Speaking in support of Mike's sentiment
, shouldn't we be looking at the current norm of hack as reason for Apple's conservatism? An open web has proven unsustainable, too many bad actors. We read everywhere accounts of those responsible for highly sensitive data not taking care of that, profits are too tempting. Like Apple's methods or not, they wish to protect their platforms, unlike the wild west habit out there. Hermetically sealed systems approach.... --- On Wed, 3/10/10, John Duncan Yoyo <johnduncany...@gmail.com> wrote: From: John Duncan Yoyo <johnduncany...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [CGUYS] All Your Apps Are Belong to Apple To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 9:50 PM I wonder if Apple will allow any more federal apps since the agreement was gotten out of NASA with a FOA request. On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 8:31 PM, tjpa <t...@tjpa.com> wrote: > On Mar 10, 2010, at 4:12 PM, mike wrote: > >> A short editorial from EFF about the app situation at Apple. Someone else >> on the list brought up Apple's new contract with developers believing this >> would help developers..I don't think so because Apple has been telling >> developers the rules all along, the problem is Apple keeps moving the goal >> posts around whenever they feel like it. >> > > This reaction to the Apple agreement is naive. I think it was written by a > starry-eyed idealist who has not read many contracts. Such terms are not > unusual. > > People sign such agreements because it gives them access to a very > lucrative opportunity to make $Millions. They see that Apple is giving away > something of great value and not asking for that much in return. > > You are ignoring Apple's motivation. They want to keep the iPhone a safe > place. That is not easy to do. They are insisting on strict terms because > they want to keep the bad guys away. > > Mike would probably have opposed Wyatt Earp's bringing law and order to > Tombstone too. > > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
