苹果刚刚宣布了一次重大的高管改组：iOS软件高级副总裁斯科特·福斯托尔（Scott Forstall）将于今年年底离开苹果——他将担任首席执行官蒂姆·库克（Tim Cook）的顾问一职，直至离职。其他高管变动包括零售主管约翰·布劳伊特（John Browett）离职，乔尼·艾夫（Jony Ive）、鲍勃·曼斯菲尔德（Bob Mansfield）、埃迪·库伊（Eddy Cue）和克雷格·费德里吉（Craig Federighi）被任命承担更多职责。

为了弥补Forstall的离职，Jony Ive现在将为整个公司的人机界面提供领导和指导——听起来Ive将获得一个重大机会，将他著名的硬件设计敏感性引入苹果软件。一直负责苹果数字店面的艾迪·库伊（Eddy Cue）将以地图和Siri的形式获得更多的责任。显然，这对Cue来说是一个很大的挑战，而且认为iOS 6 Maps在发布时的失败可能直接导致他被免去iOS副总裁一职也不无道理。

Craig Federighi曾担任Mac软件副总裁，现在将同时负责iOS和OSX。苹果表示，此举将有助于统一两个平台的软件战略；听起来他将是承担福斯塔尔职责的人。最后，副总裁鲍勃曼斯菲尔德（bobmansfield）将领导一个名为Technologies的团队，专注于半导体和无线硬件领域。曼斯菲尔德今年早些时候宣布退休，当时他还没有宣布打算继续担任一个不太明确的职位。

至于约翰布劳伊特（johnbrowett），苹果（Apple）零售业高级副总裁上任不到一年就离职了。至于他为什么离开（或被解雇）目前还没有消息，但苹果表示，正在寻找替代者。与此同时，该公司的零售团队将直接向库克汇报。总之，从苹果公司撤走布劳伊特和福斯托尔是一次重大的变革，因为福斯托尔是iOS平台迅速崛起和成功背后的一个巨大组成部分。《苹果内部》（Inside Apple）一书的作者亚当·拉辛斯基（Adam Lashinsky）在推特（Twitter）上推断，福斯塔尔是地图和Siri的“直接责任人”，因此为苹果在iOS这两个关键功能上的麻烦“付出了代价”。DRI模式是史蒂夫•乔布斯（stevejobs）在担任苹果首席执行官期间坚信的模式，看起来这个概念在蒂姆•库克（timcook）的指导下继续存在。

苹果公司的完整声明如下。

"We are in one of the most prolific periods of innovation and new products in Apple's history," said Tim Cook, Apple's CEO. "The amazing products that we've introduced in September and October, iPhone 5, iOS 6, iPad mini, iPad, iMac, MacBook Pro, iPod touch, iPod nano and many of our applicati***, could only have been created at Apple and are the direct result of our relentless focus on tightly integrating world-class hardware, software and services."

Jony Ive will provide leadership and direction for Human Interface (HI) across the company in addition to his role as the leader of Industrial Design. His incredible design aesthetic has been the driving force behind the look and feel of Apple's products for more than a decade.

Eddy Cue will take on the additional resp***ibility of Siri® and Maps, placing all of our online services in one group. This organization has overseen major successes such as the iTunes Store®, the App Store℠, the iBookstore℠ and iCloud®. This group has an excellent track record of building and strengthening Apple's online services to meet and exceed the high expectati*** of our customers.

Craig Federighi will lead both iOS and OS X®. Apple has the most advanced mobile and desktop operating systems, and this move brings together the OS teams to make it even easier to deliver the best technology and user experience innovati*** to both platforms.

Bob Mansfield will lead a new group, Technologies, which combines all of Apple's wireless teams across the company in one organization, fostering innovation in this area at an even higher level. This organization will also include the semiconductor teams, who have ambitious plans for the future.

Additionally, John Browett is leaving Apple. A search for a new head of Retail is underway and in the interim, the Retail team will report directly to Tim Cook. Apple's Retail organization has an incredibly strong network of leaders at the store and regional level who will continue the excellent work that has been done over the past decade to revolutionize retailing with unique, innovative services for customers.

最新消息：9to5Mac发布了一封来自蒂姆•库克（Tim Cook）的全队邮件，感谢福斯塔尔“在其职业生涯中为苹果做出的诸多贡献”，并解释说曼斯菲尔德将在苹果再留任两年。全文如下。

Team,

We are in one of the most prolific periods of innovation and new products in Apple’s history. The amazing products that we’ve introduced in September and October – iPhone 5, iOS6, iPad mini, iPad, iMac, MacBook Pro, iPod touch, iPod nano and many of our applicati*** – could only have been created at Apple, and are the direct result of our relentless focus on tightly integrating world-class hardware, software and services.

Today, I am announcing changes that will encourage even more collaboration between our world-class hardware, software and services teams at all levels of our company. As part of these changes, Jony Ive, Bob Mansfield, Eddy Cue, and Craig Federighi will be taking on more resp***ibilities. I am also announcing that Scott Forstall will be leaving Apple next year and will serve as an advisor to me during the interim. I want to thank Scott for all of his many contributi*** to Apple over his career.

Jony Ive will provide leadership and direction for Human Interface (HI) across the company in addition to his longtime role as the leader of Industrial Design. Jony has an incredible design aesthetic and has been the driving force behind the look and feel of our products for more than a decade. The face of many of our products is our software and the extension of Jony’s skills into this area will widen the gap between Apple and our competition.

Eddy Cue will take on the additional resp***ibility of Siri and Maps. This places all of our online services in one group. Eddy and his organization have overseen major successes such as the iTunes Store, the App Store, the iBookstore and iCloud. They have an excellent track record of building and strengthening our online services to meet and exceed the high expectati*** of our customers.

Craig Federighi will lead both iOS and OS X. We have the most advanced mobile and desktop operating systems on the planet, and bringing together our OS teams will make it even easier to deliver our best technology and user experience innovati*** to both platforms. Craig recently led the very successful release of Mountain Lion.

Bob Mansfield will lead a new group, Technologies, which combines all of our wireless teams across the company in one organization, allowing us to innovate in this area at an even higher level. This organization will also include all of our semiconductor teams, who have some very ambitious plans. As part of this, I am thrilled to tell you that Bob will remain with Apple for an additional two years. Bob has led some of our most challenging engineering projects for many years.

Additionally, John Browett is leaving Apple. Our search for a new head of Retail is already underway. In the meantime, the Retail team will report directly to me. Retail has an incredibly strong network of leaders at the store and regional level, and they will continue the excellent work they’ve done over the past decade to revolutionize retailing with unique, innovative services and a focus on the customer that is second to none. This phenomenal team of talented and dedicated people works their hearts out making our customers happy. They have our respect, our admiration and our undying support.

Please join me in congratulating everyone on their new roles.

I’d like to thank everyone for working so hard so that Apple can continue to make the world’s best products and delight our customers. I continue to believe that Apple has the most talented and most innovative people on the planet, and I feel privileged and inspired to be able to work with all of you.

Best,

Tim