On the business side this is also going to suck. Once Aunty Gladys is using that, and she finds that she can use that at her nephew's place on his Windows machine as well, she isn't going to pay to use a nice Apple-branded app no matter how friendly it might be. So it's going to be a boon for all those web apps out there - people are going to be using Google docs and Librarything and everything else. The only things you can really do with it are surf the web and browse media. Ultimately, I see the lock-down as somewhat ironic. So it's going to be a mammoth chunk of work to reverse engineer, and you can bet that Apple will put every obstacle they can find in the way of anyone that attempts it - the DMCA is going to be the least of your problems.
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So you're only going to be sharing code with other Apple developers who have paid the money for the full kit - you can't just use GCC or Haskell or Python or whatever.Īnd today I find out that the iPad is based on a custom System-on-Chip "Apple A4" processor, and you can bet Apple will be keeping the specs of that glued to their abdomens. I see that as an illusion, because a) I can't distribute that application as a bundle to anyone else without going through the Apple Store, and b) it still requires a whole bunch of extra stuff - Objective C, for a start - to do anything. So I don't know what's going on there but I'm sorry for putting your whole essay down as offensive. I don't think it's just me who gets their buttons pressed every time someone brands anyone who wants a bit of freedom with their software as hairy, zealous hermits at the gates, raving about mystical superstitious "free operating systems".Įither way, apology accepted, and on reading it today it comes across as less angry than I felt yesterday. the erudite ravings of the hairy FOSS hermits at the gate. we've been inducted into the voodoo brotherhood and know our way around the chicken entrails and can speak in tongues. Weary Crescent computer nerd - rest yourself here.
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