iPhone?

[Richmond Mathewson]

  On 01/05/2010 20:12, Richard Gaskin wrote:
> Colin Holgate wrote:
> > On May 1, 2010, at 10:02 AM, René Micout wrote:
> >
> >> I think it is possible to create application for iPad without
> >> putting it into the App Store.
> >
> > While that is true, it would also break the SDK agreement. The
> > agreement doesn't say that you can only use certain languages
> > for Store apps, it says you can only use certain languages. Same
> > with the interpreter, you can't make things with an interpretive
> > layer. No mention of whether it's intended for the App Store or not.
> >
> > Now, it is unlikely that Apple would track you down, but if you ever
> > mentioned the application online, Apple could revoke your iPhone
> > developer status.
>
> Actually, according to John Sullivan of the EFF in his Ars Technica 
> article, that would be a criminal act, implying that it if convicted 
> one could face fines and jail time:
>
>     Jobs has hit the nail on the head when describing the
>     problems with Adobe, but not until after smashing his
>     own thumb. Every criticism he makes of Adobe's
>     proprietary approach applies equally to Apple, and
>     every benefit attributed to the App Store can be had
>     without it being a mandatory proprietary arrangement.
>     Apple can offer quality control and editorial selection
>     over available free software, and encourage users to
>     exclusively—but voluntarily—use their store. Instead,
>     Apple chooses to enforce legal restrictions, the
>     transgression of which is punishable by criminal law,
>     on users who want to make changes to their own computers,
>     like installing free, non-Apple, software.
>
> <http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/04/pot-meet-kettle-a-response-to-steve-jobs-letter-on-flash.ars> 
>
>
>
> Who wants to be the next Gizmodo?
>
> Go ahead, choose your own tools.  But if you don't get them from the 
> company store they'll send the Pinkertons around....
>
Bully-boys Rule, OK!

This just confirms my feelings that the ONLY reason I won't abandon Mac 
as my 'development platform
of choice' when my current Macs go 'bang' (i.e. go 100% Linux) is 
because RunRev for Linux still cannot do
what the Mac and Windows versions can.