Re: Cocoa/EOF for non-enterprise apps Re: proof of cocoa
Re: Cocoa/EOF for non-enterprise apps Re: proof of cocoa
- Subject: Re: Cocoa/EOF for non-enterprise apps Re: proof of cocoa
- From: Scott Anguish <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 20:37:40 -0400
On Thursday, June 14, 2001, at 04:07 PM, Deirdre Saoirse Moen wrote:
As much as a small but vocal group of developers have been
criticizing Apple for their decisions, the reality is that their
profits have been increasing, their market share has been increasing,
and they have been landing some major deals in the education market.
I.e. they are generally doing something right.
I don't particularly appreciate being marginallized. But, I also
realize that trying to discuss this at this point is a dead end. Why
Bill seems to be so willing to defend Apple's lying is beyond me.
Apple made a distinct, clear, repeated, public, commitment to
EOF/Obj-C on OS X... that has turned out to be untrue.
Incidentally.. I'm IN the higher-education market. Apple is not
making inroads "here". Not in the least. Our department was 100% Apple
when I came on board.. it is now less than 50%, and dropping.
That there is fallout along the way-- APIs shot in the head,
Apple making mistakes in handling certain transitions, etc..-- is
inevitable.
No, it has been more painful than it needs to be.
What Apple has done here is lie.. plain and simple.
MANY projects are being hit by this, but most people recognize that
being vocal about it is futile. Apple simply doesn't care. I wish that
wasn't the case.
But, then again 400 of us where told at WWDC that we "cared too much".
Since when it that a bad thing?