[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Apple has only Cult Status and Logistics and some Engineering on it’s side.

Everything else is a result of a closed architecture resulting in high prices that fund lawsuits.

I can say with certainty their software development tools are crap crap from the 1980’s.

Everything from the developers angle is a rehash of old technology.

[Tzfat]

I can say with certainty their software development tools are crap crap from the 1980’s.

Nonsense. Xcode 4 is state of the art. As one fluent in Objective C, Visual Basic, Action Script, RealBasic, and MS C++. I can say that Xcode is my favorite IDE. It beats Visual Studio hands down in its simplicity and raw power.

[sand88]

Apple has only Cult Status

You got that right. I run into many Apple cultist who are more rabid and irrational than Obama cultists.

Apple has always been run by paranoids. Apple is not interested in justice. Apple is using the courts to destroy competition.

Apple's management is truly afraid of radical capitalism.

[WVKayaker]

...Apple has only Cult Status and Logistics and some Engineering on it’s side. ...

Hahahahahahahahaha...

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahah...

Ignorance is bliss, isn't it? Apple Computer is the MOST successful company in America, producing items that intelligent (and successful) people love to use!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Proud owner and user of iMac, iPhone, MacBook, and iPad...

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[rlmorel]

"...Apple has only Cult Status and Logistics and some Engineering on it’s side..."

ROTFLMAO!

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[TheBattman]

I can say with certainty their software development tools are crap crap from the 1980’s.

Everything from the developers angle is a rehash of old technology.

ANd this "certainty" is based on.....????

I know several people personally who do development for both the OSX platform and the iOS platform - some of which also write for other platforms as well - and they all - every single one - prefer Apple's developer tools. Yes, there was a day when writing apps for Apple's OS was convoluted and inconvenient - that day is long passed. Apple has opened the door to development for their platforms in a big way - thus the reason for the plethora of both great and not-so-great iOS apps.