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331.
by ptomato 16y ago
Because performance metrics are the only things that matter.
332.
by ptomato 16y ago
And I should note that's the split going to Microsoft and the publisher , not Microsoft and the developer. The studio is almost certainly not even getting 50% of that 60%, the way most such things work.
333.
by ptomato 16y ago
I doubt it. Insufficient demand for the amount of work it would require.
334.
by ptomato 16y ago
Really? So what's a publishing deal (distribution, some marketing, storefront, updating, &c) that has a better split then that? I can guarantee you you won't find one for video games, at least. Also, Android market has the same split. S
335.
by ptomato 16y ago
http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/cacode/PEN/3/1/13/5/s485 "One who finds lost property under circumstances which give him knowledge of or means of inquiry as to the true owner, and who appropriates such property to his own use, or to the use o
336.
by ptomato 16y ago
Except for the bit where money being exchanged automatically makes it "purchasing stolen property".
337.
by ptomato 16y ago
http://zencoder.com/docs/encoding/#output-formats
338.
by ptomato 16y ago
Or because he doesn't want to spend all his time answering email, perhaps.
339.
by ptomato 16y ago
Exactly. I'd really like to see what sort of battery life they get out of that, for example.
340.
by ptomato 16y ago
Or you could just use this: http://hg-git.github.com Not quite the same, I know, but the best thing if you want to use a combination of hg and github.
341.
by ptomato 16y ago
That's quite a lot of exclamation points. And I just think it's possible that HP is finally getting a clue. Buying Palm is a good sign, because really, why else would they buy it if they're not planning on actually using WebOS?
342.
by ptomato 16y ago
Yes, because HP will totally think it's a good idea to continue pre-installing that shit on something they want to compete with the iPad.
343.
by ptomato 16y ago
You're missing the bit where Apple isn't by any means the only phone manufacturer around.
344.
by ptomato 16y ago
If you have an xbox, all games must still be approved by Microsoft before they can be sold.
345.
by ptomato 16y ago
That's one thing the iPhone App Store isn't.
346.
by ptomato 16y ago
Well, here's a few examples from the apps on my iPhone: Tweetie 2 (very full featured twitter client): 2.8MB Things (todo list manager): 983KB Strategery (game, simple graphics): 6.3MB Canabalt (game, slightly fancier graphics): 8.8MB iOcto
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Ex-Adobe Engineers on Thoughts on Flash(wired.com)
107 points by ptomato 16y ago|56 comments
348.
by ptomato 16y ago
Symbian is WebKit, Blackberry OS 6 is WebKit, Android is WebKit, WebOS is WebKit. What other non-MS smartphone platforms are there?
349.
by ptomato 16y ago
When has Flash ever been "native-looking" (never mind, say, behaving exactly natively) on any platform?
350.
by ptomato 16y ago
Only in a not-yet-shipping version.
351.
by ptomato 16y ago
Wouldn't this apply more if Adobe was competing with Apple? Also if Apple had a monopoly on anything?
352.
by ptomato 16y ago
I do think it is reasonably evil, but I'll be very surprised if, say, Apple enforces this against somebody writing software in a lisp, or all the games using Lua or Unity. But saying literally "You can't write software in Flash" makes for s
353.
by ptomato 16y ago
I'd note that blocks at least are open-sourced under the MIT license so there's no excuse not to include them in the runtime.
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by ptomato 16y ago
* Well, I'm not sure what other part of Objective-C that's not "open" you would be talking about, exactly... * "We're talking about mobile applications like games being good enough, not applications using native components." Except we're no
355.
by ptomato 16y ago
* "Objective+C++ is not open." Yeah? http://gcc.gnu.org/ * "Adobe only wants cross-platform apps, not good apps; generic subjective bullshit." Alright, so point to a single Adobe Air app, for example, that looks & behaves natively. *
356.
by ptomato 16y ago
What's your source for that?
357.
by ptomato 16y ago
If you were, say, a major celebrity and there was a lot of press about it (as in this case) there would be.
358.
by ptomato 16y ago
Except that Apple hasn't had anything to do with this case. Criminal, not civil.
359.
by ptomato 17y ago
Pure unsourced bullshit.
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by ptomato 17y ago
Skype? You mean like this: http://www.skype.com/download/skype/macosx/ In general also mac applications don't need a package manager. Download, drag application to Applications directory, done. If you want to get rid of it, delete it fr

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