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		jen20 on Aug 16, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why did Borland ignore the Macintosh market? Do you realize that Borland were out of business by the time code signing for basically any platform became a thing most anyone was vaguely concerned with?

Joel_Mckay on Aug 16, 2024 [–]

Sure, historically the draconian legal encumbrances you have to sign with Apple to make approved products were active pre OS 6.

It is not just a software issue that scares away partners from Apple. =3

Commercially, the original compiler was superseded by other products.

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