Yes, he referred to Apple as a "mobile device company," and it's been
repeated.
To be fair, the
WSJ blog that is quoted in the link you gave also quotes Tim Cook as saying ""We continue to invest an enormous amount of energy and talent in the Mac."
That said, how can the elimination of OS X awards be taken as anything but a slap in the face to Mac developers? Apple can't even be bothered to hand out awards for OS X applications anymore? How much time and money can it possibly take Apple to hand out a few awards as a nod to Mac developers, who have chosen to develop for a platform that has a much smaller user base?
As a longtime Mac user, I've gone from being frustrated at the lack of news and apparent lack of effort Apple is putting towards developing their computers and OS X, to a sincere concern/fear that people are going to start abandoning development on the Mac since it's obvious Apple no longer considers it a priority. What's to say Apple won't just stop producing computers in two years? A year?
The vast majority of people are not able or ready to abandon their laptops or desktops. Until Apple has an i-device that can actually replace, and not just supplement, the day-to-day functionality that a vast majority of people still need for work, education, and even play, they should rethink their growing disregard for the OS X platform. It is off-putting to its customers and I can only assume even more off-putting to its developers. They have the resources to make i-devices sensational and encourage development on iOS while not abandoning their other long-time customers and developers.
