iPhone

[Matt Johnston]

On 15 Jun 2008, at 16:20, Markus Hitter wrote:

>
> Am 15.06.2008 um 13:57 schrieb John Chandler:
>> Yeah, can anyone hazard a guess as to an actual, well-thought-out  
>> *reason*
>> behind a restriction like that, or is it just "the new cruelty?"
>
> - They can sell you more support incidents, as each developer has to  
> ask individually.
> - No sign in the public wether the iPhone SDK is useful at all.  
> Everybody has to believe the marketing stuff
> - Test how much they can stretch a developers loyalty before he  
> jumps ship for Java, QT or myStep on another platform.
> - They can alomst always complain (and sue) about leaks.
> - They prohibit community building which could make a counterweight  
> to their own opinion.

Wow, you're a ray of sunshine :)

I'm less cynical. I see where Apple excels so well that it shows the  
disparity when they fall below my (inflated, opinionated) expectations.

I have to assume there are good reasons. Just stings me that Redmond  
is more 'open'.

M