>> does that suggest the complaints about Apple's declining software engineering quality were overblown The type of developer you would have working on a files

>> does that suggest the complaints about Apple's declining software engineering quality were overblown The type of developer you would have working on a filesystem are likely going to be from a different world than those who work on UI applications. Speaking about their apps, the quality problems Apple faces are usually design-based rather than functionality. When working on a filesystem, you're not going to be forced into developing a crappy application by some designer who ruins the entire application.