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I don't get why Apple didn't buy them. If anything, 280 North's strongest suit is Objective-J, which borrows heavily from Cocoa (obviously) and that should make

I don't get why Apple didn't buy them. If anything, 280 North's strongest suit is Objective-J, which borrows heavily from Cocoa (obviously) and that should make iOS developers feel at home especially with Atlas's x(n)ib files. But, yeah, I don't know why Motorola? It does seem desperate, but it's a good buy nonetheless cuz Capuccino is pure js (it's a superset of js after all) goodness.

aaronbrethorst 16y ago
At least as far as Me.com goes, Apple made a bet on Sproutcore.
- samratjp 16y ago
  I just commented about it here - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1631336 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1631336 (sorry about the separate threads)
andreyf 16y ago
I don't get why Apple didn't buy them. Read point six in Steve's "Thoughts on Flash". Apple isn't interested in actively developing web platforms because, as Jobs said, We know from painful experience that letting a third party layer of software come between the platform and the developer ultimately results in sub-standard apps and hinders the enhancement and progress of the platform. [...] This becomes even worse if the third party is supplying a cross platform development tool.
- jrockway 16y ago
  Isn't it ironic that the original iPhone vision was for everything to be a web app? Apple was probably on to something, but realized that there was no money to be made. Motorola, on the other hand, wasn't making money on software anyway. So this approach could be good for them.
  - andreyf 16y ago
    I think it's indicative of either (a) Apple's willingness to quickly realize they were wrong, or (b) their willingness mislead to downplay a delayed but vital feature. Personally, I enjoy the latter.
- meelash 16y ago
  If Apple had bought them, it wouldn't have been a "third party" platform :P
gaius 16y ago
Motorola bought Metrowerks, makers of CodeWarrior/PowerPlant, back in the day, then spun it off as part of Freescale. They do have an interest in dev tools.

aaronbrethorst 16y ago

At least as far as Me.com goes, Apple made a bet on Sproutcore.

samratjp 16y ago
I just commented about it here - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1631336 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1631336 (sorry about the separate threads)

andreyf 16y ago

I don't get why Apple didn't buy them. Read point six in Steve's "Thoughts on Flash". Apple isn't interested in actively developing web platforms because, as Jobs said, We know from painful experience that letting a third party layer of software come between the platform and the developer ultimately results in sub-standard apps and hinders the enhancement and progress of the platform. [...] This becomes even worse if the third party is supplying a cross platform development tool.

jrockway 16y ago
Isn't it ironic that the original iPhone vision was for everything to be a web app? Apple was probably on to something, but realized that there was no money to be made. Motorola, on the other hand, wasn't making money on software anyway. So this approach could be good for them.
- andreyf 16y ago
  I think it's indicative of either (a) Apple's willingness to quickly realize they were wrong, or (b) their willingness mislead to downplay a delayed but vital feature. Personally, I enjoy the latter.
meelash 16y ago
If Apple had bought them, it wouldn't have been a "third party" platform :P

gaius 16y ago

Motorola bought Metrowerks, makers of CodeWarrior/PowerPlant, back in the day, then spun it off as part of Freescale. They do have an interest in dev tools.