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The answer is pretty simple: Apple is a hardware company. As much as they'd like to claim otherwise, their software is simply there to support hardware sales.
by tallanvor 10y ago
The answer is pretty simple: Apple is a hardware company. As much as they'd like to claim otherwise, their software is simply there to support hardware sales.
Microsoft had an identity crisis for a number of years where they weren't quite sure where they should go, but their move back to being a platform (with regards to Azure) and making sure that the rest of their lines support that work is starting to pay off. Of course, they do need to tighten things up, especially around Windows... That division in particular seems to be trying to move too quickly and it's showing.
- FussyZeus 10y agoI don't think it's that cut and dry, Apple's always been a hardware company but they've had excellent software to match their excellent hardware. I'd argue the hardware is still more or less on point, it's the software that's been struggling lately. Even as a relatively new developer to the Apple space, in the time I've worked in iOS/OSX the quality has taken a stark dip in terms of stability and functionality, and seems to coincide with Jobs no longer being at the company. I think having one guy who is in a position to yell at literally anyone for doing less then stellar work is an asset no company appreciates until it's gone, and we all know that Tim Cook is in no fashion at all a Steve Jobs, he can't put people to task like that.
- radiowave 10y agoApple produced software, yes, but 10 or more years ago it was well understood that many of their users were buying Macs to run third party software, such as Logic (which Apple now own), or Final Cut Pro (ditto), so maybe that goes some way to explaining the change in Apple's software focus.