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Just got back from WWDC '06 and all I can say is
"it's amazing that anyone develops software for the macintosh at all." Apple
(like Microsoft) is continually trying to use their 3rd party software
developers as a billy club to bring their users onto the latest OS. Apple (like
Microsoft) is trying to get their 3rd party developers to adopt a new
development language that is locked into their platform (but both claim that it
isn't). However, Apple (unlike Microsoft), pretends that all their developers
have embraced this new language and new OS when all evidence is to the contrary.
In session after session, Apple employees surveyed the attendees, asking "How
many of you use C++, Objective C, Objective C++?" Each time, the answer was
overwhelmingly C++, which I imagine was the result in each year previous. Yet,
every new Apple API is in Objective C, every code sample was in Objective C.
The new APIs look really fun. I bet
we'll see some awesome shareware when Leopard comes out. The professionals
(especially those writing cross platform apps) and Apple's high-end products
will continue to ignore these new APIs as they always
have.
You add this continual dismissal
of developers needs with Apple's insane secrecy and poor documentation and it
seems amazing that professionals embrace this platform at all. I came into this
(expensive) conference as a die-hard-mac-fan-boy and now I'm feeling much less
so. I still like using macs, but developing for the mac seems much more a chore
than a joy, especially compared to windows.
Posted: Sat
- August 12, 2006 at 08:36 AM
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