Developer targets Snow Leopard dependent update
There has been a great deal of speculation about when Apple would release the next big update of its OS X franchise. Although we won’t know for sure until product actually ships, a clue has been laid out for us that points to a release happening in the days after the Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC).
Architosh, a publication not known for rumorological musings, reports that a “major developer” plans to ship an important, 64-bit dependent (ie Snow Leopard) application in June. Moreover, the write up goes on to speculate that Apple could be planning to begin selling OS X 10.6 on the day after the WWDC keynote, which will likely be held in the morning of Tuesday, June 9.
We heard an interesting tidbit today from a solid source on a major developer. Apparently, this major developer is waiting to release their big new application for the Mac but cannot do so until Snow Leopard is out due to 64-bit dependencies … we are not talking about Adobe.
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Thereupon, Architosh speculates that recent reports that Apple is on the verge of releasing the first developer betas of the new Snow Leopard user interface bolsters the case for a WWDC/June release schedule.
Possible? Sure, although there isn’t a lot of margin for error, Apple’s engineers regularly do amazing things in amazingly short periods of time. Still, I’m not going to bet the kid’s college tuition money just yet…
What’s your take?
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