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Comments on: Apple promotes two iPhone, Mac executives

Scott Forstall will now oversee iPhone software development, while Bob Mansfield heads up the Mac Hardware Engineering department.

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by Mr. Dee June 5, 2008 4:43 PM PDT: I see Forstall as the most likely to take up Steve Jobs mantle if and when he decides to retire. He is the only one I can think of at the Company who has that love for the Mac like Steve in terms of the belief in rich, aesthetically pleasing interfaces. They both share the same qualities on that front and seems to express it in a similar way as far as I can tell when I watched 10.5 introduction at the WWDC '06 keynote.; Like this Reply to this comment


by coryschulz June 5, 2008 5:09 PM PDT: I like Steve... I don't want him to leave Apple.... ever... Don't we have the technology to make people live forever?; Like this Reply to this comment


by MaLvaDo39 June 5, 2008 5:36 PM PDT: I agree. Forstall or Ive would be the most likely candidates in about 20 years....

Just not any sales people... like the monkey boy... ;); Like this Reply to this comment


by lmasanti June 5, 2008 6:20 PM PDT: I think Forstall will be OK for the tech/demo parts of the keynotes, but I do not see him for the sales/commercial part.; Like this Reply to this comment


by Thomas, David June 5, 2008 7:33 PM PDT: I agree with MaLvaDo39. I am trying to figure out why companies keep making the critical mistake of having been counters, and sales people drive the future of a tech company.; Like this Reply to this comment

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