Vala isikhangiso

Okwayizolo umyalezo ukuphela kukaScott Forstall e-Apple kwafika njengebhawodi elivela eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka. Isisebenzi sesikhathi eside senkampani yaseCalifornia sihamba ngokuzumayo, ngaphandle kwencazelo, futhi cishe ngokushesha. Kungani kwenzeka?

Lona ngumbuzo okungenzeka ukuthi abaningi benu bake bazibuza wona. Ake sifingqe amaqiniso esiwaziyo ngesikhathi sikaScott Forstall e-Apple, noma yini okucatshangwayo nokuthi yiziphi izizathu zokusuka kwakhe.

Okokuqala, uForstall ubambe isikhundla sephini likamongameli omkhulu we-iOS kwa-Apple eminyakeni embalwa edlule. Ngakho waba nokuthuthukiswa okuphelele kohlelo lokusebenza lweselula ngaphansi kwesithupha sakhe. I-Forstall ihlotshaniswe ne-Apple iminyaka eminingi. Waqala kwa-NEXT ekuqaleni kwawo-90 futhi wasebenza ku-NEXTSstep, Mac OS X kanye ne-iOS kusukela kumbeleko. Nakuba umsebenzi kaForstall ubaluleke kakhulu ku-Apple, uTim Cook akazange abe nenkinga yokunqamula ubudlelwano bokuqashwa naye. Kungumbuzo ukuthi ngabe konke kwalungiswa kusenesikhathi noma bekuyisinqumo sezinyanga ezedlule. Ngokunokwenzeka, ngibona inketho yesibili, okungukuthi, izehlakalo zezinyanga ezimbalwa ezedlule zimake i-ortel ye-Forstall.

Indlela elula amanothi UJohn Gruber, ngalo lonke udumo uForstall analo, asikutholi esitatimendeni sabezindaba se-Apple nasemazwini kaTim Cook ngisho nokuvuma okufushane kwezinkonzo zakhe. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, isibonelo, ekupheleni kukaBob Mansfield, ekugcineni washintsha umqondo wakhe mayelana nokushiya (?), Amazwi anjalo azwakala kumqondisi omkhulu we-Apple.

Ngisho ngokwezinye izimo, singaphetha ngokuthi uScott Forstall akasishiyi isikebhe sama-apula ngokusuka kwakhe. Ngokusobala wacindezelwa ukuba ahambe, noma ngenxa yokunambitha, ukuziphatha noma izinkinga nge-iOS 6. Kukhona nenkulumo ethi ngaphambilini wayevikelwe ubungane bakhe obuseduze noSteve Jobs. Nokho, lokho manje nakanjani akusekho.

Kube nemibiko yangaphambilini yokuthi uForstall ubengahambisani nabanye abaphathi abaphezulu bakwa-Apple. Kuthiwa uyena owakhuthaza i-skeuomorphism eyimpikiswano (ukulingisa izinto zangempela, inothi lomhleli), kuyilapho umklami u-Jony Ivo nabanye bengakuthandanga. Abanye baphikisa ngokuthi kwakunguSteve Jobs owaphayona lesi sitayela ngaphambi kukaForstall, ngakho singaqagela ukuthi iqiniso likuphi ngempela. Nokho, lokhu kwakungeyona yodwa into eyayishiwo ngoForstall. Abanye babangane bakhe bathi uForstall ngokwesiko wayethatha udumo ngempumelelo ehlanganyelwe, wenqaba ukuvuma amaphutha akhe futhi wayeqamba amaqhinga. Ozakwabo, abangathandanga ukudalulwa ngenxa yezizathu ezisobala, bathi ubenobudlelwano obungebuhle namanye amalungu abaphathi abaphezulu bakwa-Apple, okuhlanganisa no-Ive noMansfield, kangangokuthi bagwema ukuhlangana noForstall - ngaphandle uma uTim Cook ekhona.

Kodwa-ke, noma ngabe besingafuni ukubhekana nezindaba ze-Cupertino zangaphakathi, ngeshwa, izenzo zakhe "zomphakathi" nazo zakhuluma ngokumelene ne-Forstall. Kancane kancane wasika igatsha ngaphansi kwakhe ngenxa yentuthuko ye-Siri, Amamephu ne-iOS. I-Siri yayiyintsha eyinhloko ye-iPhone 4S, kodwa ayizange ithuthuke ngonyaka, futhi "into enkulu" kancane kancane yaba umsebenzi wesibili we-iOS. Sesibhale okuningi mayelana nezinkinga ngemibhalo emisha eyenziwe yi-Apple uqobo. Kodwa yilokhu okungenzeka kwabiza uScott Forstall kanye nokuthuthukiswa okunesikhathi kwesistimu yokusebenza ephathwayo ekubaleni kokugcina. Kusukela ku-iOS 6, abasebenzisi balindele izinto ezintsha nezinguquko ezinhle. Kodwa esikhundleni salokho, kwaForstall, owethule uhlelo olusha ku-WWDC 2012, bathole kuphela i-iOS 5 eguquliwe kancane - ene-interface efanayo. Uma sengeza kukho konke ukuqagela kokuthi u-Forstall wenqabile ukusayina incwadi yokuxolisa u-Tim Cook agcina eyithumele egameni lakhe kubasebenzisi ababenganelisekile bamamephu amasha, isinqumo somqondisi esiphezulu sokuxosha umhlanganyeli osenesikhathi eside siyaqondakala.

Yize uForstall mhlawumbe wayengomunye walabo ababephushela ukuthi i-iPhone isekelwe ku-OS X kernel, esingayithatha namuhla njengengxenye ebalulekile yempumelelo iyonke, manje, ngokubona kwami, i-iOS ithola ithuba lesibili. I-interface yomsebenzisi izoholwa nguJony Ive. Uma umsebenzi wakhe ukhiqiza uhlobo lwemiphumela onalo emkhakheni we-hardware design, khona-ke sinokuningi okufanele sikubheke ngabomvu. Ingabe i-skeuomorphism eshiwo kakade izonyamalala? Ingabe ekugcineni singalindela ukuqanjwa okubalulekile ku-iOS? Ingabe i-iOS 7 izohluka? Yonke lena imibuzo esingakayazi impendulo yayo. Kepha i-Apple ingena enkathini entsha. Kuyafaneleka ukukhumbuza lapha ukuthi ukuhlukaniswa kwe-iOS kuzoholwa nguCraig Federighi, hhayi uJony Ive, okufanele athintane kakhulu noFederighi kusixhumi esibonakalayo somsebenzisi.

Futhi kungani uJohn Browett egcina e-Apple? Lolu shintsho esikhundleni senhloko yezitolo ngokuqinisekile alushaqisi kangako. Nakuba uBrowett wajoyina inkampani ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, lapho ethatha isikhundla sikaRon Johnson, akazange abe nesikhathi sokushiya uphawu olubaluleke kakhulu. Kodwa kunezinkomba zokuthi uTim Cook bekumele alungise iphutha alenze ngesikhathi eqasha uBrowett. Bekungeyona imfihlo ukuthi abantu abaningi bamangale ngokuqokwa kukaBrowett ngoJanuwari. Umphathi wangaphambili we-Dixons oneminyaka engu-49 ubudala, umthengisi we-electronics, wayaziwa ngokugxila kakhulu enzuzweni kunokwaneliseka komsebenzisi. Futhi lokhu, vele, akwamukelekile enkampanini ethembele ekuhlangenwe nakho okuhle kwamakhasimende lapho uthenga ezitolo ze-Apple. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngokusho kokusabela kwabanye abantu e-Apple, u-Browett akazange afanele ngisho nokungena kubaphathi benkampani, ngakho ukuhamba kwakhe kwaba umphumela onengqondo.

Noma ngabe yisiphi isizathu sokuphela kwawo womabili amadoda, inkathi entsha ilindele i-Apple. Isikhathi lapho, ngokusho kwamagama ka-Apple, ihlose ukuhlanganisa ukuthuthukiswa kwehadiwe nesoftware ngisho nangaphezulu. Isikhathi lapho mhlawumbe u-Bob Mansfield eqala ukukhuluma ngokugqama kakhulu neqembu lakhe elisha, kanye nenkathi lapho ngethemba lokuthi sizobona iwizadi yomsebenzisi eyayingaziwa ngaphambili ka-Jony Ive.

.