09-14-2015, 08:07 PM
GGD wrote:
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The more frequently I hear stuff like this, the more convinced I become that, were Jobs to rise from the grave today, he would sack anyone at Apple who had anything to do with unleashing Yosemite upon an unsuspecting world.
Just remember that he was the one that unleashed Lion on the world.
OS X 10.7 (Lion) release date: July 20, 2011
Date of Jobs' resignation as Apple CEO: August 24, 2011
Date of Jobs' passing: October 5, 2011
One wonders just how involved Jobs might have been with Lion, given the nature of his illness during the timeline of its development. In retrospect, perhaps Lion was our first glimpse of the post-Jobs Apple.
Here he is on the stage at WWDC 2011 when Lion was announced.
https://youtu.be/zHZf9wr2Ak8?t=128
OS X 10.6 (Snowleopard) release date: August 28, 2009
When do you think development of Lion began and who was in control of Apple when features were being defined? I suspect it started before Snowleopard was released.
The problem with Lion wasn't its features, it was its execution. Memory management in particular was atrocious in Lion.
Yes, Jobs was at Apple's helm when Lion was announced, but do you truly believe he was as involved in its development as he had been with previous versions of the OS? Keep in mind the liver transplant Jobs had in April 2009 and the medical leave of absence he took in January 2011 (from which he never fully returned). I'm sure he was as involved as his illness permitted him to be at the time, but I do not believe he was nearly as involved as he had been in the past. His presence at WWDC that year was essentially as a figurehead.