Microsoft's Steve Ballmer to Present During WWDC 2010 Keynote?

[Zc456]

Apple likes to control their iPhone OS platform. Why would they let people code in VS and lose control? The Mac is an open platform however, so I guess Ballmer could let people develop for the Mac until their faces turn green. I don't see how that would make any money for Microsoft nor Apple. This doesn't have anything to do with the actual quality of VS as a development tool on the Windows side.

Oh please, prior to Microsoft eating the OS industry, Apple and MS were pretty good teams. Offfice was first on the Mac and I think Microsoft helped develop the programming code for System 1.0. I could be wrong though on the programming - still searching. The only reason Apple hates MS' guts is for competition reasons, and the whole GUI issue.

I mean, Apple let's you run Windows on a Mac now!

 

[Mike Reed]

I think its kinda cute....... I mean they are both called steve, they both represent computer companies that want to improve our lives..........

why dont we call them "the two steves" . It will be just like the good old days when apple was going to save the world..... !

Mac Guru

I'd pay good money for that sitcom.

 

[stuffradio]

Apple likes to control their iPhone OS platform. Why would they let people code in VS and lose control? The Mac is an open platform however, so I guess Ballmer could let people develop for the Mac until their faces turn green. I don't see how that would make any money for Microsoft nor Apple. This doesn't have anything to do with the actual quality of VS as a development tool on the Windows side.

Do any of you guys know what an IDE is? It's simply a development environment... it's not going giving away access to Microsoft apps or anything like that.

 

[Chwisch87]

The enemy of my enemy is my friend .. and honestly Apple and Microsoft are not really in direct competition in the way google and apple are with android. In addition Microsoft is waging a proxy war with facebook as its agent against google and twitter.

Apple has also given up the Mac Os ever getting more than 10% market share and Microsoft is doubling down on its software base (the just fired Allard or whatever his name is).

There has also been that persistent rumor of Bing replacing google search. I can also say for certain that is probably what jobs and schmidt where discussing in that meeting they had a while back.

 

[Peace]

True, but ever since 2003, WWDC has become more of a consumer oriented conference when it comes to the keynote. The G5 came out in 03, and the iPhone has been announced each year following its initial introduction in 2007. The iPhone will be the main topic at this years event, especially if Apple releases it to the public that day, which I still don't believe will happen unless they order all Apple Stores to close at 4 and reopen at 6, which won't leak until later.


Imagine the madhouse nationwide if that actually happened though. At 3pm, we hear its going on sale at 6. Imagine the crowds rushing to the Apple Stores!

The transition from PPC to Intel was announced at WWDC.

 

[monsterofNone]

It's clearly going to need to be changed to the WWDDDDDDDDC.

 

[smileyborg]

It's clearly going to need to be changed to the WWDDDDDDDDC.

LOL good one

 

[Mike Reed]

What I'd like to see if they were to announce visual studio dev tools for the iPhone os would be the ability to interface with apples Apis with c#. Well, I guess what I would really, really like to see is a complete Microsoft developed .net framework for Mac, but I'm probably going to get a unicorn before that happens.

 

[HLdan]

I'm sure this is just a rumor conjured up because the WWDC show is coming up. I can't see Apple bringing that goon Emballmer on the stage and ruining it by just being......welll.....HIMSELF.

 

[LanPhantom]

Omg

Hell just froze over.

 

[aristotle]

I see a lot of people who do not know anything about software development and know very little about the history of Apple/Next.

After Steve Jobs came back to Apple, there was a beta release of something called Yellow Box. Google "Yellow Box Windows". It was available for windows and it included development tools including Interface Builder which is still part of the Dev tools for OS X. Project Builder was eventually replaced by X-Code.

So if there was any truth to this rumour, Apple would have ported Interface builder over to windows so that you could design an iPhone OS UI just like you can on OS X.

 

[markfc]

If it takes Microsoft + Apple to bring down google, hell I'm all for it!

Microsoft isn't and has never been an Apple enemy. Can you say zune?

Android on the other hand...

Go team Applesoft

 

[wizard]

This could be huge but does sound far fetched.

As to iPhone/IPad I'd have to say it is a joke. Mainly because it has an excellent SDK.

Where Visual Studio would be excellent is is on the Mac. But only if it could target either platform. Dot net is an interesting platform and would work wonders for the Mac. Also I could easily see developers favoring the Mac even if they target Windows.

Notably VS is better at GUI development as I've never liked Interface Builder. Not to mention XCode is buggy as hell and difficult to use from the project management standpoint.

On the other hand Apple is doing great things with LLVN/Clang

 

[smileyborg]

Steve Ballmer sings "Developers"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zEQhhaJsU4

This is a good one

 

[guerro]

Looks like Bing! for iPhone.

 

[TitoC]

If true, I predict Jobs introduces Ballmer with "Bring out the Gimp!"

Nice one! I almost peed in my pants. Now, how do I get rid of that visual . . . ?

 

[Molecule]

How is anyone supposed to begin coding if they can't write applications? What are they going to do, Console apps!?

Yes. They need to learn to programme. Then they can write applications.

 

[brasscat]

I seriously doubt this rumor is true.

Microsoft would have to create an objective-c translator from their Visual C platform.. that compiles down to non Intel processor machine code. Are they also providing a virtual iPhone emulator for app testing? Is iTunes required to install the compiled app, or VS?

This rumor was started by an unknown analyst trying to make a name for himself. It might be true that Ballmer is going to talk at the conference (which i would highly doubt), and if he does he's not announcing native iPhone support in VS.

Besides, if this were true we'd have heard about it by now. VS Betas swarm around the MS devnet community for months (if not years) before significant enhancements are rolled into their shipping product.

 

[Nebrie]

9to5mac notes that this analyst has a pretty bad track record for predicting things.

 

[DontMacTheGyver]

Um, isn't this one of the signs of the apocalypse?

Haha, nice one! Seriously, I don't wan't to see Apple-Apps developed on PC-systems... because then there is no need for a Mac any more and Steve 100% concentrates on the whole Pad+Phone stuff...

 

[TitoC]

Looks like there is something to this story . . . .

http://digioz.blogspot.com/2010/04/microsoft-visual-studio-2010-for-mac-os.html

. . . who knows.

/s

P.S. Original Author is "I.B. Phoolen" just to let you know.

 

[weezer160]

Talk about a mixed bag of issues. On one hand, apple and its followers should treat him professionally and on the other we all know how big of a jerk he can be (is?). For example, his notion that the iPhone would fail on account of it lacking a stylus. Now I'm interested what apple has in store either way!

 

[eastercat]

OR maybe Apple is going to eliminate Google off their OS & introduce Bing!

Say it ain't soo..

If this is the case, then I'm sure you know how to type in google.com.

Tip: One of my sources tells me there's a big briefcase of cash for the first Apple employee who can produce a copy of an email in which Jobs ordered the SDK team to sit on the v4 revisions until two business days before Adobe's launch.

Assuming Jobs ordered the SDK team to do this, wouldn't it be smarter if he didn't leave an electronic trail? Not to say that Jobs can't **** up, but an e-mail like that could be damaging to Apple. I would think Jobs would be careful if he really ordered the SDK team.

Oh no. I don't like this! MS doesn't need to taint the waters of Apple anymore than it already has. If it wasn't for the fact that Windows was so popular and became the big dog long ago we wouldn't need MS Office for the Mac.
I can see it now, the MS Trojan Horse is about to be delivered in to the city gates of Apple.

Wow. Are you being serious? If this rumor is really true, can't you give Apple the benefit of a doubt? Don't you trust that they know what they're doing?
FYI, Microsoft won the desktop war a long time ago, as you already know. The trojan horse was deployed to help the Greeks win the war. Since Microsoft has already won the war, why do they need to win again (in this particular arena)? It'd make more sense if Apple was deploying the trojan. Your metaphor goes against any logical thinking process.

 

[Peace]

Looks like there is something to this story . . . .

http://digioz.blogspot.com/2010/04/microsoft-visual-studio-2010-for-mac-os.html

. . . who knows.

/s

umm..April Fools!!

"After reading this article I was overwhealmed with joy that Visual Studio is finally making its way , until I noticed that the date of the actual article was April 1st, and the name of the Author is "I.B. Phoolen", as in "I am fooling you"! After about an hour of searching I could find nothing to proove any of the above, which pretty much means it is an April fool's joke and a very cruel one at best. Good one "

 

[Gepper]

How is anyone supposed to begin coding if they can't write applications? What are they going to do, Console apps!?

Yes, thats a good way to start. That way you won't be overwhelmed by GUI code.