Yeah motivation is the bigger factor (why would Mozilla care about the system APIs of an OS, of all things?) but also it doesn't hurt that Apple is one of the richest companies in the world (depending on the day).

I do admit that English is not my first language...but I am struggling to interpret "Apple had way more resources to throw at this very hard problem." any other way.

It depends what you mean by “talent”, if you use it in the HR way where a “talent” is an employee, then yes talent=resources, but then I don't understand how this is “politically incorrect”.

What I understand when you say this:

> the line reads (rather politically incorrectly) that Apple has more talent available

Is Apple employees are more “talented” than Mozilla's. That's politically incorrect, but I'm pretty sure that's not what's meant here.

maybe they were equal...but Apple had more number of "talent" available.

Which then begs the real question - Swift is what Rust would be if Mozilla had more money/resources ?

Cash is a resource.