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Or they have been treating macOS as a mature OS where there is little space for the revolution. Except that part of "barely touching" is not really true. > Y

Or they have been treating macOS as a mature OS where there is little space for the revolution. Except that part of "barely touching" is not really true. > You can also tell that macOS is not a priority because > security updates for same kernel issues always come weeks > after they've been fixed on iOS. Or you can tell that iOS has much larger user base and hence the priority for security fixes.

binaryapparatus 10y ago
> Or you can tell that iOS has much larger user base and hence the priority for security fixes. Yeah because that single guy that needs to code all security patches has to finish iOS first before he goes to another building to work on macOS? We are often discussing (me included) Apple moves like they have very little resources to do anything. Then I think again and d'oh.
- gumby 10y ago
  AKAIK Apple no longer has a separate MacOS group. You could interpret this as a good or bad sign -- I interpret it positively. The Mac folks can develop drivers or whatever they need but core tech (e.g. GCD) need no longer start on one platform.
  - microtherion 10y ago
    Ultimately, all the various *OS functions report to the same senior vice president. However, there still are teams that predominantly do macOS, iOS, etc, and there always have been engineers who worked on multiple platforms. Historically, the barriers have mostly been against porting iOS technology to macOS, but that hasn't been an issue in several years.
- phaed 10y ago
  He might be married though.
Jerry2 10y ago
Are you telling me that the richest and most valuable company in the world can't coordinate security patches of two of its biggest OSes that share a lot of kernel code?
- sssilver 10y ago
  Remember when one of the richest and most valuable companies in the world couldn't properly implement the HTML/CSS specs for over a decade?
Johnny555 10y ago
You can also tell that macOS is not a priority ... OS has much larger user base and hence the priority Didn't you just repeat what he said?

binaryapparatus 10y ago

> Or you can tell that iOS has much larger user base and hence the priority for security fixes. Yeah because that single guy that needs to code all security patches has to finish iOS first before he goes to another building to work on macOS? We are often discussing (me included) Apple moves like they have very little resources to do anything. Then I think again and d'oh.

gumby 10y ago
AKAIK Apple no longer has a separate MacOS group. You could interpret this as a good or bad sign -- I interpret it positively. The Mac folks can develop drivers or whatever they need but core tech (e.g. GCD) need no longer start on one platform.
- microtherion 10y ago
  Ultimately, all the various *OS functions report to the same senior vice president. However, there still are teams that predominantly do macOS, iOS, etc, and there always have been engineers who worked on multiple platforms. Historically, the barriers have mostly been against porting iOS technology to macOS, but that hasn't been an issue in several years.
phaed 10y ago
He might be married though.

Jerry2 10y ago

Are you telling me that the richest and most valuable company in the world can't coordinate security patches of two of its biggest OSes that share a lot of kernel code?

sssilver 10y ago
Remember when one of the richest and most valuable companies in the world couldn't properly implement the HTML/CSS specs for over a decade?

Johnny555 10y ago

You can also tell that macOS is not a priority ... OS has much larger user base and hence the priority Didn't you just repeat what he said?