IBM Cloud Developer Console for Apple

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Post by robinhowlett » Tue, Mar 20, 2018, 8:05 PM UTC

IBM Cloud Developer Console for Apple
developer.apple.com

Re: IBM Cloud Developer Console for Apple

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Post by michaericalribo » Tue, Mar 20, 2018, 8:26 PM UTC

Good marketing for struggling Watson, I wonder what Apple gets—ie, how useful it is to the developer.

It's a shame Watson's been so disappointing (eg MD Anderson Cancer platform), maybe it can start a support group with Stephen Wolfram...

Re: IBM Cloud Developer Console for Apple

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Post by wpasc » Tue, Mar 20, 2018, 8:34 PM UTC

I wonder if Apple's choice of IBM for AI integration is motivated by the fact that IBM does not compete with them on any level?

Outside of that, IBM/Watson seems like a comparatively bad choice of partners.

Re: IBM Cloud Developer Console for Apple

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Post by nik736 » Tue, Mar 20, 2018, 8:38 PM UTC

I think it's probably the worst idea to partner with IBM.

Re: IBM Cloud Developer Console for Apple

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Post by patwolf » Tue, Mar 20, 2018, 8:39 PM UTC

wpasc wrote: post #3

I wonder if Apple's choice of IBM for AI integration is motivated by the fact that IBM does not compete with them on any level? Outside of that, IBM/Watson seems like a comparatively bad choice of partners.

Apple and IBM have had a partnership as far back as 2014: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2014/07/15Apple-and-IBM-Forge...

I remember as part of that partnership IBM released a version of their MobileFirst tooling that was identical to a previous version except it had Android support removed.

Re: IBM Cloud Developer Console for Apple

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Post by brokencode » Tue, Mar 20, 2018, 8:42 PM UTC

This makes me worried for Apple. IBM is not a company that comes to mind when I think of cutting edge cloud services, and Watson in particular has seemed to be a pretty mediocre product with heavy marketing and gimmicks (Jeopardy and H&R Block come to mind).

Does Apple really think that it would be better to outsource cloud services to IBM than develop their own? To me, it looks like Apple lacks confidence in their own internal abilities, and that’s not a good look.

Re: IBM Cloud Developer Console for Apple

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Post by tzahola » Tue, Mar 20, 2018, 8:44 PM UTC

Nobody ever got fired for choosing IBM, I guess... On a more serious note: why??

Re: IBM Cloud Developer Console for Apple

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Post by binarytide » Tue, Mar 20, 2018, 8:50 PM UTC

I'm curious what benefit this actually offers to devs.

Re: IBM Cloud Developer Console for Apple

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Post by gaius » Tue, Mar 20, 2018, 8:51 PM UTC

Remember this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtvjbmoDx-I

Can you imagine the company that made this getting into bed with IBM!?

Re: IBM Cloud Developer Console for Apple

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Post by jaxondu » Tue, Mar 20, 2018, 8:51 PM UTC

wpasc wrote: post #3

I wonder if Apple's choice of IBM for AI integration is motivated by the fact that IBM does not compete with them on any level? Outside of that, IBM/Watson seems like a comparatively bad choice of partners.

Tim Cook was with IBM for 12 years before Apple.