their roles. Apple also announced that Scott Forstall will be leaving Apple next year and will serve as an advisor to CEO Tim Cook in the interim.

Isn’t iOS 6 good enough or is Forstall bored? Does Apple Maps have anything to do with his departure? What about Siri? No wonder he was a no show in Apple’s recent iPad mini event and promo video.

For some reason, Apple decided to announce these leadership changes today, which happens to be a very important day for its main competitors, Google and Microsoft, each unveiling a new OS version, Android 4.2 and Windows Phone 8, and accompanying devices.

It’ll certainly be interesting to see what Forstall’s departure will mean to iOS development. Is it good news for Android? Even more interesting will be his next destination, because we’re probably see companies in the mobile ecosystem flock to get his services in the coming year(s).

Meanwhile, Cue will handle Siri and Maps inside Apple, while Federeghi will lead both the iOS and OS X teams. Mansfield, who was thought to also leave Apple for good, will lead a Technologies group, encompassing all of Apple’s wireless teams.

And let’s close with a wild question, is it possible for Forstall to join Google’s Android crew at any point in the future?

lingyang

都是两个犯了错误的人， 开了很正常， 符合苹果的一贯风格。

之前ios天线问题的那个高管不就是被jobs扫地出门了么，

没必要大惊小怪

说道地震，google走的高管也不少，只是google的新闻没有苹果的新闻抓眼球而已。 呵呵