I wasn't trying to down play the engineering. It's going to be half baked because the developers don't have access to hardware documentation. When the next Apple chip comes out, it's back to square one. It's entirely Apple's fault.
Plus while they may be able to achieve good results, we'll never know if they took full advantage of the hardware or realized it to the full potential. Because it's proprietary.
The reality is Apple will probably never release drivers for Linux or Windows (the latter of which ever again).
This work is the premier effort in its space and the reverse engineering skills required to accomplish it are exceptionally uncommon.
I doubt you could hire for this type of position remotely easily if you wanted to find the skillset for a corporate environment.