As Senior Vice President of iOS Software, Scott Forstall has been a prominent public figure at Apple. He was originally recruited to NeXT, Inc. after college and came to Apple with Steve Jobs after Apple's acquisition of NeXT in 1996. He has been on stage numerous times during Apple keynotes to demo the latest iOS features. Forstall was even profiled as Apple's
CEO-in-Waiting back in January. That article, however, was a not always flattering look at the executive who reportedly had many clashes with others at Apple.
DaringFireball's John Gruber believes that Forstall was forced out of Apple.
Inside Apple author Adam Lashinsky
agrees with that sentiment and also cites the Apple Maps issue as a reason for his demise:
"I also heard that Forstall refused to sign the letter apologizing for the mapping fiasco, sealing his fate at Apple."
Lashinsky is referring to a public
apology posted by Apple CEO Tim Cook about iOS 6's Maps. The Map app in iOS 6 replaced Google Maps with Apple's own proprietary solution. After a significant amount of criticism after iOS 6's launch, Cook wrote an
open letter apologizing to customers about not meeting expectations.
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Scott Forstall Reportedly Forced Out of Apple