> Honestly, I doubt even large corporations spend $200,000 to create an iPhone app. I just don't understand how you manage it. I develop apps for large corpora

> Honestly, I doubt even large corporations spend $200,000 to create an iPhone app. I just don't understand how you manage it. I develop apps for large corporations, and you're right: most of them aren't spending $200k - and the ones that are spending $200k are getting serious software and a full team (designers, PMs, developers, testers, etc). Although the story is a little unclear: it talks about $200k in "lost income and savings", which is a little different to putting money up front.