> Porting XCode and emulators to windows/linux is probably a huge undertaking Apple doesn't need to port their software to Windows or Linux at all but simply a

> Porting XCode and emulators to windows/linux is probably a huge undertaking Apple doesn't need to port their software to Windows or Linux at all but simply allow to use OSX in an emulator. Even this is forbidden by Apple (it's not a surprise). I think it was a huge mistake of Apple to allow iOS development on Macs only. If they hadn' make this mistake almost all people would develop for iOS mobile devices now, and Android wouldn't have had any chance to win. In some sense Steve Jobs himself was the main reason that Android became so successful :-) > In addition, the cost of a Mac for development ($599 for a mini) is not stopping anybody, It has stopped me. I have a pretty good PC, and I never accepted that I would have to buy an additional Mac solely to fed my iphone. It's a waste of room and money. For that reason I use Android.