Bob, 

You're more than welcome to your opinion as an Apple apologist-- though I would 
say your timing right now is probably not the best. I disagree with just about 
everything you say. You obviously haven't been following our discussion here 
over the past few weeks where all of your points have been addressed. I have 
documented my discussion fairly well at the blogs:

http://shaferwaltersgroup.posterous.com/
and
http://chippwalters.posterous.com/

Chipp Walters
CEO, Shafer Walters Group, Inc

On May 10, 2010, at 2:09 PM, Bob Sneidar <[email protected]> wrote:

> Oh I see. I think it was the word "outlaw" that tripped me up. I guess if you 
> see the iPad as an asset belonging to all of us, you would get the feeling 
> that Apple is "outlawing" cross platform development. But I don't think any 
> iPad but the one I buy belongs to me or anyone else. 
> 
> I don't see what Apple is doing as being monopolistic or engaging in 
> Anti-trust. What they are trying to discourage is using tools to develop apps 
> that can dramatically change the look and feel of their device, or affect 
> stability, or lend themselves to obsolescence, or worse yet, to hinder 
> advancements in the iPhone OS. Anyone remember how many times Microsoft said 
> they were done with DOS, or how long Windows had to deal with the 
> restrictions of the old hardware PC spec? Ball and chain comes to my mind. 
> 
> Like I said in another post, what would have happened if many of the apps 
> originally written for the iPhone were so buggy they were causing kernel 
> crashes all the time? Who would get the blame? Apple of course. Any attempt 
> to defend themselves would have been deemed finger pointing. I for one am 
> happy that we have building codes requiring building contractors to comply 
> with ordinances. It means that the 6 story I work in is not coming down to 
> the ground with just any old earthquake. I think of Apple's control over the 
> software that ends up running on the iPhone exactly like those building 
> codes. 
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