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In article <1113271250.031145.163970@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,
 "Math1723" <anonym1723@aol.com> wrote:

>Last year Metrowerks admitted that they screwed up by not attending
>last year's WWDC.  They swore up and down that they will continue
>supporting the Macintosh, and last year's hiccup was just an isolated
>event.
>
>Now WWDC is just around the corner again.  I see two possibilities for
>Metrowerks now:
>
>1. Metrowerks will be present and visible at WWDC 2005.  Not only will
>they have a vendor booth, they will also have engineers in attendance,
>and possibly even a lunchtime session.  They will be working hard to
>reverse the impression made last year and will be very interested in
>getting developer feedback for this year's CodeWarrior 10.  They are
>planning killer new features to take advantage of the
>soon-to-be-released Tiger Operating System, and their 64-bit compiler
>will be second to none.
>
>2. Metrowerks will again be a no-show at WWDC.  No vendor booth, no
>engineers, nothing.  They have little interest in keeping up with the
>Mac, and will just make more excuses as to why they are not attending
>again this year.  They may produce a minor update in 2005 and call it
>"CodeWarrior 10", but it will not have any of the powerful Tiger
>features.  In fact, they are just as likely to cancel the Macintosh
>product altogether given how much they have already lost to Xcode.
>
>So guys, which is it going to be?  WWDC sessions and special events are
>already being posted.
>
>To save time, you can use silence as a way of answering with #2.
>

I think you have a pretty good assessment but there are other 
alternatives.  But I think your point and I aggee is that we need to 
have something tangible to show at WWDC in order to continue in this 
market.

By the way I was out of town until today which is why I didn't reply 
sooner.

Ron

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