-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2/17/11 08:01 , Derek J. Balling wrote: > But I'm not sure what the big deal is. Apple is providing an entire > distribution channel, a deployment and upgrade methodology, etc., etc., why > *shouldn't* they get a chunk of change for providing that, so that software > developers don't have to reinvent that wheel?
The big deal is they're insisting that developers use their system (they can use others as well but *only if they also use Apple's* and Apple's must also be competitive with theirs). What they're doing does make a lot of sense for the end user, but developers are going to be waving torches and pitchforks at Apple for a while... - -- brandon s. allbery [linux,solaris,freebsd,perl] [email protected] system administrator [openafs,heimdal,too many hats] kf8nh -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk1d/tQACgkQIn7hlCsL25WV8ACeJKvy71wv+kZ+BqcPLG97VOvm TBYAoKhw8gEwkm01l45ehfSZcC1D6oVw =hFq5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
