"Given Anderson's quote, it certainly seems Microsoft's commitment to the Macintosh is only based on what they can get out of it."
Is this not the case for all companies? I get the impression that the Mac BU had a free reign for a while, doing what they wanted to do, regardless of the profitability. But Apple's recent focus on developing it's own applications has hurt 3rd party developers. With iLife, iWork and all of the rest, Apple is becoming more self-sufficient and less reliant or 3rd parties, which is bad news IMHO for developers everywhere.
Shareware people can at least aim for the niche areas that Apple misses, but big businesses can't survive on that.
by Dan Price — Jan 16
Is this not the case for all companies? I get the impression that the Mac BU had a free reign for a while, doing what they wanted to do, regardless of the profitability. But Apple's recent focus on developing it's own applications has hurt 3rd party developers. With iLife, iWork and all of the rest, Apple is becoming more self-sufficient and less reliant or 3rd parties, which is bad news IMHO for developers everywhere.
Shareware people can at least aim for the niche areas that Apple misses, but big businesses can't survive on that.