Developers: MS Hopes To Lure iOS Apps With API Mapping Tool 191
Microsoft isn't standing idly by while Appple's app store fills with software; fysdt writes "A newly-announced service called the iOS to Windows Phone 7 API mapping tool acts as an interchange for developers to take applications they've already written for Apple's platform, and figure out ways to get the code work with Microsoft's standards."
Biggest problem with iOS development (Score:5, Interesting)
is that you have to (AFAIK) buy a Mac to develop for it. I can't really fault Apple on this as it's a great business strategy, but I simply can't be bothered so I'll only make apps for Android, which doesn't require me to buy hardware.
If Microsoft wants their phone to succeed, they need to make sure that their SDK is available on as many platforms as possible.
Re:I remember before Jobs was all about lock-in... (Score:4, Interesting)
One thing that's not often remembered is that the OS X kernel and APIs ran on x86 since Steve brought NeXT back to Apple with him. (Rhapsody [toastytech.com] and later OpenDarwin [wikipedia.org].) The rush for the big switch wasn't nearly as large as is often assumed, as Apple was quite prepared for it.
Re:I remember before Jobs was all about lock-in... (Score:4, Interesting)