In the case of Apple, I am sure its not a problem to throw in an extra 500 K per month.
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Good point — definitely all those things you mention. I don’t have much of an opinion on Williams, other than he seems pretty even keel and more similar to Cook than the others in terms of personality.
I think it was a mistake for Apple to kick out Forstall. I don’t know the details, but I believe he could have evolved and been a stronger part of the team. Ok, maybe he had a different vision in some areas — but this is what you want — if everyone thinks in lock step, how do you innovate?
He is such a daddy....hoooooooot. I love every time he presents. 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
Hmmm ... just remember - Apple and many of the Apple fans here are NOT as forgiving as they may seem when something is missing.
Bozoma - she was BEING herself fully, from her music selection, to guiding the audience to what is still the most globally known hip-hop song ever, and her super bright lipstick pink 1 dress outfit + matching nails + high heels ... well dressed, still classy - but OOOOOOh NoooooOOOOoooo. Apple staff (you can see the females loved her spunk), even some youth fans where clapping along. There was no mistakes or mis-spoken speech, no nervousness was shown - she owned her presentation (EVEN if people at WWDC did not know the lyrics to the song or just was not brave enough to sing along). Great presentation, being herself, in fact ‘being different’ was TOO different apparently. The rudeness and drivel spelt on these forums and the social media of that WWDC presentation I’m sure led to her ‘walking away’ from Apple. Eddie Cue also in a non-chalant way voiced his disapproval right after. The public details say she needed to grow and chose to leave Apple. I’m sure it was more shown the door with a decent severance package and non-disclosure clause was most likely what really happened.
Forstall did incredible at presentations - probably the closest to Jobs we’ll EVER get!
- Knowledgeable
- captivating the audience
- some comedy (yes your computer looks off into space forever more ... hahaha ~ something like that with Time Machine presentation).
Credits to prove my point:
Notifications
App Store
iOS 4
iOS 5
iOS 6
Time Machine
Maps - yes when introduced EVERYBODY was delighted, it was a few months later that people pointed fingers and the hate. Funny enough - it would’ve been simpler for Apple to drop it entirely or revamp It. BUT - Cook and team must’ve saw the real vision Forstall had and continued to improve it over the years. The real issue was not Forstall, it was the data source and how the UI team allocated the data.
J Turnus is close - doesn’t have the comedy and hasn’t really captured audiences undivided attention as well - but give him some time. iMac Pro was well done! Mac Pro with the wheels and the monitor stand ... yeah he was ready to jump off stage - and it was NOT for mosh pit’n lol.
Pro to Apple equals some inflated price point. That stand is worth no more than $99 USD and with the usually Apple markup maybe $150 USD. This was just greed. Has any third-party company do a component, material and manufacturing cost analysis and including engineers salary. If a HomePod Mini can be offered for $99 USD which includes more tech and ability compared to a stand you know something is off just like the MagicKB case.
