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A comment on Apple’s 2016 in review. Parent comment

Re:Apple’s 2016 in review by Apocryphon on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @04:46AM (#13308052)
What makes Forstall so great? If he's truly worthy of that comparison, perhaps Apple should buy him along with Snap; it would be hilarious if Snapchat turned out to be the NeXTSTEP of this generation.

Wouldn't Fadell be just as good?

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Re:Apple’s 2016 in review by bangonkeyboard on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @06:11AM (#13308371)
Scott Forstall combined Steve Jobs's sensibilities and obsessive attention to detail with a deep, working background in software engineering. He championed UI usability and responsiveness, spearheaded accessibility initiatives out of care rather than for PR, and led the OS X, iOS, and Safari teams through arguably their best and most reliable years.

Scott Forstall is why the iPhone was the iPhone. Tony Fadell was almost why the iPhone was an iPod.

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Re:Apple’s 2016 in review by rarepostinlurkr on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @11:24AM (#13310204)
Scott didn't manage the "macOS" team sorry. Bertrand, Craig & Andreas, not Scott.
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