Apple Win32 to OS X Porting Guide

BoomerSooner writes "Apple has released a Win32 to Mac OS X Porting Guide for C/C++ developers. This Guide is to get you started porting an existing procedural Win32 application written in C or C++ to Mac OS X. It looks like Apple is getting a bit more aggressive toward Microsoft."

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I want a new mac mouse

[FuzzyDaddy]

I want a three button mouse for my mac to use with Linux, but I can't find one to match my iMac'c color!

Too little, too late

[leandrod]

Apple tries to woo MS W32 developers.

But it has already alienated lots of free software developers by not including an integrated X Window server, by a half-baked, half-hearted attempt of capitalising on the Open Source meme, and by repeatedly screwing their users in general -- think charging full price for 10.2, breaking the promise on iTools, etc.

Moreover MS W32 is being phased out by MS itself in favor of .Net, which Apple does not plan to support.

It may be too late for Apple, with only 3% market share, no open platform to run on, no OEMs to lower costs, cater for niche markets or simply generally popularise the platform, no cross-platform strategy.

But what I think might yet save Apple is to make Mac OS X copyleft under the GNU GPL; adopt Mono and WINE; integrate a X Window server; sell proprietary licenses of Mac OS X and of the Macintosh unified common reference design to willing OEMs all over the world.