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Cool so then it just comes down to leverage. Developers who wants this have almost none and Apple has all of it. As a user who mostly doesn't care about the trials and tribulations that developers go through, my interests are aligned with Apple's.

As long as Apple continues to sell more product that dynamic isn't going to change.

>>IBM+(OP)
> Cool so then it just comes down to leverage. Developers who wants this have almost none and Apple has all of it.

You are definitely right that Apple has a lot of leverage for now. I love my Apple products, as a user I have no intention of switching away from them (I stuck with them through their worst period, '96 - '00, because I was so excited for the coming of Unix). Again as a user I want them to succeed because I love the products.

As a developer though, I want my favorite tools and languages available. And I want to spend the least effort in targeting users...