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iOS 7 to Ship 'On Time' as OS X Engineers Pitch In
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Professional journalism? That's an oxymoron.
He's just saying how he sees things. He could be right. But he is only a journalist. And just like any rumour it's up to the reader to believe it or not. I will believe this one. But I certainly won't say it's confirmed. Only the direct mouth of Apple can confirm things.
How many of his "yep" and "nope" comments have been accurate in the last year? I am guessing that if this guy has a 100% track record, then Apple is feeding him this information. If Apple is not giving him information, then they are not doing a great job of figuring out his circle of friends in an attempt to stop the leaks.
I wish someone would ask him if the new Mac Pro will be introduced at WWDC!
As far as I know, it is generally understood that he receives info directly from the source. I can't remember a time in the past 5 years when he's been wrong. He opens his mouth a lot less often than most, but he's always 100% accurate. Clearly he's in the know.
It is either that or the mindless rambling of "analysts" that live in candy land. I'll take a simple confirm/deny any day of the week. The fact that he doesn't have to write a 300 word essay to defend it tells you that he probably knows what he's talking about.
He does do more than 1 word. He writes responses to articles and even does product reviews on his site.
The 1-word "Yep" or "Nope" are just when he's directly confirming/denying an Apple rumor based on inside information. Going into more detail in those cases could probably get someone in trouble.
I wish someone would ask him if the new Mac Pro will be introduced at WWDC!
Yeah, what about the Mac Pro!
(don't intend to buy one but expect to see it mentioned in pretty much every thread)
Obviously they need more people, though, if they keep pulling from other projects to work on iOS.
There's probably enough overlap of skills & technology that OS X & iOS engineers (or more likely their entire team) can shift without much pain. We've heard rumors of shifting priorities before. Probably normal for them.
I agree. It is sort of natural for a small company to reallocate resources from one project to another to accelerate the development and let the other project slip. But for something of the size of Apple with virtually unlimited resources (cash-wise) not to have sufficient staff on the product that generates 50% of their revenue is almost ridiculous. Sounds like this company is still being run as it was a small startup.
Since when was 'analysts pulling facts out of their rear-end' considered to be a 'controlled leak'?
Jim Dalrymple is highly connected and has never been wrong. It's a little different.
Yup, funny how All Things D gets exclusive quotes from unnamed Apple sources just days before Tim Cook makes a headline appearance at their conference, and just weeks before Apple unveils iOS 7 at WWDC. Total coincidence, I'm sure.
Too bad Apple doesn't have the cash to hire additional engineers.
(yes, I understand it takes time to get new employees up to speed and productive, so it wouldn't help right now; but they've had years to work out this particular issue)
Gah, beaten by 2 minutes.
I am a software dev pm and my engineers like to say to me, "it takes 9 months to give birth to a child but if you have 9 mothers, you still can't give birth in one month."
There is a point if maximum efficiency where any additional resource produces zero net gain (marginal utility = 0) (diminishing marginal return).
Because Apple has so much money, I have to assume that they already reach this efficiency point since that is the state where Apple maximizes its profit (assuming wage is negligible in comparison to the value of an on time delivery).
Start the hype machines! I'm excited for any updates.
Concerned about 10.9, they must have the 'preview' under control and be confident they can push iOS7 out and get back to finishing 10.9 in time for release. Well one would hope so anyway.
I'm excited for any updates.Concerned about 10.9, they must have the 'preview' under control and be confident they can push iOS7 out and get back to finishing 10.9 in time for release. Well one would hope so anyway.
Since it's been well established that Dalrymple has inside connections, this is obviously referring to internal deadlines.
This is 100% an argument of semantics. Nevertheless, the next iPhone also cannot yet be delayed as the consumers haven't yet been told a release date. We don't know Apple's internal schedule, nor should it matter to us consumers. If Apple promised that the next iPhone would come out by Aug 15th, and something caused it to come out on Sep 15th, then it would be a delay. However, right now, any date Apple gives us would be the first date we hear and is therefore perfectly on time. Same for iPhone shipping with iOS6. If Apple announces that the next iPhone ships with iOS6, we have no way of knowing that wasn't the plan for months now.
I don't know why people keep bringing that up as if the suggestion is Apple should have posted some job specs online last week. Big companies need to be thinking about stuff like this years ahead of time.
If only apple had enough money to hire more engineers
Good grief! Hiring more painters to put 6 coats of varnish on my livingroom floor won't get it done any quicker. Software development consists of a series of events, not parallel. A critical path needs to be followed, each step dependent on completion of the previous. Throwing more people at it would only result in something akin to the Apple Maps app.
