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To: almaxel who wrote (143877)	10/30/2012 12:09:39 PM
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MacDailyNews Take: Sixteen hours later, we’re still giving a big standing O to Apple CEO Tim Cook and his big brass balls! Tim, we hoped you had it in you – and now we know for sure that you do. Steve Jobs chose well. Very, very well! MacDailyNews Take: Browett was a mistake. Cook has acknowledged it. We expect he’ll learn from it. Moving on. MacDailyNews Take: In other words, enjoy these golden handcuffs as a parting gift, lose my number, and you won’t be festooning second-rate apps with faux leather for Google anytime soon, lazy design crutch boy. (Although, with Forstall’s recent record of performance, perhaps it would be wise to let him sign with Google this morning.) MacDailyNews Take: Bullshit. Don’t “analyze” situations or use words whose meanings you do not even remotely understand. A scapegoat is someone blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others. Forstall’s responsibility was to produce a Siri beta and a Maps application that were worthy of the Apple brand. He failed. Miserably. Therefore he is out. That’s what “responsibility” means. It doesn’t mean you get to claim “responsibility,” fsck up repeatedly and get off with apologies – or, in Forstalls’ narcissistic case, not even deigning to sign off on an apology. Yesterday, Tim Cook excised two festering cancers and Apple Inc. today is much healthier for it. Read more at macdailynews.com