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"Apple's Module proposal..." Is Apple really who deserves credit here? Is there something I missed about Apple's management driving this, and not Gregor or the C++ standards committee?

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First slide. It seems like he's employed by Apple and being paid to work on this. So yes, I think calling it Apple's solution an apt description.

Herb Stutter heads the C++ standards committee and credits his employer Microsoft [1]. Is C++11 or C++17 "Microsoft's"?

[1] http://isocpp.org/std/the-committee

The standards don't belong to anybody. Particular proposals are credited to the person or organization that propose them.

This particular proposal is from Apple.

When Herb Sutter/Microsoft make proposals for C++, it's phrased as "Microsoft's proposal for C++0x" or whatever.

If you want a little more precision, credit it to the Apple Compiler Group - they seem to operate with quite a bit more autonomy than, say, whoever's responsible for security there.

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