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> he owned a software tools and NT kernel consulting company where Redmond sent their engineers to learn NT kernel dev. Apple apparently used to do something s
by miki123211 3y ago
> he owned a software tools and NT kernel consulting company where Redmond sent their engineers to learn NT kernel dev.
Apple apparently used to do something similar, internal Apple Docs were nothing compared to Jonathan Levin's books[1], so Apple would routinely buy those for their OS engineers.
It's pretty interesting to me that companies of that size can't really do these things themselves, despite being in a much better position by having access to the engineers actual source code. These third parties (or at least Levin) had to rely on reverse-engineering to a large degree.
[1] https://newosxbook.com https://newosxbook.com
- pjmlp 3y agoIt is a matter of priorities, and walls between business units. Back in my Nokia days it wasn't also that easy to get access to this kind of information about Symbian and what not.
- sn_master 3y agoAlso because there's no promo or bonus for writing good documentation. It's mostly a thankless task even for internal docs.
- insanitybit 3y agoYeah, a consultant can make more than an FTE just by spending a lot of time reading and writing lots of documentation. Especially if they can form a business around it.