> "There's lots of languages you can use to create iOS applications: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3949995/what-programming-.... "
Compared to truly open devices, and moderately open systems (even Windows or OSX), that is an absolute joke.
Re:Satya Nadella – Microsoft's CEO
by angryasian on Tuesday February 04, 2014 @03:50PM
(#7180161)
I could be wrong but isn't it by default osx doesn't allow you to install apps that aren't from the app store as well.
Re:Satya Nadella – Microsoft's CEO
by stock_toaster on Tuesday February 04, 2014 @04:07PM
(#7180265)
you are indeed wrong. By default apps need only to be signed. This is also easy to bypass (right click and select open while holding...option i think? not at workstation right now..) as well as easy to change globally (preferences).
Re:Satya Nadella – Microsoft's CEO
by angryasian on Friday February 07, 2014 @11:39AM
(#7197136)
I am not wrong. They put up a barrier to installing apps, so by default they do not allow it.
You have too much choice until it comes to shipping your work to the public. Then you're at the various App Stores' mercy. The gate keepers may choose to postpone your approval indefinitely, and reserve their right to yank out your product at any time in the future. As a developer, never before in history have you been more beholden to a corporate entity!
Doesn't that link just say you can also use .NET and Lua on iOS?
So I guess your answer is, Objective-C, Lua, or Microsoft technologies (implemented by Xamarin)? I guess Microsoft may have a role to play in this. ;)
Android allows you to freely deploy your applications to their devices, while iOS requires a little more work. In neither case do you have to go through their respective stores (I'm thinking enterprise/personal apps here). For commercial sales it's increasingly a moot point: consumers are purchasing apps through app stores regardless of platform.
As a developer, I've never felt more free, less beholden to a corporate entity and their hidden agenda, and have an awesome stable of tools and technologies from which I can use to build solutions. It's almost gotten to the point where I have too much choice!
And that's awesome!