+1 The closest one may feel were some sorts of API to that "WurflCloud" is maybe Currency Exchange Rates, where you also have a choice between a couple: http://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/22027/what-is-the-best-currency-api-out-there
However, we're unlikely to see XE charging anywhere from 500$ per year (for daily updates) to 2000$ per year (for more real time updates within a day, but again, for less up to date information about devices that may change once a month, year or never, WURFL guys charte 20.000$ and more, that's the criminal dimension to that[?]) execute a DCMA takedown on either ECB or IMF who provide the same information for free[?] Werner On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 4:34 PM, Reza <[email protected]> wrote: > Remember, they did execute a DCMA takedown on the OpenDDR project last > year. In was meritless and likely meant to clear the playing field of any > alternative options. > > > ________________________________ > From: Serban Ghita <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, May 3, 2013 10:15 AM > Subject: Re: In the news > > > > Hello-hello, > > I don't see a real reason on ranting about WURFL and the people behind the > current business that is. > From what I know it was free and open source licensed until one point that > they changed the license to a more restrictive one and turned the API into > a business. > I'm guessing that was more of a business decision to monetize the amount > of work that they put in the project. > Whatever! > > Serban > > > > On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 2:39 PM, Werner Keil <[email protected]> wrote: > > Carlos, > > > > > >Glad you have the similar opinions on WURFL and some of the people behind > it (as you're not bothering to look him up) Their code is unlikely to be > "scalable" or "optimized" now either, except they hope to rip-off people > who are naive or rich enough to afford 20-50k(!) $ per year annual data > providing fees now with the same non-optimized services. > > > > > >Those in the community they also tried to rip-off or at least > disappointed are looking for alternatives, which is a main reason we are > trying to get more scalable, yet affordable solutions than their > unreasonable offerings for a broader community. > > > > > >If you plan to educate MobFox about alternatives like DeviceMap or > OpenDDR, feel free to do so. They might also appreciate, many just lack > proper knowledge about better alternatives. > > > > > >Regards, > >Werner > > > > > > > >On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Carlos D'Agostino < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >Heh, Werner I can see you have strong opinions on WURFL and the "italian > dumbass" (I think his name was Luca Passiani -- I'm not even bothering to > look it up). I don't know the status of WURLF currently, but back in 2010 > (I think) their code was certainly not "scalable", or "optimized", or > <insert web jargon to produce marketing orgasms>. The data was quite > extensive however, and for people operating in markets that don't carry > modern handsets (like South Africa and Kenya.. and those "people" include > yours truly), it was pretty neat. > >> > >> > >> > >>I've notified my marketeers about MobFox, perhaps we do some business > with them, and put that article to the test :) > >> > >> > >>Regards, > >> > >> > >> > >>On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 1:16 PM, Werner Keil <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >>The only aspect that is indeed somewhat interesting is MobFox also has > some REST API: > >>>http://dev.mobfox.com/index.php?title=Main_Page#MobFox_REST_API > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>Beside other legacy stuff like WAP or WURFL > >> > >> > >> > >>-- > >>Carlos D'Agostino. > > > > > -- > Serban Ghita > http://ro.linkedin.com/in/serbanghita > http://ghita.org/ | http://mobiledetect.net
