I've read somewhere (probably in Slashdot.org) that Apple business decision, particularly in not supporting the Enterprise, was sound monetary wise. What I got from that discussion, the first 15 years of apple was trying to get the business market to take them seriously then Steve came back to apple. He dropped the old strategy then went after students with their first iMac and started making money.
And Apple has really some weird ideas for the enterprise. Take for example the iPhone. You can only deploy using the Apple APP Store unless you get an Enterprise License. The enterprise license allows you to setup your own APP Store but besides the licensing cost (and other legal stuff), you got to have at least 100 iPhone units. This essentially cut-offs small businesses and custom enterprise application developers. There is definitely a very serious distinction for Apple what an Enterprise business is. Seriously, I don't think I can justify the 100 minimum unit requirement to my boss much less to the board of directors. Still, I have to say that the iPhone is the best corporate communication device as of today. My wife has been telling me blackberry setup and support horror stories that she has been having. Actually, I bought her an early Valentines/Chinese New Year gift of an iPhone 3Gs and within two weeks, the company President, VP's and a lot of expats in the company she works as an IT Manager has moved to iPhones (to the consternation of people who have contracts for their blackberry's). It's a really good thing that Apple is selling open-line units in HK. Actually, I have started on my plan to get into iPhone/Touch App development. I have convince my wife to give it a go and I've been busy learning the works on my free time. I don't know if I'll be successful because the development and App Store submission cycle is quite intimidating. Still, if I fail, at least I've learned something. :) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Don Guinn Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 4:59 AM To: Chat forum Subject: Re: [Jchat] J on i phone, i pad, i pod touch Nobody is saying that Steve is a bad guy. It's just a business decision that Apple does not allow development packages not supplied by Apple like J on some of there products. That may change in the future or it may not. If you think that Apple should allow application development packages not supplied by Apple on things like the ipod then you need to contact Steve and convince him. On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 11:39 AM, DIETER ENSSLEN <[email protected]>wrote: > I am once again getting two very different messages here: > > 1. some J might happen and soon on those devices, and > > 2. it will not happen because of steve jobs > > oh, by the way, i forgot another of those devices' charms: the apparently > instant on > > 45 odd years of computing have taught me that things happen, and usually > faster and better than most people's imagination, including of course mine > > PS: if steve jobs is such a bad guy, > > 1. why does he have such good products, and > > 2. why does he allow so many free Apps that just cost him money > > thanks > > D > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
