That could be a possibility, but a 1 year alternating schedule is too (in my opinion) long of a time. By the time WWDC 2011 hits, we'll probably be speculating on iPad 2.0 and iPhone 4.5 or whatever...no one would really give a crap about 10.7 at that point. Unless of course it's just truly amazing in some kind of way.
--- In [email protected], Dave Camp <d...@...> wrote: > > 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 >
