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It seems entirely plausible to me. Much like iPod/iTunes support for Windows in the past. It's inevitable. Apple's world does not revolve exclusively around the
by jsz0 16y ago
It seems entirely plausible to me. Much like iPod/iTunes support for Windows in the past. It's inevitable. Apple's world does not revolve exclusively around the Mac. Even if 50% of mobile developers used a Mac, which is certainly an overstatement, that's too many Windows developers to ignore. Apple is already giving away XCode so no conflict of interest there. I'm not sure what Microsoft's motivation would be except trying to lure some potential Android developers to the iPhone in the short term because they envision WM7 and Android competing directly with each other.
- adw 16y agoMicrosoft are really strong in office software and in developer tools. Those are businesses which are actually reasonably weakly coupled to the OS business and barely coupled at all to their devices business units. I'm suspicious of the idea that any company of Microsoft's size and maturity has a coherent strategic direction. Apple's an exception, but it's not a business: it's a totalitarian command economy with shareholders.