On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 11:15 PM, Christiaan Hofman <[email protected]>wrote:
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> On Jun 18, 2010, at 6:35, Hydro Meteor wrote:
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> 2010/6/14 António Sousa <[email protected]>
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>> I believe there are some coders out there who haven't realized, just
>> yet, the true mindshift iPad will a bring to people, and the ...
>> remember how it was when the iPod emerged?
>>
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> Agreed. There are still quite a few naysayers. This is typical human nature
> -- people just don't like disruptive change to the status quo (and last I
> checked quite a few developers were all human). There are those of course
> who will embrace change. The iPad is a game changer, zero doubt about it.
> I've also noticed some people within, particularly, academia (and I won't
> name which people or places) who think the iPad is kind of a gimmick or
> possibly a passing fad. Wrong! It reminds me of a professor of Computer
> Science at a university years ago (1980s) in the U.S Midwest who said then
> that the PC was a passing fad. Oops, not a passing fad at all. It seems
> Steve Jobs i once again at the center of disrupting the status quo!
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> Skim, Skim, we want Skim, we want Skim to rock on the iPad :-)
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> -Hydro
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> I believe there are still user who don't understand the practice of OSS.
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Yes, absolutely. I agree with you. In fact, it didn't strike me until I read
your message today -- is it even possible for an open source community to
develop, say, an application on Apple's iOS that is completely OSS based?
How would it be approved by Apple (or not)? Does Apple offer free
subscriptions to the iOS Developer Program for organized OSS communities?
More food for thought for sure ...
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> The question is not about whether we/I think it's important/worthwhile.
> It's about who and how. The first is your (in general) responsibility really
> (certainly not me, as I don't have one and I can't even buy one yet here.)
>
Very good points. Also, I hope I didn't come across as snobbish about the
iPad, etc. ... I think there's room for it in the world but indeed its not
for everyone. I also forgot that the iPad is not yet available worldwide.
Apple is making efforts to get the iPad into distribution in many countries
but indeed it takes a while to roll out (and so its important to remember
that Cupertino is not the center of the world, as Copernicus has taught us
otherwise)! Out of curiosity, what country are you located in?
> The second is Apple's (PDFKit is still missing sorely.)
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That is quite disappointing. Hmm ... I wonder what it would take for them to
bring PDFKit to iOS? It seems they have brought so many other features to
iOS, how hard could it be? Especially since the iPad could make for an
excellent reading device.
Thank you for shedding some important light on this!
-Hydro
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> Christiaan
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>> 2010/5/28, Ben Moehlmann <[email protected]>:
>> > I heartily agree. The lack of Skim on the iPad is the primary reason I
>> > haven't already gone and bought one. Heck, I'll be happy to buy a copy!
>> >
>> > -Ben
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