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Sorry just need to vent. I'm a life-long professional developer that has coded for 30 years and worked on all kinds of OS's and hardware. I've been experimenting with some iPhone development recently - this being the fourth time over the years that I have played around with Apples. Each time has been progressively worse and this latest endeavor makes me want to throw every Apple product in my house out the window. This is the most nightmarish platform I have ever worked with!! Just trying to deploy a little app to a phone - I've been swindled into over $500 worth of hardware and software upgrades and I still haven't accomplished it !
Why do they hate developers so much? That is the only conclusion I can come to after my experiences. They really just don't want ANYONE to develop for their platform or else they would not submit us to the horrors of Objective-C, Xcode, Cocoa, iOS, and (worst of all) - their oppressive development policies. Microsoft has plenty of faults, but at least they have a welcoming attitude towards developers.
Apple products may look slick to the masses, but I cannot imagine any sane developer enjoying a Mac.
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