March 23, 2011

what else did serlet disagree with?

Gizmodo speculates on why Bertrand Serlet, the father of Mac OS X, is leaving apple. "Now, as the company moves into its modal-based, touch-centric future, Serlet may have disagreed with this merging of iOS and Mac OS X philosophies in Lion, which will eventually lead to a complete migration to a new unified OS, more iOS than OS X."

Other unconfirmed things Serlet may have disagreed with, that may have led to his departure:

  • The brand of coffee in the Apple cafeteria.
  • The kerning of the type on his business cards.
  • The naming strategy for Apple conference rooms.
  • The colors of the new iPad cases.