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"...though iOS development continues to need access to an OS X machine..."

Now if MS could do the same thing they did with Ubuntu and add native support for OSX, I'd be in heaven.




That mostly depends on Apple, which is not likely to happen


"Likely" is an understatement. Apple will have to go into 90's style decline before they let that happen :)


Would be more likely that Apple allowed compiling iOS applications on non-OS X machines.

I can't understand why they don't want to maximize the number of developers and the number of apps they produce for Apples stores. What would be the drawback for them if I could build my iOS app directly in Windows?


Perhaps quality? Having developers who know the environment they are developing for instead of a lot of one-size-fits-all apps.

You can do it if you're the only supplier of a given service but as a customer you will not get my money in a multi player game if I smell you took the shortcut or have no idea what my platform is capable off.


You're making it sound like that's a problem they have. If anything, they have too many developers.

And the drawback would be that you're not using a Mac. Just like Microsoft is doing all this, yet leaving VS on Windows, to try and get you to use Windows.




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