From: John Anderson (dearjohn_at_everchanging.com)
Date: Sat Jan 10 2004 - 02:54:41 PST
Even if the team size is half that, the development cost still runs in
the millions. Although I could probably figure it out exactly I
couldn't quote it anyway, since it's proprietary information from
inside Apple.
It is true that there are no credits in the About boxes, and for the
most part easter eggs constitute a fire-able offense. While I
understand the business reasons behind this, I sure would like to have
my name on an Apple app or two.
John
On Jan 10, 2004, at 12:18 AM, Jon Glass wrote:
> on 1/9/04 10:15 PM, John Anderson at dearjohn_at_everchanging.com wrote:
>
>> We'll (conservatively) suppose that there are 80 engineers, managers,
>> product managers, and QA techs working directly on the iLife suite.
>
> I think you are overrating the size of the team. I don't think there
> were
> even half that many working on the Newton when it was being developed,
> and
> it was a hardware/software team... I don't imagine more than a small
> handful, and if that number fit on one hand, even then I wouldn't be
> surprised... I opened iPhoto's "About" window, and there are _no_
> credits!
> Hm...
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