I'm not entirely sure of the legal position in the USA but in the UK this now feels like it is bordering on 'restraint of trade' (IANAL). The argument about multi-tasking is, frankly, bollocks. If the code only uses public APIs then there should be no issues. Yes, an intermediate layer of could _could_ contain defects but no more so than some hand-written code.
I love my OSX machines, but I'm going right off the whole Apple mobile experience. I'm running a Nexus One alongside my iPhone and find it an equally compelling experience but with the benefit of multi-tasking and the ability to install applications from anywhere. I'll wait to see how much the iAd stuff impacts normal day-to-day use of the new phone due in the summer before deciding whether to upgrade, or to move over to Android completely. On Apr 9, 10:05 pm, Karsten Silz <[email protected]> wrote: > On Apr 9, 6:27 pm, Fabrizio Giudici <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I don't think anybody has ever reached these levels of paranoia seen > > in Apple. It's even embarrassing. > > I don't like this change in Apple policy. I mean I wasn't exactly > looking forward to cross-platform Flash apps (most cross-platform apps > stink because they are so different from native apps - Swing, > anybody?), but I would like the market sort that out, not Apple. > > The one interesting bit is that this license change only kicks in with > iPhone OS 4. Apple could have changed the terms now, so why wait for > a couple of months? There is this theory that the multi-tasking > coming in iPhone OS 4 relies on analyzing the apps and fails if they > run interpreted / alien > code:http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/04/09/apples_prohibition_of_f... > The Apple approach to multi-tasking is rather unique, indeed, and > seems better on paper than the Android way in most cases - as Steve > Jobs yesterday said, if you need a task manager, you blew it multi- > tasking. :-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
