Circumventing the System: iPhone Development and the Desire to Not Use a Mac
Originally published at How I Roll. Please leave any comments there.
I talk to people everyday who are really, really excited about developing for the iPhone since they have heard about the amazing profitability of things like the Fart App. They usually ignore the RSS feeds and news stories about the typical lifecycle and profitability of the vast majority of the Apps in the App Store. Many of these extremely excited entrepreneurs are also looking for a way to cut their costs (which makes sense). These people, who are looking to cut costs any way possible, usually seem to have a Windows machine and are going to do anything they can to not have to purchase an Intel Mac.
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