In an unexpected move, former Windows chief Steven Sinofsky has brokered a deal with Apple for him and some of his former lieutenants to join Apple. George Grant, Jon DeVaan, Antoine Leblond, and Tami Reller will join Sinofsky in the move to Cupertino. _Sinofsky will be working on the next version of Mac OS. Tim Cook commented briefly the acquisition of the high profile talent: “I met Steven at a Yoga class in Palo Alto and we have become great friends ever since._ It turns out we have a lot in common besides yoga._ We had bosses named Steve; we both love secrecy, great taste in sweaters, and support common causes like gay marriage._ I thought Steven would be a great asset for Apple. Given his experience on Office, I initially asked him to come head the iWork team._ But as our talks progressed, Steven said he had some “super cool” ideas for the Mac OS and wanted to “re-imagine” it.” The Mac OS operating system of course has stagnated...

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