Bertrand Serlet, who is considered the father of Mac OS X announced his departure from Apple. Is this the end of an era for the Mac? Bertrand Serlet started working with Steve Jobs 22 years ago when the co-founder of Apple created NeXT. Mr. Serlet was working on NeXTSTEP which later became Mac OS X. Since 2003 he was senior vice president of software development at Apple Mac.
His departure gave rise to many interpretations. The most pessimistic see it as a symbol of the stalling of the Apple Mac, overshadowed by the runaway success of devices running IOS (Mac only represents 20% of sales from Apple). The departure of Mr. Serlet be related to the willingness of Apple to progressively converge Mac OS and IOS, a movement that has already begun with the arrival of the Mac App Store that will continue with the next version of Mac OS X Lion, which borrows many elements to IOS.
This vision is however tempered by others who assert that the departure of Mr. Serlet is not precipitated by the advent of IOS but instead was carefully prepared for two years. Bertrand Serlet is replaced by Craig Federighi, his right arm since 2009. Mr. Serlet said simply want to focus on something else after 22 years dedicated to Mac OS "I want less interested in products and to science." 
His departure gave rise to many interpretations. The most pessimistic see it as a symbol of the stalling of the Apple Mac, overshadowed by the runaway success of devices running IOS (Mac only represents 20% of sales from Apple). The departure of Mr. Serlet be related to the willingness of Apple to progressively converge Mac OS and IOS, a movement that has already begun with the arrival of the Mac App Store that will continue with the next version of Mac OS X Lion, which borrows many elements to IOS.
This vision is however tempered by others who assert that the departure of Mr. Serlet is not precipitated by the advent of IOS but instead was carefully prepared for two years. Bertrand Serlet is replaced by Craig Federighi, his right arm since 2009. Mr. Serlet said simply want to focus on something else after 22 years dedicated to Mac OS "I want less interested in products and to science."
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