Daniel Jalkut from Red Sweater Software (developer of MarsEdit, FastScripts and many other applications) has published a post about the removal of the Downloads section from Apple.com navigation bar, and the recently discovered lack of updates:
“But Apple is riding the success of the Mac, too. The Mac is still the heart of everything that Apple does. Imagine an expansive desert where no life seems possible. A settler discovers a spring, churning out water, in the middle of this wasteland. Soon others join in, and a town emerges. Eventually a government is formed, businesses are born, and a thriving economy springs to life. When the brilliant new Town Hall is erected, everybody agrees it is the crowning achievement for the town. It represents every forward-thinking inclination the citizens of this place have, and yet it would not be possible without that water. Without that gushing spring, the town is dead. The Town Hall is worthless.
The Mac is that spring of water that allows life to thrive in Apple’s ecosystem.”
Sure Apple doesn’t have any intention to stop supporting Mac OS X developers, and Mac OS X itself. Even if iPhone OS 4.0 is the priority now, and even if everything that can’t kill Android must wait, Apple just won’t stop caring about Mac OS X.
Because after all, that’s where iPhone and iPad apps are developed.
