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Posted in Apple, GNU/Linux, Microsoft at 6:24 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: GNU/Linux puts developers in charge, whereas Apple and Microsoft treat them as guests
IN TWO previous posts we showed that Apple and Microsoft share something in common. They both deny (some) developers access to their platform; it’s a form of censorship. See the details in:
Apple and Microsoft Attack Their Developers and Users (Again)Steve (Jobs): Developers, Developers, Developers… Get the Hell Out
Here are a couple of updates on the subject:
• Wait, So The iPhone’s Browser Can Access The Sun’s Page 3… But If Another App Does, It’s Obscene?
=> ↺ Wait, So The iPhone’s Browser Can Access The Sun’s Page 3… But If Another App Does, It’s Obscene?
But, of course, anyone with an iPhone could just as easily use the web browser to surf right over to the website for Page 3 and see the exact same photos. So why is it suddenly “objectionable” when the very same functionality comes in a separate app?
• Microsoft to forbid VoIP, rival stores at mobile market
=> ↺ Microsoft to forbid VoIP, rival stores at mobile market
Voice-over-IP applications will be forbidden from Microsoft’s Windows MarketPlace for Mobile store, along with programs that are larger than 10MB or that change the default browser on a device.They are among 12 prohibited application types that Microsoft listed for developers who register to create software for the store. Marketplace for Mobile is due to launch in the second half of the year, along with Windows Mobile 6.5, the next version of Microsoft’s mobile OS.
In case it’s not obvious, both Apple and Microsoft don’t secure users; they basically secure their monopolies by denying competition. Apple says “no” to something which is still accessible anyway (even without any additional software) and Microsoft plays ball for carriers by denying VoIP and also by blocking rivals to its own Web browser and store (cash cow).
Why would developers even give those two companies the pleasure of being served for free?
Speaking of developers, Duke Nukem is Dead Forever.
=> ↺ Duke Nukem is Dead Forever
Veteran games developer 3D Realms has closed down because of a lack of funds.
It has been dragged on for so long, just like Vista/Longhorn. At the end came nothing of substance; 3D Realms went out of business and Windows users went back to XP or switched to platforms like GNU/Linux or Mac OS X. █
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