SwiftUI and Catalyst: Apple executes its invisible transition strategy

Re:SwiftUI and Catalyst: Apple executes its invisible transi... by CharlesW on Thursday June 13, 2019 @04:05PM (#20178143)

> The famous deal where Microsoft promised to keep bringing Office to the Mac for five years was in 1997.

I believe you're conflating "Apple needing an Office story to sell to enterprise" with "Apple needing pre-commitment from Microsoft before implementing a hardware or OS transition". Those transitions would've happened regardless of whether we lost a few A-list developers.

Apple did not ask permission from developers before deciding to advance their platform.

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Re:SwiftUI and Catalyst: Apple executes its invisible transi... by scarface74 on Thursday June 13, 2019 @05:55PM (#20178939)

They didn’t “ask permission” but they did work with third party developers.

But in fact, major developers vetoing the idea of porting directly to Objective C from day one gave rise to Carbon.

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