In an interview published on YouTube this week, the former senior vice president ofiOSlooks back on his beginnings at the software publisher, and more particularly on the day he spoke with Steve Jobs during a meeting atNeXT. The company, created by the former CEO after he was ousted from Apple, was developing an operating system at the time which would eventually be bought by the Apple brand, during a series of events which will allow the entrepreneur to take over the reins in 2000.
At the time, Scott Forstall was looking for a new job. Following several meetings, he ends up meeting his future boss who almost cuts his efforts short by assuring him that he will be part of his team, as if it were non-negotiable.Jobswould thus have smelled his talent very quickly, listen to it from 34 minutes below.
Disappointment at Microsoft
However, at this moment,Forstallwas still in discussions with the firm behindWindowsto find a job there. He therefore informs his internal contact of his final decision, which will be to work with Jobs at NeXT, and obtains a particularly original response.
Indeed, the next day, he found a package in front of his door containing an immensesaumon royalin ice. An experience which will not have failed to make him react, given the obvious reference to the practices of the mafia depicted in certain films.
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