Mr. Forstall, a 15-year Apple veteran, ran one of the company's most prominent groups—its mobile software unit—and was one of its most important executives. The name of Mr. Forstall, a protégé of Mr. Jobs, was once bandied about as a possible successor. He rose quickly at the company and earned a reputation for risk taking. But he was also known as difficult to work with, and "never fit into the culture of Apple," said one person familiar with the matter.
Apple Inc. executive Scott Forstall was asked to leave the company after he refused to sign his name to a letter apologizing for shortcomings in Apple's new mapping service, according to people familiar with the matter.
Doesn't matter, because they are legal and common in many places. Many of them will be for the same time-frame as a severance package a person receives, so at least in that scenario, it doesn't force a person to be unemployed (without taking a job in an industry they may be completely unfamiliar with).I don't see how a non-compete clause could be legal anywhere...
Read the whole article, not just the featured quotes. Forstall has been involved in a number of run-ins with other Apple executives over the years. I'm surprised he lasted as long as he did without Steve Jobs to cover for him.
Perhaps so, but some form of conflict can be productive. Given the track record of success with iOS for Apple, one would think that they would want him around. Long term, I wonder if this is a strategic mistake.
This is true. From the outside, Apple was so insistent on dumping Google Maps a year before their deal with Google ended. I know they compete with eachother, but I think the bad press from a not quite ready maps product is even worse.Yes, he was responsible but I'll bet he was given nearly impossible deadlines for a map replacement app, for example. Others dictated a due date for "launch" reasons.
Apple announced a few management changes last evening, including the departure of Scott Forstall, head of its iOS software division, and John Brownell, head of retail.
After missing consensus earnings expectations for the last two quarters, this will certainly add to the controversy over the stock in the near term, but reinforces the fact that the company has a deep bench of several talented people. The surprise is that Forstall will be leaving the company. He was well regarded by both Wall Street and investors and it's likely he is taking the fall from the maps and Siri problems. Jony Ive, Eddy Cue, Craig Federighi and Bob Mansfield will take over Forstall's responsibilities. Maps and Siri will now fall under Cue, who is credited with building the successful iTunes software and media content as well as the Apps store. He will now have all cloud services under him, which makes sense. Federighi will be responsible for both operating systems: OS X and iOS. Ive will oversee the human interface group and will continue to run industrial design. And Mansfield will come out of retirement to lead the wireless and semiconductor team, which includes cellular, WiFi, GPS and internal processors.
The article I read earlier today said that Forstall will be an advisor to Tim Cook for a year, apparently trying to use that as a non-compete.
Apple Senior Vice President of Internet Software and Services Eddy Cue has fired the product manager behind iOS 6's infamously flawed Maps app.
Richard Williamson oversaw the mapping team at Apple as a Senior Director for iOS Platform Services. He was reportedly handed a pink slip after Cue became responsible for Maps during last month's management restructuring, according to anonymous sources speaking to Bloomberg.
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