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Apple Offers Solution to IT Roadmap Complaints

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the no-longer-requiring-clairvoyants-on-staff dept.

daria42 writes "Apple has admitted that enterprise IT users complain a lot about not being able to find out what its product roadmap is ahead of time. The Apple answer to this problem? Sign a non-disclosure agreement and go to Apple's annual worldwide developer conference, to be held in August this year in San Francisco. IT users can apparently get plans of Apple's roadmap up to 18 months ahead."

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  1. This is the only way... and still won't work. by ZxCv · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Obviously, with as many rabid fans as Apple has, releasing a roadmap without an NDA would most certainly not work.

    And yet, even with the NDA, like the only other post so far said, it will get leaked.

    Apple just can't win here.

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  2. On the other hand by ronanbear · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Microsoft announced Vista years ago and all its features. Sometimes not knowing what's gonna happen is better than relying on incorrect information.

    Apple are deliberately quiet about future products both from a marketing perspective and because it makes them a leaner, more responsive company. They can suddenly release software like Aperture and Bootcamp out of the blue when its ready and the time is right for them.

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