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Microsoft's Steve Ballmer to Present During WWDC 2010 Keynote?
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These three companies compete at different levels in different markets.
Remember that the three companies have extremely different business models.
Apple does everything to drive the sales of its high margin hardware. Google is basically the world's largest online ad agency. Microsoft makes most of its dough selling legacy enterprise solutions (operating systems, productivity, etc.).
There are so many reasons this wouldn't happen it's ridiculous. Apple wants tight control over everything, especially UI. Why would they let users develop in an environment they didn't create in which they have no control over the UI. Oh yeah, that's right, they don't; they banned flash and C# cross compilers because of their inconsistency.
The reason most mac apps have a certain "mac feel" is because they're built using XCode and interface builder so they have a consistent UI, codebase, and API access. The day Apple does this is the day they go against everything they've built up and fought for.
The reason most mac apps have a certain "mac feel" is because they're built using XCode and interface builder so they have a consistent UI, codebase, and API access. The day Apple does this is the day they go against everything they've built up and fought for.
I think you mean Windows 7, Xbox Live, Zune HD (not Zune) while Natal and Phone 7 are big maybes.
How about win mobile on iPhone?
Haha - since this topic is so silly I'll just throw this out...
"Bootcamp for iPhone" - duel boot with Windows Mobile...
Again - this topic is based on misinformation most likely caused by the connection of WWDC and TechED being on June 7th.
Ballmer going to WWDC instead of techED would be like if Jobs went to TechED on WWDC day and had Phil Schiller fill in.
This shoulda been a page 2. Respect -1.
I laugh at the people who think that Apple wants to buy out or replace microsoft in the market. Apple is happy being the premium, it does not want to be the norm.
If 200,000 apps were made on only 10% of the desktop computers in the world, imagine what will happen when Microsofts share of computers are able to write iphone apps.
If 200,000 apps were made on only 10% of the desktop computers in the world, imagine what will happen when Microsofts share of computers are able to write iphone apps.
Do you read any posts other than the last post ? I already pointed out Ballmer is not doing the keynote at TechEd.
If that happen then no one would be able to make any money writing apps except the Big name companies. It would drive out the small guys that work hard to write really good code.
Unless MS announces they're dropping Windows Phone 7, I don't see this happening. Wouldn't it just be easier for Apple to work to make Xcode work in Windows as well? There have been rumors of projects that would allow cocoa apps to run in Windows will little effort.
If Ballmer does show up, I would expect it to be about switching from Google to Bing in OS4.
If this does involve Visual Studio in any way, I'd venture to say it has do with HTML5/CSS3/JS and developing apps using that format (and phonegap and the like) not Objective-C.NET or something similar to Monotouch.
If Ballmer does show up, I would expect it to be about switching from Google to Bing in OS4.
If this does involve Visual Studio in any way, I'd venture to say it has do with HTML5/CSS3/JS and developing apps using that format (and phonegap and the like) not Objective-C.NET or something similar to Monotouch.
I don't like Ballmer. I hate his face and voice.
I'd rather not see that ape on the same stage as Jobs. >:^P
Besides, it's some lame analyst from Barron's who's predicting that. So I doubt it's gonna happen.
I'd rather not see that ape on the same stage as Jobs. >:^P
Besides, it's some lame analyst from Barron's who's predicting that.
So I doubt it's gonna happen.
Agreed! Best comment on the source post:
"Well Im never coming here again. This wouldve been a stupid post on April 1, but now its just a big FU to your readers."
The guy who wrote the article is gonna see all of the traffic as a nice surprise. This is the first time one of his posts got more than 3 comments...
Sheesh, I'm feeling old!
I guess I am the only one that remembers, though I didn't actually use the functionality, that Microsoft dev tools have targeted Mac before. Visual C++ 2.x could target 68000, and 4.2 could do PPC.
Welcome back to the early to mid 90's !
Andy
I guess I am the only one that remembers, though I didn't actually use the functionality, that Microsoft dev tools have targeted Mac before. Visual C++ 2.x could target 68000, and 4.2 could do PPC.
Welcome back to the early to mid 90's !
Andy
I´ll eat my hat
No way Jose !
IMHO this is not gonna happen (MS doing a Mac version of Visual Studio), if it does then they are desperate ...
No way Jose !
IMHO this is not gonna happen (MS doing a Mac version of Visual Studio), if it does then they are desperate ...
There have been systems developed in Obj-C as early as 1988-1989 using the Stepstone Obj-C preprocessor and run time library.