37 signals just posted a good article: Five rational arguments against Apple's 3.3.1 policy http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2273-five-rational-arguments-against-apples-331-policy
--carl On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 3:00 PM, Jer Brand <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > -- Carl Welch http://www.carlwelch.com 805.403.4819 _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
