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Tim Cook is the CEO. It's ultimately his responsibility--and his apology shows him taking that responsibility--but he's got to be able to delegate decisions lik

Tim Cook is the CEO. It's ultimately his responsibility--and his apology shows him taking that responsibility--but he's got to be able to delegate decisions like this. It's not like he's going to personally test every feature. He's got other things to do. (He probably reviewed Maps, but by all accounts the issues with it aren't immediately obvious in the valley.) His real responsibility is to hire people who can make solid decisions on his behalf, and to fire or move them if they can't do so. When you reach a certain level, you have to stop passing the buck. Hell, if you want to reach that level, you have to stop passing the buck. Maps was Forstall's responsibility--to ship well or sound the alarm. Unless you have evidence that he was overruled, he's the right person to take the fall. (This is setting aside all the personality politics, which likely played a bigger role in Forstall's exit. But that aside, Maps was still Forstall's job.)

schiffern 14y ago
>Tim Cook is the CEO. It's ultimately his responsibility--and his apology shows him taking that responsibility My understanding is that Scott Forstall was forced to resign because he wouldn't put his name on the bottom of that letter. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57542297-37/apples-scott-forstall-ousted-over-maps-apology-wsj/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57542297-37/apples-scott-f...
- taligent 14y ago
  No Forstall was forced to resign because of a lot of mistakes under his watch and a lot of bad blood between him and key people like Ive and Mansfield. With Samsung emphasising the design aspect in the Samsung S3/Note it is critical that Apple have a cohesive end to end experience. And that requires communication. I think the letter was just the tip of a planet sized iceberg.