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ryanhuff on Nov 16, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: John Gruber Has Some Career Advice For Developers

Sure there are barriers. A few that come to mind include the $99 per year Apple developer program fee, which is necessary to distribute apps, the Mac OS requirement, and the objective c hurdle. These may seem more like inconvenience barriers, but they do keep people away from the development pool.

steve-howard on Nov 16, 2011 [–]

I'm sure as hell not buying a Mac just to write for Apple's walled gardens. Inconvenience is an understatement.

ryanhuff on Nov 16, 2011 | [–]

While not ideal, some people have been able to run mac os on other operating systems using virtualization.

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