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When we spoke to a cadre of Mac OS X developers earlier this year, they universally agreed that iOS was having more influence on the direction of Mac OS X than the other way around. Cabel Sasser, co-founder and developer at Panic, especially felt that Mac OS X 10.7 could potentially be a hybrid between the two OSes. “I could see a gradual, slow merger between iOS and Mac OS X styles and approaches,” he told Ars. “It doesn’t make sense for them to be developing two of everything, one good, one not as good—two calendars, two address books—it’s got to merge somehow.
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Apple looking at dual-mode touchscreen desktops and laptops
Interesting take, I do think we will see more convergence and things like address books can be standardized. I’m not sure I fully buy that the two operating systems will merge in the future, at least anytime soon.
