Scott Forstall didn't attend iPhone design meetings

[Rogifan]

http://www.businessweek.com/news/20...ive-assumes-jobs-s-role-setting-design-vision

As Jony Ive worked on early iPhone designs before and since its 2007 introduction, he regularly held meetings in his design studio to get input from top Apple Inc. (AAPL) executives -- except one: Scott Forstall.

Even as Forstall oversaw the group responsible for the software that would run the iPhone, he didn’t participate in the meetings, according to people with knowledge of the matter who requested anonymity because the meetings were private. Ive and Forstall were rarely in the same room, the people said.

I'm surprised the two lasted as long as they did, I get the sense Forstall and his team had a go-it-alone pirate mentality ala the original Mac team. Guess Steve was able to make everyone play nice, Cook not so much.