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Re: [OT] Why Apple doesn't care


On Jun 19, 2007, at 4:10 PM, Bryan Pietrzak wrote:


On Tuesday, June 19, 2007, at 03:02PM, "Chris Espinosa" <email@hidden> wrote:

I admit that it's hard to deduce Apple's motivations based on a small
number of facts, and the fact set is currently slim because a) many
of the people discussing this topic were not at WWDC and did not hear
the specific presentations on Carbon and Safari on Windows, and b)
those that were are bound, like Apple employees are, to not disclose
that information until Leopard ships to customers. But if you're
going to try to draw conclusions from the few facts you have, it's
best to make sure you have actual facts to work with, not things- that-
are-the-exact-opposite-of-facts.


ummm.... isn't the set of Mac developers > set of Mac developers that went to WWDC 2007?

Isn't it in the best interest of Apple and ** ALL ** Mac developers to get this kind of information out to all instead of limiting it to the small subset that could attend WWDC this year? Be aware that if you say no, then that's probably the last straw for me - I'll unsubscribe from this list and call it quits as a Mac developer. Apple's been making it increasingly easier to do that.

Given that this represents the reversal of a publicly stated position that developers -- including those who anted up for WWDC 2006 -- incorporated into their plans and work, it seems like the only right thing to do is address it publicly. In fact, unless they made this decision two weeks ago (which I'm sure they didn't), keeping it secret until WWDC was just crummy. It's not like pulling 64-bit support from HIToolbox constitutes a new technology. Even people who attended WWDC this year were shortchanged if they could have benefited from this information a month or two ago. In fact, it wouldn't surprise me if some people there might have used their time differently or attended different sessions had they known about this in advance. Any way you slice it I think Apple handled this badly, failing to treat its most loyal developers with the respect they deserve.

Larry
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 >Re: Subject: Re: Carbon 64 bit - again (From: "Ann K. Blombach" <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Subject: Re: Carbon 64 bit - again (From: Tim Hanes <email@hidden>)
 >Re: [OT] Why Apple doesn't care (Re: Carbon 64 bit - again) (From: Laurence Harris <email@hidden>)
 >Re: [OT] Why Apple doesn't care (Re: Carbon 64 bit - again) (From: Rick Mann <email@hidden>)
 >Re: [OT] Why Apple doesn't care (Re: Carbon 64 bit - again) (From: Laurence Harris <email@hidden>)
 >Re: [OT] Why Apple doesn't care (Re: Carbon 64 bit - again) (From: Stefan Werner <email@hidden>)
 >Re: [OT] Why Apple doesn't care (From: Laurence Harris <email@hidden>)
 >Re: [OT] Why Apple doesn't care (From: "Sean McBride" <email@hidden>)
 >Re: [OT] Why Apple doesn't care (From: Rosyna <email@hidden>)
 >Re: [OT] Why Apple doesn't care (From: John Stiles <email@hidden>)
 >Re: [OT] Why Apple doesn't care (From: Rosyna <email@hidden>)
 >Re: [OT] Why Apple doesn't care (From: Chris Espinosa <email@hidden>)
 >Re: [OT] Why Apple doesn't care (From: Bryan Pietrzak <email@hidden>)



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