He may have heard it direct from Apple. They have a close partnership for developing enterprise iOS apps, and have been for almost two years.<p>I had no idea myself until I went to interview at IBM. I haven&#x27;t had the opportunity to work with Swift professionally though, so they went with someone else. Possibly the OP :P<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.apple.com&#x2F;pr&#x2F;library&#x2F;2014&#x2F;07&#x2F;15Apple-and-IBM-Forge-Global-Partnership-to-Transform-Enterprise-Mobility.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.apple.com&#x2F;pr&#x2F;library&#x2F;2014&#x2F;07&#x2F;15Apple-and-IBM-For...</a>