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[Chipp Walters]

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 <bobs at twft.com> 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.