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5 Men Who Will Decide Apple's Future
By siliconindia
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Monday, 10 October 2011, 21:45 IST
4. Scott Forstall
Scott Forstall, is the man behind the actual functioning of Apple's products, he is the mobile software mind at Apple. He is responsible for shaping iOS; the operating system that powers Apple's iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches.
Forstall came over from NeXT when it was purchased by Apple in 1997 and is regarded as one of the original architects of the Mac OS X operating system as well as the Aqua user interface. He was promoted to Senior Director in January 2003.
In 2006 Forstall became responsible for Mac OS X releases after Avadis Tevanian stepped down as the company's Chief Software Technology Officer and before being named Senior Vice President of iPhone Software.
