[wlll]

I wrote this in another comment, but it's relevant here:

It wouldn't surprise me if in the next few years Apple slowly winds down all things Mac. Marketing, updates, upgrades etc. and while doing that makes XCode Windows compatible.

[chatmasta]

Hopefully Linux compatible comes with that.

I’d be pretty surprised though. The Mac line may not be Apple’s biggest seller, but it’s not like it’s losing them money. It’s a huge revenue stream.

Also don’t underestimate the impact of the fact that every employee at apple uses Mac.

[wlll]

I'd like to see Linux support, but it wouldn't surprise me if it didn't happen unfortunately.

> The Mac line may not be Apple’s biggest seller, but it’s not like it’s losing them money. It’s a huge revenue stream.

Totally, though one that's only getting smaller as a % of their revenue. At some point it might start to seem like a distraction.

I've seen companies drop profitable products before, even those that were a larger % of overall business than Mac is to Apple, so it's not clear that it won't happen. I hope it doesn't, but it might :)

> Also don’t underestimate the impact of the fact that every employee at apple uses Mac.

It will be interesting to see what happens here. Could be an early warning sign of things to come.