Apple has accepted it's position in a niche, and isn't going to get out of it. As such, MS has absolutely nothing to fear from them.
Note though that many other things were killing Apple at the time, and the OS they licensed was terrible. You can't reasonably conclude that they couldn't do better now that they have a decent OS.
I don't own a Mac. I'm not going to buy a Mac. Therefor Apple won't let me develop for the iPhone.
There's no valid reason couldn't release a dev kit for Linux at least if not Windows. The only reasonable explanation for not doing so is hostility to non-Mac developers.
If it were, we could just say using a hackintosh solves the issue. Most of us don't want to be in a constant fight with vendors.
$1,500 is a fair, even low ball price point for a decent development system. Mac minis are toys.
I won't be upgrading any time soon, but even if I were Apple simply isn't interested in my business. I spent $1,200 a year ago on a workstation, and the closest comparable thing Apple has available comes in at $3,000.
Even ignoring the bit where Apple can veto your app with no recourse, the development platform costs a minimum of $1,500 or so, as you have to buy their hardware to use it.
Apple has accepted an upper cap on their market penetration. Thus they are not a threat to Microsoft, nor are their few fanatical customers much of an opportunity.
It's just government funded. The sitting administration can't dictate their reporting any more (or less) than they could with any other sort of media.
Internet advertising isn't worthless. It just isn't magic pixie dust that provides unlimited wealth. Advertising keeps the site you're posting on up and running, even though it would have one of the highest populations of adblock users.
Simply only allow them to be installed through Firefox. If one of these crapware installers wants to ad one, make it open Firefox with the xpi installer.
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In those cases you're renting the theatre seat.
You can rent a physical good, like a disk or a cartridge, but you can't rent information.
You might as well be trying to staple on the concept of rewinding. It just isn't relevant anymore.
Microsoft doesn't interfere with it technically. Apple does.
You're effectively paying an $1,800 ransom, that they can hike or jerk around however they like. Is that really something you want to tie yourself to?
I don't know if you're right or not. I don't care, and I doubt Microsoft does either.
Apple does care, and they're definitely hostile to hackintoshes.
None of the other smartphone platforms require superfluous hardware purchases.
Apple has accepted it's position in a niche, and isn't going to get out of it. As such, MS has absolutely nothing to fear from them.
Note though that many other things were killing Apple at the time, and the OS they licensed was terrible. You can't reasonably conclude that they couldn't do better now that they have a decent OS.
Just grab the sticker off an old, dead laptop. I've never had trouble using those licenses for VMs.
I don't own a Mac. I'm not going to buy a Mac. Therefor Apple won't let me develop for the iPhone.
There's no valid reason couldn't release a dev kit for Linux at least if not Windows. The only reasonable explanation for not doing so is hostility to non-Mac developers.
Yeah, I'd call that hostile.
If it were, we could just say using a hackintosh solves the issue. Most of us don't want to be in a constant fight with vendors.
$1,500 is a fair, even low ball price point for a decent development system. Mac minis are toys.
I won't be upgrading any time soon, but even if I were Apple simply isn't interested in my business. I spent $1,200 a year ago on a workstation, and the closest comparable thing Apple has available comes in at $3,000.
Or you wouldn't be posting here in the first place.
Even with Windows Mobile, I could just run Windows in a VM on my Linux or OS X desktop. No need for new hardware.
There's absolutely no technical reason Apple couldn't release a multiplatform devel kit, even if it were just OS X in a VM.
You're right about Windows, but that's not what this article is about.
The Android devel kit will run on whatever hardware you already have. They don't force you to buy anything new.
Even ignoring the bit where Apple can veto your app with no recourse, the development platform costs a minimum of $1,500 or so, as you have to buy their hardware to use it.
Apple has accepted an upper cap on their market penetration. Thus they are not a threat to Microsoft, nor are their few fanatical customers much of an opportunity.
Please take an intro to stats class before you spout off again.
And so long as they refuse to license their OS, they never will be. The vast majority of the market is uninterested in Apple hardware.
Network ports are often right beside power outlets.
Sure, it'd eventually be discovered but it'd likely be there a while.
It's just government funded. The sitting administration can't dictate their reporting any more (or less) than they could with any other sort of media.
Internet advertising isn't worthless. It just isn't magic pixie dust that provides unlimited wealth. Advertising keeps the site you're posting on up and running, even though it would have one of the highest populations of adblock users.
You claimed his work lacked commercial success. You were shown to be conclusively wrong.
Concede the point, or sit down, shut up and let the grown ups talk.
I don't have a registry to worry about, nor do I run any third party updaters.
There is a security issue, but it's with an OS that relies on third party installers that are allowed to scribble over each other.
Simply only allow them to be installed through Firefox. If one of these crapware installers wants to ad one, make it open Firefox with the xpi installer.
And make it default to cancel.
It was slashdotted when I tried.
That the MacBook's battery is not, in fact, easy to remove.
Which is exactly what I said.
I don't have a screwdriver that will fit those, and I doubt many of you do either.