Apple Developer Profile Changing?

rocketjam writes "According to InternetNews.com, Apple Computer is seeing large numbers of UNIX, Java and Open Source developers moving to its Mac OS X platform. Apple Vice President of Worldwide Developer Relations Ron Okamoto mentions that, in the three years since the introduction of OS X, 'people who have experience in those areas are showing a great interest in our OS. We're seeing a lot of first timers. It's really impressive.' The company said it has recently surpassed the 300,000 member threshold of registered developers. Apparently, the increase in enterprise code writers has prompted Apple to add more sessions focusing on enterprise and IT to its upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference."

Comments

I've said it before...

[razmaspaz]

and I'll say it again. Apple could own the enterprise if they would take their head out of their ass.

Re:I've said it before...

[larry bagina]

They had a superior OS back in 1984, if only by default.

Re:I've said it before...

[w3weasel]

Apple could own the enterprise if they would take their head out of their ass

How amazingly short sighted of you... and at least substatiate such an inflamitory statement.

Apple is still recovering (nicely) from the handiwork of Gil Ameleo, who almost single handedly killed the company. Now, lets say that you were the big boss of a company with a rabid, but declining fan base, with an outdated, underpowered, and overpriced product (a la Apple in the late 90's). How would you cash in on your gold mine? Would you bet the entire company treasury on a single round of massive R&D on hardware, software and advertising simultaneously? If so, how would you sustain the effort?

The kind of changes taking place at Apple are nothing short of revolutionary... Unix that anyone can use, and that hardcore bearded developers drool over. Hardware that easily matches the competition... NO! Shut up with your "overpriced" ranting... Go ahead and buy that dual opteron setup for $400 dollars cheaper... when you start having to replace components in 3 years, ask a mac user how long he has been using his machine trouble-free.

Man, I could write a book about what x-grid, x-code, and stellar hardware mean for the average enterprise.
When you learn that the latest upgrade of Powermacs has been held up due to massive purchases by the U.S. government and little companies like Google, you might begin to get the picture that Apple played its losing hand like a Vegas pro, and continues to do so.

Re:It's pretty easy to see why.

[computerme]

>Despite the unfortunate price/performance ratio of their hardware (as compared to PC equipment),

You mean that same price / performance "disparity" that BLEW AWAY Dell and any and all other intel based supercompter clusters?

That must be the reason why VT choose G5s and OSX... :)
In some areas that may be true, but in others, say Supercomputing Clusters, its just not the case...

Java on Mac

[fozzmeister]

Is bollocks, yes its wonderful on OS X but no one supports Java on Linux on Mac, which is a horrible, horrible shame, I only thinking about buying a mac about a week ago (I've been waiting for the end of the tax year) and was so close to puttin the money down when i was checking that everything i needed would run. Then it dawned on me. Java, oh shit there is the problem, I so wanted an iBook too, Now to buy an equally sexy system I need to go for probably a Sony Vaio (im looking for a laptop). Come on Apple get with it, you sell me the hardware and a copy of OSX (i'm quite happy paying the OSX tax) Its not like anybody other than Apple use PPC anyway.

Yes

[Mateito]

Apple Developer Profile Changing?

Yes. They are dying.

Too obvious.

Re:300,000 developers for under 5 % of market shar

[Maserati]

Does anyone remember Metrowerks complaining about the DevTools being included ?

No.

Did Metrowerks drop their Mac product and start touting Windows as their preferred platform ?

No.

Re:Wow. What an Ugly Exodus.

[bfg9000]

You forgot that since Apple's OS X is closed source, it may have backdoors built in by the NSA. It MAY. I'm not saying it DOES, I'm saying I can't prove it doesn't. And after reading earlier today about the NSA monitoring every email that goes through an American server on its journey (which is pretty much all of them), I'm more worried about the inherent safety of my systems. All the firewalls in the world won't protect you if the paranoid theories about MS' NSAKey.dll are correct, or if the same NSA that approached MS to trojan their systems approached Apple (and why wouldn't they?). It is of the UTMOST IMPORTANCE security-wise, to be able to trust your operating system 100%. I have an Apple, I'll agree that the PowerBooks NEED an update (I'm still hanging onto my TiBook, years after I wanted to upgrade), and I love the mind-numbing ease of use of OSX, but if you ask me whether I can guarantee that there are no backdoors built into it, I have to respond 'no.' If IBM really is making Linux ThinkPads based on the G5 this year, I WILL be dropping OS X completely for that platform.

Re:Correct me if I am wrong, but

[AstroDrabb]

you might be able to do the same type of thing

Oh boy, can I, can I? How I would love to be able to write a ****very**** fancy jigsaw puzzle.

Jigsaw puzzle guru: Mr CEO, you should hire me
Mr. CEO: Why is that young man?
Jigsaw puzzle guru: Because I can program a *very* fancy jigsaw puzzle in Cocoa.
Mr. CEO: Well, in that case, your hired. $100,000 a year starting salary.

Jigsaw puzzle guru: Mr Game company manager, you should hire me
Mr Game company manager: Why is that young man?
Jigsaw puzzle guru: Because I can program a *very* fancy jigsaw puzzle in Cocoa.
Mr Game company manager: Well, in that case, your hired. $80,000 a year starting salary.

Jigsaw puzzle guru: Soup Nazi, you should hire me.
Soup Nazi: Why is that young man?
Jigsaw puzzle guru: Because I can program a *very* fancy jigsaw puzzle in Cocoa.
Soup Nazi: No soup for you, come back, two year.