From NEXT, to Apple, to ... the world
From NEXT, to Apple, to ... the world
- Subject: From NEXT, to Apple, to ... the world
- From: Drew McCormack <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 13:46:50 -0700
I don't know if this is an appropriate forum, but it seems as good as
any. What are peoples views on Cocoa as a cross-platform solution?
It seems to me that Apple would have nothing to lose by either writing
Windows and Linux versions of Cocoa, or open sourcing it. Surely this
would result in a net flux of software to the mac, since presumably
around 95% of developers are windows developers. If they had the option
of developing in Cocoa, maybe some would, and then it would be a simple
matter of recompiling to port to Apple hardware. It would be highly
unlikely that such a move would actually result in a reduced
availability of software for the mac, and any increase would, of course,
help Apple hardware sales.
I am very new to mac development, and I seem to recall that this may
have been one of Apple's plans with Rhapsody. Can anyone on this list
elaborate on what exactly Apple's plans were with Rhapsody, regarding
Cocoa, and why they were abandoned?
Drew McCormack