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Re:Apple is just Microsoft with better marketing by trobertson on Friday April 30, 2010 @08:26AM (#1307941)
> apple strategically obsoletes stuff like Carbon.

Way I hear things, Apple hasn't completely gotten rid of Carbon yet. iTunes is still around, in all it's terrible glory.

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Re:Apple is just Microsoft with better marketing by glhaynes on Friday April 30, 2010 @10:02AM (#1308160)
Yeah, 32-bit Carbon is still around, but they axed a 64-bit version that was (mostly?) complete.
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Re:Apple is just Microsoft with better marketing by andrewf on Friday April 30, 2010 @10:10AM (#1308194)
And newer APIs (and even obj-c language features) are only available to 64-bit processes, so sticking with 32-bit so you can use Carbon will be less of an option over time.
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Re:Apple is just Microsoft with better marketing by grinich on Friday April 30, 2010 @04:11PM (#1309280)
From what I've heard, iTunes is super crufty and has it's own dedicated team, separate from the apps team. There's a lot of baggage to carry with iTunes, especially with legacy support. (I can stil sync my 1st generation 5GB iPod over Firewire.)
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