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Na jiya sako Ƙarshen Scott Forstall a Apple ya zo kamar kusoshi daga shuɗi. Wani ma'aikaci da ya daɗe a wani kamfani na California yana barin ba zato ba tsammani, ba tare da bayani ba, kuma tare da kusan sakamako nan take. Me yasa abin ya faru?

Wannan tambaya ce da watakila yawancin ku kun yi wa kanku. Bari mu taƙaita abubuwan da muka sani game da lokacin Scott Forstall a Apple, ko abin da ake hasashe game da menene dalilan tafiyarsa.

Don farawa, Forstall ya rike mukamin babban mataimakin shugaban iOS a Apple a cikin 'yan shekarun da suka gabata. Don haka ya sami cikakken ci gaba na tsarin aiki na wayar hannu a ƙarƙashin babban yatsan hannu. Forstall yana da alaƙa da Apple shekaru da yawa. Ya fara a NeXT a farkon 90s kuma yayi aiki akan NeXTstep, Mac OS X da iOS daga shimfiɗar jariri. Ko da yake aikin Forstall yana da matukar muhimmanci ga Apple, Tim Cook ba shi da matsala ta ƙare dangantakar aiki da shi. Tambaya ce ko an riga an shirya komai ko kuma yanke shawara ne daga watannin da suka gabata. Mafi mahimmanci, ina ganin zaɓi na biyu, wato, abubuwan da suka faru a cikin 'yan watannin da suka gabata sun yi alama Forstall's ortel.

Yadda dace bayanin kula John Gruber, saboda duk darajar da Forstall ke da shi, ba mu samu a cikin sanarwar manema labarai na Apple ba kuma a cikin kalmomin Tim Cook ko da taƙaitaccen yarda da ayyukansa. A lokaci guda, alal misali, a ƙarshen Bob Mansfield, wanda a ƙarshe ya canza ra'ayinsa game da barin (?), an ji irin waɗannan kalmomi daga babban darektan Apple.

Ko da bisa ga wasu yanayi, za mu iya yanke shawarar cewa Scott Forstall ba ya barin apple jirgin a kan nasa yunƙurin. Da alama an matsa masa ya tafi, ko dai saboda ɗanɗanonsa, halayensa ko matsalolinsa da iOS 6. Akwai kuma maganar da a baya abotarsa ​​ta kut da kut da Steve Jobs ta kare shi. Koyaya, yanzu tabbas hakan ya ɓace.

Akwai rahotannin da suka gabata cewa Forstall bai dace da sauran manyan shugabannin Apple ba. An ce shi ne ya inganta skeuomorphism mai rikitarwa (kwaikwayo na ainihin abubuwa, bayanin edita), yayin da mai tsara Jony Ivo da sauran su ba su ji daɗi ba. Wasu suna jayayya cewa Steve Jobs ne ya fara wannan salon kafin Forstall, don haka kawai za mu iya yin hasashen inda gaskiya ta ke. Koyaya, wannan ba shine kawai abin da aka faɗi game da Forstall ba. Wasu abokansa sun yi iƙirarin cewa Forstall bisa ga al'ada ya ɗauki yabo don nasarorin haɗin gwiwa, ya ƙi amincewa da kurakuran nasa, kuma yana da makirci. Abokan aikinsa, wadanda suka nemi a sakaya sunansu saboda wasu dalilai, sun ce yana da irin wannan mummunar dangantaka da sauran mambobin manyan jami'an Apple, ciki har da Ive da Mansfield, cewa sun guje wa ganawa da Forstall - sai dai idan Tim Cook ya kasance.

Duk da haka, ko da ba mu so mu magance matsalolin Cupertino na ciki, da rashin alheri, ayyukansa na "jama'a" sun yi magana game da Forstall. A hankali ya yanke reshe a ƙarƙashin kansa godiya ga Siri, Maps da ci gaban iOS. Siri shi ne babban sabon abu na iPhone 4S, amma a zahiri bai ci gaba a cikin shekara guda ba, kuma "babban abu" a hankali ya zama aikin sakandare na iOS. Mun riga mun rubuta da yawa game da matsaloli tare da sababbin takaddun da Apple kanta ya ƙirƙira. Amma wannan shine abin da wataƙila ya kashe Scott Forstall tare da ci gaban tsarin aikin wayar hannu a ƙidayar ƙarshe. Tun iOS 6, masu amfani sun sa ran manyan sababbin abubuwa da canje-canje. Amma a maimakon haka, daga Forstall, wanda ya gabatar da sabon tsarin a WWDC 2012, sun sami kawai dan kadan modified iOS 5 - tare da wannan dubawa. Lokacin da muka ƙara duk hasashe cewa Forstall ya ƙi sanya hannu kan wasiƙar neman afuwar da Tim Cook a ƙarshe ya aika a madadinsa ga masu amfani da sabon taswirorin da ba su ji daɗi ba, shawarar da babban darektan ya yanke na korar wanda ya daɗe yana aiki yana da fahimta.

Kodayake Forstall yana iya kasancewa ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka tura tsarin aiki na iPhone ya dogara da OS X core, wanda a yau za mu iya la'akari da wani muhimmin bangare na nasarar gaba ɗaya, yanzu, a ganina, iOS yana samun dama ta biyu. Jony Ive zai jagoranta na'urar mai amfani. Idan aikinsa ya haifar da irin sakamakon da yake da shi a fagen ƙirar kayan aiki, to muna da abubuwa da yawa da za mu sa ido. Shin skeuomorphism da aka ambata riga ya ɓace? Za a iya ƙarshe tsammanin manyan sabbin abubuwa a cikin iOS? Shin iOS 7 zai bambanta? Waɗannan duk tambayoyin ne waɗanda har yanzu ba mu san amsar su ba. Amma Apple tabbas yana shiga sabon zamani. Yana da kyau a tuna a nan cewa Craig Federighi zai jagoranci sashin iOS, ba Jony Ive ba, wanda yakamata ya tuntubi Federighi da farko akan mai amfani.

Kuma me yasa John Browett ke ƙarewa a Apple? Wannan canji a matsayin shugaban dillalan ba shakka ba abin mamaki bane. Kodayake Browett ya shiga kamfanin ne kawai a farkon wannan shekara, lokacin da ya maye gurbin Ron Johnson, bai ma sami lokacin barin wata alama mai mahimmanci ba. Amma akwai alamun cewa Tim Cook ya gyara kuskuren da ya yi lokacin da ya ɗauki Browett. Ba asiri ba ne cewa mutane da yawa sun yi mamakin nadin da Browett ya yi a watan Janairu. Tsohon shugaban Dixon mai shekaru 49, mai siyar da kayan lantarki, ya shahara da mai da hankali kan riba fiye da gamsuwar mai amfani. Kuma wannan, ba shakka, ba za a yarda da shi ba a cikin kamfani wanda ya dogara da ƙwarewar abokin ciniki mai kyau lokacin sayayya a Apple Stores. Bugu da ƙari, bisa ga halayen wasu mutane a Apple, Browett bai ma dace da tsarin kamfanin ba, don haka tafiyarsa ita ce sakamako mai ma'ana.

Ko menene dalilin ƙarshen mazaje biyu, sabon zamani yana jiran Apple. Zamanin da, bisa ga kalmomin Apple, yana da niyya ya haɗa haɓaka haɓakar kayan masarufi da software har ma da ƙari. Zamanin da watakila Bob Mansfield ya fi yin magana da sabuwar ƙungiyarsa, da kuma zamanin da za mu ga mugayen wizardry na mai amfani da Jony Ive a baya wanda ba a san shi ba.

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