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Now THIS really got my attention. I was holding my nose lightly through all the flap so far, and I'm quite sympathetic to Apple's desire to keep Flash off the p
by cpr 17y ago
Now THIS really got my attention. I was holding my nose lightly through all the flap so far, and I'm quite sympathetic to Apple's desire to keep Flash off the platform, but disallowing educational software just because it's running a Smalltalk interpreter?
A polite but forceful email to Jobs is on the way...
- nearestneighbor 17y agoI'd hate Apple more if they published a policy, and then cherry-picked when to enforce it for their best PR benefit.
- jamesbritt 17y agoDidn't they do essentially that by allowing apps for magazines from larger publishers (Sports Illustrated, Playboy, for example) that contained certain content while nixing other apps on the grounds they had exactly that sort of content? http://www.cooltechzone.com/2010/02/23/apple-loves-playboy-sports-illustrated-hates-other-sexual-apps/ http://www.cooltechzone.com/2010/02/23/apple-loves-playboy-s...
- jamesbritt 17y agohttp://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/04/16/cartoonist-apple-backs-down-after-denying-iphone-app/ http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/04/16/cartoonist-apple-back... Don't be playa hater. :)
- dejb 17y agoWhy does it have to take a specific concrete example like this to make you sit up and take notice? This is the sort of slow and lazy thinking allows despots of all kinds to take control. I can imagine in nazi Germany 'holding your nose lightly through all the flap about persecution of jews' and then being surprised when they take your neighbor away.
- ANH 17y agoI'm guessing you're doing self-parody. If not, see Godwin's Law: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law