> On Sep 27, 2019, at 9:20 AM, Richard Charles via Cocoa-dev > <cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com> wrote: > > What I wish Apple would do is release a cross platform Objective-C (and > Swift) solution. ... > The Mac vs Windows war is over and long gone so why doesn’t Apple help out > the small developer and release a cross platform solution.
[OT] I was typing a lengthy answer, but it occurred to me it's basically the same reason why Apple didn't release macOS for generic PCs ('hackintoshes') and in fact actively made it difficult for anyone to port macOS. It's because it would damage or tank their hardware business. To a lesser degree, if it's just apps being ported and not the whole OS, but still significant I think. Porting your software crown jewels to run on commodity PC hardware is something only a failing company does, when it's throwing its own hardware business overboard. Consider NeXT and Be. (And I believe Amiga was planning something similar before they went under.) Anyway, these days Windows is only for cash registers, accountants, and basement-dwelling hardcore gamers. ;-) —Jens _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com