I'm sorry but who is this Slash person that everyone keeps talking about?
He's the father of paths. Thanks to him we can have nested folders. If it wasn't him, we'd keep all our files in the same folder.
I think he also plays guitar sometimes.
I'm sorry but who is this Slash person that everyone keeps talking about?
But be prepared for more. This year more than any other we'll witness Apples ability to sell premium vaporware.
Bloomberg west news channel just did a story on ios7.
But i missed it because they talked about Facebook for 20 minutes
Any body see it
Exactly.If only apple had enough money to hire more engineers
twigman08 said:Sadly it is not that easy. No matter if they have a Computer Science degree, or even if they were a Doctor of Computer Science (though for a project like this, that wouldn't be "special" to have) and had 5+ years of industry experience you can't just hire someone off the street and the next day they can jump right into this big project that is entering crunch mode and whip off code like that
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.
anyone who thinks hiring people off the street no matter what the credentials are is going to speed or fix things has clearly never worked in project management or software development so it would be best not to make ignorant comments like these
Rogifan said:Um, have you seen all the software job openings on their website? It has nothing to do with Apple being too stingy to hire people.
On time?
Was there ever a date announced?
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.
Just as an unannounced product can't be late or delayed, it also can't be on time.
Also, iOS 9 is on time at this point.
Makes sense...
Thanks for taking the time to answer my question.
Apple loves shipping Beta and telling you it's ready
Apple doesn't give a **** about you. A release date is not for you, it's for people working at Apple in order for the project management to follow the established route.
So yeah there is always a date for any product release.
If this is true, it's 6 years too late, but still welcome. Maybe in a year's time we may actually be able to see software development for both iPhone/iPad and the Mac going forward without having to assume that if one is being worked on, then the other is being putting on the shelf.
He's the father of paths. Thanks to him we can have nested folders. If it wasn't him, we'd keep all our files in the same folder.
I think he also plays guitar sometimes.
Nothing has been announced. How the hell are we talking about it being late yet. This speculation is so ridiculous.
The issue with Apple having enough money to hire more workers is, actually, not true.
A large portion of Apple's finances are tied up in their overseas projects, locations, etc, etc.
Apple doesn't want to bring that money back to the US because that money would end up getting double-taxed - it was taxed already by the country it was earned in, and would get taxed again by the US government, which has the highest tax % of money being brought into a country from another in the world.
If they are once again pulling people off of one project (OS X) to work on another (iOS), then they simply don't have enough people.
If only apple had enough money to hire more engineers
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.
Exactly.
It amazes me how short-sighted people are. Every time this straightforward and logical solution is proposed, the same reply comes up defending the idea that the richest tech company in the world can't actually put sufficient resources into properly developing its software and/or online services.
If they are once again pulling people off of one project (OS X) to work on another (iOS), then they simply don't have enough people.
Maybe they can't get people hired and working productively on iOS 7 or OS 10.9 in time to make a difference for this release cycle. Let's just suppose this is the case for the sake of argument. What about preparing for the next release cycle, then? Does this mean they should never hire enough people so they have enough of an iOS team and an OS X team that they don't have to keep pulling people from one project and putting them another (and thus delaying the other project)?
There are 7+ billion people in the world. Some of these people actually write software for a living. I find it hard to believe that there is no one else with the right credentials who, given 6 months or a year at Apple, could be contributing productively to Apple's software development. I'm not saying that no one from OS X should ever help out with iOS, but does one really need to be put on hold so the other can be done properly?
If this is true, it's 6 years too late, but still welcome. Maybe in a year's time we may actually be able to see software development for both iPhone/iPad and the Mac going forward without having to assume that if one is being worked on, then the other is being putting on the shelf.
Renowned Apple journalist Jim Dalrymple