Article Link: Craig Federighi Succeeding Bertrand Serlet as Apple's Chief of Mac Software
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Its funny how every position at Apple is either a Vice President or Senior Vice President of something... hehe..
I'll always remember Serlet for his hilarious presentation of Mac OS X Tiger at WWDC.. "Redmond, start your photocopiers"
Dang, Federighi has large shoes to fill. His Lion demo was so-so. Serlet has been on the Mac OS X team since day one if I remember right, and has always seemed to understand where it needed to go next.
I wonder if the departure has anything to do with Mac OS X transitioning away from a traditional desktop OS towards a more touch-centric, "no-fuss" one. Would be interested in Serlet's opinion on this.
Its funny how every position at Apple is either a Vice President or Senior Vice President of something... hehe..
Nah, I agree completely. Serlet has always struck me as a power user who also knew how to cater to the masses. (Great features for developers/coders, and simple UIs for everyone else.)+1
It seems like Serlet is more of an independent worker who *thinks different* where as Craig is a hardworker but would just "follow." Not making a cheap shot, they're both really good at what they do, just an (maybe wrong) assumption of mine.
In any case, sad to see Serlet go.
No VP or SVP of magic though. =/
IMO you don't leave a massively successful company after 22 years without a reason unless your retiring.