You too can work on D for iOS

[Vladimir Panteleev via Digitalmars-d]

On Friday, 12 June 2015 at 12:42:37 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer 
wrote:
> On 6/12/15 8:29 AM, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
>> On Friday, 12 June 2015 at 12:21:12 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer 
>> wrote:
>>> Is your mom a software developer? If you spent $160 more and 
>>> were able
>>> to increase your salary 10x, wouldn't that be worth it?
>>
>> 10x? What sort of pipe dream is that?
>
> OK, 2x, 1.5x. I have no frame of reference for what you can 
> make as an iOS developer in your country. Where I live, I can 
> make much more than 10x $160 per month. But if it increases 
> your salary, it's worth investing in, no?

You said 10x salary increase, not 10x return on investment. I 
won't argue with that. But just owning a piece of hardware isn't 
going to *multiply* your existing income.

>> I guess that explains why so many programs with the same 
>> functionality
>> are freeware on Windows and commercial on OSX. Open-source 
>> software
>> development gives me 0 income, so it'd be a negative net gain.
>
> I don't agree with your statement, why would someone charge 
> money on one platform and not on the other? Almost all apps 
> from Apple are free for your Mac. Those that aren't generally 
> have free alternatives.

Last time I looked there was a pretty big difference in the 
diversity and availability of 3rd-party software. Which makes 
sense considering also the much smaller user market share.

> And I agree, doing open-source freeware development doesn't 
> justify buying a computer of any kind.

What?

Here's the problem: if I own a PC, I can install Windows, Linux, 
FreeBSD etc. on it with no problems, or I can run any in a VM. I 
can do neither with OS X, I have to buy overpriced hardware from 
Apple to do that.