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So many things wrong in this article but the base most fundamental issue is that iOS is in the position it is because of the app store and the stellar quality o

So many things wrong in this article but the base most fundamental issue is that iOS is in the position it is because of the app store and the stellar quality of the apps available in it. This is overwhelmingly driven by the XCode and MacOS X development platform. Microsoft showed during the 90's if you want to control a platform win the developer market. Sure lots of developers hated them but they had such a large dedicated group that it drove the adoption of the platform and made it dominate. Apple is in a similar position, not in market share but in revenue and profit certainly. They aggressively invest in their developer community while for the most part google invests very little. Mac's are key component of that strategy.

seagoj 11y ago
Couldn't agree more. The article is half-baked without an understanding for how much of the developer community relies on macs and how important that is to Apple. I know I personally don't use a single Apple product other than the Macbook Pro that is so ingrained into my workflow I can't imagine how I'd work without it. Doing non-dot net work in Windows is a joke and there is no *nix supported laptop with enough ease of use to get out of the way so I can get anything done.
warmfuzzykitten 11y ago
The article continues the long tradition of giving Apple business advice it neither wants nor needs. Apart from the Mac's value as a developer platform for iOS, the Mac's market share as a PC, though small, is growing (5.7% in 2014) while others, notably Dell, are declining. And market share numbers don't capture the Mac's influence in Silicon Valley - look around the room at any presentation in the Bay Area, including Google IO, for the Apple logo on laptops.