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Apple can't be unaware that this is a problem, right? They have to be one of the biggest users of such a solution for building and testing software on Macs and
by cwyers 9y ago
Apple can't be unaware that this is a problem, right? They have to be one of the biggest users of such a solution for building and testing software on Macs and iOS devices. What do they do? And why aren't they (either themselves or in partnership with someone like IBM) offering a SaaS product for Mac/iOS developers to handle this sort of thing?
- jdboyd 9y agoIt is possible to run macOS on beefier hardware (if you ignore the license) and run more VMs per host (again, if you ignore the license). In Apple's case, they don't have license issues to worry about and thus can do their SaaS/CI stuff in VMs on as many of the beefiest servers that make sense to buy instead of having to fight with Mini's or racking Mac Pros. I expect that most likely they are currently doing that on beefy machines from a cloud hardware vendor like Quantas or Dell.
- cwyers 9y agoSure, but Apple has to know that about their license, right? So why haven't they (either directly or with a cloud vendor) provided a SaaS product like this?