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Apple Acknowledges Siri Leadership Has Officially Moved From Eddy Cue To Craig Federighi (macrumors.com)
An anonymous reader shares a report: Apple has updated its executive leadership page to acknowledge that software engineering chief Craig Federighi now officially oversees development of Siri. The responsibility previously belonged to Apple's services chief Eddy Cue. "Craig Federighi is Apple's senior vice president of Software Engineering, reporting to CEO Tim Cook. Craig oversees the development of iOS, macOS, and Siri. His teams are responsible for delivering the software at the heart of Apple's innovative products, including the user interface, applications and frameworks," Apple says. Apple's leadership page is only now reflecting Federighi's role as head of Siri, but the transition has been apparent for several months, based on recent interviews and stage appearances at Apple's keynotes.
because I think I speak for MILLIONS of people when I say I give a massively huge shit about who gives the orders to the people who actually do the hard work for can-not-live-without features like Siri.
and I work for a company that makes voice-controlled machinery. It's just garbage. I've watched coworkers waste hours trying to get Siri to do something. It doesn't understand "navigate to..." or "directions to..." Why refuse to support that Apple? It doesn't make a damn bit of sense.
...please completely uninstall Siri".
The crowd goes wild!
That is all.
Whoa, Apple has formally handed control of Siri to the Ferengi?!
You should learn more about who Craig Federighi is. He's extremely accomplished in the field of software development.
But more importantly, he's widely considered to be one of the most beautiful people in the computing industry today. You can see a photo of him here. He's got a strong, manly look that other men respect. But he's also got that sophisticated, yet tough, appearance that women adore. The combination of his great physical appearance, his confidence, and his knowledge of the craft make him a powerhouse in the world of software development.
I think you'd have to mix at least Linus Torvalds, Bjarne Stroustrup, Donald Knuth, Dwayne Johnson, and George Clooney together to get a man as strong, good-looking, confident and well-rounded as Craig Federighi is.
What utterly groundbreaking news.
In other even-more-important-news: Digital Equipment Corp (DEC) hired a bozo named Harry Copperman at one point. His agenda was himself, and not at growing the business.
I heard the real reason for the change is that Siri was found having an affair with Alexa, and it may have been filmed by Cortana.
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It has been unofficial for years. No presenting at events, role steadily diminished for a long time now.
That would have been more appropiate.
When petty management takes away control of working software from the people who made it and gives it to their chosen lackeys instead, it always means it will rapidly become a crapfest.
Guaranteed.
I can't help but think that Siri's backend infrastructure is nothing more than a hodge-podge of boiler room operations in 3rd world countries, staffed by cheap whores.
Trouble started several years ago when Jony Ive engineered the firing of all the engineers and programmers on Siri.
And the litany goes on.
Cue is loved by Cook and Ive because he is overtly queer. Unfortunately he does not have a clue about anything else.
Bon voyage Ship of Cue.
Now, Pretty Boy ... Italian Boy ... Mr Natural ... Mr. Perfect .... LAST NeXT MAN STANDING Federighi now stands at bat.
Federighi engineered the firing of Forstall after a 6-hour "head session" (queer vernacular for sexual intercourse) at a Motel-6 in Mountain View with Cook.
It will be interesting to see what the "snake pit" Apple Park vomits NeXT.
Hoy hoy!