On Apr 28, 2010, at 8:35 AM, Patrick wrote: > Just wondering what everyone thinks about this? If you haven't heard yet, > WWDC 2010 will only consider iPhone/iPad apps for the ADA awards. > > To me this kind of enforces the notion that Apple doesn't too much give a > crap about the Mac development platform any longer. Tthe iPhone and iPad are > closed environments where Apple has total control, compared to the desktop > where it's totally open and I think Apple is liking the uber-control right > now. > > What do you guys think? And is this going to change your focus in anyway?
Or, it could just be that Apple is moving to an alternating iPhone and Mac OS X WWDC schedule. That would make sense for many reasons: - Lots of new iPhone stuff announced this year - Gives them more time to work on 10.7 - Reduces pressure at the conference. - Apple has been trying to increase the time between Mac OS X releases. As someone who does both iPhone and Mac work, last years conference was really hard to get the most out of due to overlapping Mac and iPhone sessions. If they went to an alternating schedule I think both iPhone and Mac devs would get more useful sessions out of each conference. Dave
