It's not the matter of the number of OSX-users compared to Windows-users. Apple gives 'their' Mac-developers the opportunity to develop stuff for Mac, iPhone and iPod in one Environment - which is a very good thing (BTW: Microsoft did that for the last 15 years, for the very same reason: Make Money - and even more: you had to BUY the MSDN and/or VC++ even if you're a Windows user). This environment is free to all Mac developers. It is paid by the fact that these developers use Macs. Why would a company throw out a free development tool to others, not even using their machines? I wouldn't do that (nor Microsoft) - and so does Apple.
With 2.0 there's no need to jailbreak the iPhone. There's a developer program and a distribution way (through iTunes), which gives serious developers a clean way to distribute their apps - and the customer the safety to buy virus-free software easily. And you will get that all by just using a Mac ;-) If you prefer to waste your time by looking for alternative ways to develop apps - you're welcome, but instead concentration on the 'real' job instead is the better idea IMHO. a. On 01.07.08 10:13, "Wouter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, there is a difference: there is only a marginal number of OSX > users and the main platform used is Windows. I think Apple is just > like Microsoft but much worse. They don't want to serve their > customers, they only want to make money. Why else is the OS on iPhone > so closed (even 2.0 has to be jailbreaked before it can be used) and > do they try to enforce you to use iPhone with stone-age iTunes and > expensive contracts. iPhone is my first Apple device and it is > probably my last one as soon as there is a decent alternative with an > open OS. > > I tried to get SDK working on Windows under Cygwin. Lot of work to > build. It seemed to work, I could create and compile an app without > errors, but somehow it does not run on my iPod. I had a look at Ubuntu > as alternative OS, but already at configuring it to work with my > screens it gave me trouble so I did not proceed with that. So I gave > up and am concentrating on developing PHP webapps for iPhone now. > People will need to install Apache and PHP on their iPhone, but that > is easy. The only problem is that you don't have GPS info directly, > but people are working on that. > > Wouter > > 2008/6/30 Andy Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> On 30.06.08 08:54, "Pulkit Arora" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> hello ppl, i just wanted to ask, isnt there any way to work on the >>> iPhone SDK on Windows ?? >>> Why is Apple doing this to Windows users.. >> >> Well - it's the same reason, why there's no Exchange (or Visual C++ or .NET >> or Internet Explorer or...) on a Mac. So your best bet would be getting a >> (private) Mac ;-) >> >> a. >> >> >> >> >>> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iPhoneWebDev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/iphonewebdev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
