Rumour: iPhone Native Development on Windows Visual Studio

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If true, Microsoft has truly become an entity I don't understand.

What's the upside in such an arrangement for them? At one stroke, they'd substantially increasing the reach and strength of a rival platform at a time they're struggling to maintain relevance.

Because of section 3.3.1, the language would have to be C or C++, I don't think Microsoft would be shipping an Objective-C compiler.

This doesn't fit with Microsoft's strategy of moving as much as possible to managed code.

Unless...Is it even possible that Apple and Microsoft co-operated or will co-operate to make Objective-C a managed language due to Microsoft's experience with the CLR?

Seems far fetched, but then, so was Apple switching to x86 the first time the rumours did the rounds.

A lot of ifs and speculation. I'll believe it when Ballmer walks onto the WWDC stage.

If this happens it'll be a massive shift for Apple. It ultimately means less Macs will be purchased for development purposes, whereas right now, that HAS to happen.

It does make sense though... more developers = more apps = more revenue.

Who knows.. maybe they'll also have OS X app development in there too :-P

It would indeed mean more iphone/ipad developers, which ultimately means more of those devices sold, which is their current focus by all accounts. The increase would almost certainly outweigh the minimal drop in Macs sold...

It almost makes sense, as all good rumors almost do.

Agreed... There are millions of .NET developers that would love to create applications in that ecosystem. Count me as one of them.

It's about time the best IDE on the market can produce the best apps on the market.

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