Thursday, November 1, 2012

ATD: Bob Mansfield is back at Apple full-time because Scott Forstall is out of the picture

Bob Mansfield

Bob Mansfield's abrupt return to Apple from retirement earlier this year came as a bit of a surprise, but according to a report from All Things D , Mansfield's coming back to Apple was directly related to iOS vice president Scott Forstall leaving the company. Citing anonymous sources, ATD says that the timing of Mansfield's return to Apple was "not coincidental." In fact, another source said "I think Bob was much more willing to commit to two more years once he knew Scott was on his way out." This information lines up with what we have heard from our sources concerning Forstall's exit and Mansfield's return.


Apple announced that 13-year veteran Mansfield's retirement in June, but then revealed at the end of August that he would be...


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via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/1/3585870/bob-mansfield-back-apple-scott-forstall-out-atd

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