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251 points mpweiher | 3 comments | 08 Dec 25 11:47 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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gyomu ◴[08 Dec 25 12:36 UTC] No.46191532[source]▶
I really have to wonder who Gruber’s sources are.

His statement “prior to today never heard much about [Steve Lemay]” leads me to think he doesn’t have intimate access to anyone deeply familiar with design decisions, because anyone who’s spent a little bit of time behind closed doors in that space absolutely knows who Lemay is.

But then he quotes sources who are supposedly “in a position to know the choices”, which would imply they are quite embedded in the design org…

Maybe it’s all voluntary misdirection on his behalf.

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1. avalys ◴[08 Dec 25 13:18 UTC] No.46191872[source]▶
I’m not sure you’re drawing the right conclusion. It’s possible that Gruber’s regular sources know who Lemay is and just never talked about him much.
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2. pavlov ◴[08 Dec 25 13:33 UTC] No.46192035[source]▶
If you think about Gruber as a gossip columnist, then it's quite natural that people who just do their job well don't generate much gossip that would reach his ears.
3. gyomu ◴[08 Dec 25 13:53 UTC] No.46192231[source]▶
Fair enough, I guess I was just surprised to read from someone who makes their living from Apple insider baseball and Cupertinology that they have “never heard much” about one of the most influential software designers at the company over the last 20 years.