I apologize in advance for perpetuating this thread. I just can't seem to do the right thing and simply shut up.
Wasn't part of the promise of the SDK that it would be open? That one day we'd be building apps in Python or C# or whatever language we wanted? When you get right down to it, isn't Xcode using LLVM? Yeah, this is about control, pure and simple. Flash CS5, Unity, notepad + LLVM, whatever -- these things used to be my choice. It is not now. Apple wants to control my development environment from the computer to the IDE and compiler I am allowed to use. My outrage is one of contrast: Exchange the name "Apple" with "Adobe" and this list would be on fire. Use "Microsoft" and we'd be calling for Balmer's head -- and we'd probably get it. As a developer, I guess I've grown used to a bit more respect from the platforms I develop for. But as others have said "It's their store, you don't have to play." <shrug> I'd love to say I won't be building anymore apps -- I will, I've got clients who want both iPhone and Android. But the game I started in Unity won't be coming to iPhone, and that's probably only my loss, really. I can make peace with that. I will see if I can do it on Android -- maybe Unity will embrace the platform as an alternative. Hell, I've been lusting over the Mini-5 anyway. ;-) I'm just sad that all the promise turned into an extreme walled garden; (and quoting Eric Meyer) Like all walled gardens, the internet will interpret the whole thing as damage and eventually route around it. Jer ( who will do his best to shut up now ) _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
