@Bishoplanky Yeah because no Americans are writing iOS apps... Oh hang on.
I think the original story is the stupidest thing I've seen on ZDNet in a long time (and that's saying something). The idea that Americans have to program is Flash, and can't learn Objective-C seems amazing. What is he suggesting?
Or that Apple just reject apps, so where did all the apps come from?
Oh and the reason Palm ditched "Garnet OS" (formally known as Palm OS) for webOS? People weren't buying Garnet OS devices... it wasn't to kill anyone's job (Palm REALLY wanted those developers to move to webOS and keep their jobs).
This is reality in IT - skills move on (ask any Visual Basic programmer who predates ".Net"). You're just not thinking clearly.
If Apple put Flash on the iPad/iPhone/iPod touch the device wouldn't be improved, it would just be a hostage to whatever nonsense each viewed webpage wanted to throw at it. And yes, I've written content with Flash - and moved on.
Apple have given developers (yes GIVEN, they don't charge for Xcode) the best Frameworks in the industry (and Carbon too!) In fact, Carbon is an example of how Apple have helped developers keep using their old skillsets with modern Macs (but really, if you're still using Carbon - it's time to move on).
Look at how much Microsoft will charge developers for Visual Studio, and Apple give Xcode away (with the purchase of a Mac).
I think you'd find plenty of developers who are really happy with their jobs building Mac OS X or iOS applications - and a lot of them over there in the USA.
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