> This is ridiculous. I'm not going to argue with you after this reply, because you're rewriting history.
You're saying Steve Jobs designed the Apple II? Or had a substantial hand in the design? Sorry, Woz and history disagree.
> I'd suggest not making assumptions. I don't have to "read up [sic] the product release and what happened after", because I was alive at the time. Were you?
Yes, and in fact owned the first generation Mac upon release.
> It wasn't. Cook was purging a rival for power, and Maps was just an excuse.
Steve and the board chose Cook over Forstall. He didn't need to "purge a rival". Forstall was difficult to work with, and people wanted him gone.
>> And again, by every "insider account" I've seen published, Tim Cook is doing the same.
> Citations needed.
https://www.engadget.com/2014-06-16-jony-ive-talks-new-mater...