I realize that. Doesn't change the fact that they said they were going to do something and failed to do it.

Apple has a long proven track record of saying one thing and doing the complete opposite. I'll save my congratulations for when they actually do it.

What choice did they have when a court said you can't do that?

> What choice did they have when a court said you can't do that?

Easy. Not say they are going to do something unless they know they can do it. Better yet: announce it when you can do it.

And in what crystal ball do you expect them to check for possible lawsuits?

The one they used when they didn't make FaceTime an open standard from the get go. Clearly they knew they couldn't make it an open standard when they announced they intended to, but they still made the promise.

This isn't unique to Apple, but it's stupid to ignore reality. At the end of the day, they haven't release Swift. Banking on it now is, without a doubt, a foolish gamble.

It only doesn't change things if you're an ideologue who ignores reality.

>Apple has a long proven track record of saying one thing and doing the complete opposite.

Care to share?

> It only doesn't change things if you're an ideologue who ignores reality.

And you can guarantee that Swift will be entirely open sourced? Sorry, but it doesn't change things because of reality. Apple hasn't released Swift yet as open source. So far, I'm winning.

> Care to share?

Besides FaceTime? Off the top of my head, see the releases of the iPod, iPhone, and iPad. All were released with claims that were turned completely around (only for Mac, no native apps, smaller versions are bad). This ignores other things like how multitasking is bad one year and then good the next.

Simply put, when someone from Apple says they won't ever do something, I assume they just haven't come up with a way to market it effectively.