Sarbanes-Oxley? http://www.google.com/search?q=Sarbanes+Oxley+Apple
Then why not US$ 0.99?
Xcode now costs US$ 4.99
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#102Seeing this reminded me of a Microsoft focus group I was invited to be a part of a few years ago. As a CTO who had decided to build everyone on top of free software, they wanted to know what it take to make me to switch to a Microsoft stack. I told them they were 10 years too late. You see, I made the decision to use LAMP stack not because it was cheaper, but because it's what I knew. And the reason I knew LAMP stack…
Completely agree Josh
Re: Xcode now costs US$ 4.99
#103Seeing this reminded me of a Microsoft focus group I was invited to be a part of a few years ago. As a CTO who had decided to build everyone on top of free software, they wanted to know what it take to make me to switch to a Microsoft stack. I told them they were 10 years too late. You see, I made the decision to use LAMP stack not because it was cheaper, but because it's what I knew. And the reason I knew LAMP stack…
Completely agree
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#104Earlier quoted context omitted.
In my experience, Apple's gcc is still the recommended version. Hopefully solid non-apple gcc packages come out. I don't like the idea of paying $5 to apple to develop generic unix applications on OS X.
Apples GCC is available for free, or llvm/clang. The $5 is for the IDE. And this is for the preview only so far, as far as I can tell.
They are not available for free because they come bundled with US$ 5 worth of IDE and cannot be separated.
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#105Earlier quoted context omitted.
OS X without Xcode installed doesn't have a compiler - if you can't compile, you can't use macports or homebrew. It would be "neat" as in clean. No drama on Apple's behalf. Just put a price tag on the only real compiler, and it's over. Unless someone solves that issue.
Xcode is an IDE, you can still get the compilers as both of them are open source. http://www.opensource.apple.com/source/gcc/gcc-5646/ http://llvm.org/releases/download.html
It's packaging and bundling that's the problem. There is enough people out there that don't want to have to manually install compilers etc versus just installing Xcode.
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#106Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is there a free option for those who don't mind downloading it outside the app store?
Xcode 3. You can grab it from http://developer.apple.com/
I do wonder: for how long will Xcode 3 remain available on Apple's site? I also wonder what they may attempt to do to effectively break Xcode 3, or make it where Xcode 4 is necessary for future development? I wouldn't put it past them.
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#107Re: Xcode now costs US$ 4.99
#108Once the old free Xcode 3 has vanished, this neatly puts an end to stuff like Homebrew or MacPorts. I really don't care about paying the $4, but for many people without credit cards or unwilling to use iTunes/the app store, OSX just has become a lot less useful.
You can buy an iTunes card at most pharmacies.
That doesn't address the part about those of us who don't want to use the App Store on our macs... we like them how they are.
I love my mac, I have since OS X was mature enough to be useful, and I've converted tons of people, and I have lots of credit cards.. it's not about the money - Apple is seriously making me think about ditching them.
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#109Earlier quoted context omitted.
Teenagers might not have credit cards, but they receive iTunes gift cards as gifts, which they can now use on Xcode.
iTunes gift cards are not abundant resources everywhere.
They're a lot more abundant than the Mac you need to run Xcode on, though.
iTMS cards are purchasable at every 7-Eleven and nearly every major supermarket, Wal-Mart, Meijer, Target or what-have-you in the USA. You can buy Xcode with $5 in nickles if you have access to a Coinstar machine.
Let's be realistic, the hardware demands are much more serious than $5 on an iTunes card. The problem here is the message Apple is sending.
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#110The only reason I install Xcode is so I can compile macports. Now maybe it will be worthwhile to package a free standalone compiler so I won't even need to do that.
I'm so tired of Apple.