????蘋果（Apple）首席執(zhí)行官蒂姆?庫克自己都承認(rèn)該公司自行研發(fā)的地圖應(yīng)用尚不完善，而且，該應(yīng)用取代谷歌地圖（Google Maps）的決定持續(xù)在蘋果管理層中引發(fā)強(qiáng)烈反應(yīng)。

????四周前，庫克接受了史蒂夫?喬布斯生前最器重的高管之一，也就是斯科特?福斯特的辭職，同時安排艾迪?柯爾負(fù)責(zé)修正地圖應(yīng)用。而本周二，據(jù)《彭博商業(yè)周刊》（Bloomberg Businessweek）的亞當(dāng)?薩塔里亞諾報道，柯爾解雇了該應(yīng)用開發(fā)團(tuán)隊的經(jīng)理理查德?威廉姆森。

????薩塔里亞諾援引“了解內(nèi)情”的匿名人士稱，柯爾正在尋求外部地圖技術(shù)專家的意見，同時推動數(shù)字地圖提供商TomTom NV公司修正地標(biāo)和導(dǎo)航數(shù)據(jù)。

????威廉姆森在商務(wù)社交網(wǎng)站LinkedIn上的簡介顯示，他曾在蘋果效力12年，起初擔(dān)任高級軟件工程師，隨后成為負(fù)責(zé)iOS軟件業(yè)務(wù)的總監(jiān)，最后成為主管iOS平臺業(yè)務(wù)的高級主管。他在1987至1994年間曾在NeXT為喬布斯效力，之后離職創(chuàng)建了Infoscape。

????譯者：項航

????The decision to replace Google (GOOG) Maps with an in-house creation that by Tim Cook's own admissionwasn't ready for prime time continues to send shock waves through the ranks of Apple's (AAPL) leadership team.

????On Tuesday, four weeks after Cook accepted theresignation of Scott Forstall -- one of Steve Jobs' favorite executives -- and charged Eddie Cue with fixing the Maps app, Bloomberg Businessweek's Adam Satariano reported that Cue had fired Richard Williamson, the manager who oversaw the team that created it.

????Citing unnamed "people familiar with the move," Satariano says that Cue is soliciting advice from outside mapping-technology experts and pushing digital maps provider TomTom NV (TOM2) to fix the landmark and navigation data it shares with Apple.

????According to Williamson's LinkedIn profile, he'd been at Apple for 12 years, first as a senior software engineer, then as a director of iOS software and finally as senior director, iOS platform services. He had previously worked for Jobs at NeXT between 1987 and 1994 before leaving to found Infoscape.