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Developers Could Turn Away from iPhone App Store
Developers need certainty when they invest time and money into applications. The early history of the Macintosh shows that when you combine intense company support, a clear process, and great excitement - that is, Guy Kawasaki and his amazing evangelical efforts - you can build an ecosystem ...
Mac Word | Don't drive iPhone developers away, Apple
macworld.com — One of the presenters at the recent C4 Mac developers conference made a point about Apple that... is incredibly relevant to how the company is viewed, especially by the media and rabid Apple fans. To paraphrase his statement, in dealing with Apple, one ... (more) Mac Word | Don't drive iPhone developers away, Apple
Apple's App Store schizophrenia driving developers crazy
Apple's App Store schizophrenia driving developers crazy
arstechnica.com — Apple has final say over what apps can or can't be sold via its App Store. A... number of developers tell Ars that the company's recent schizophrenia about which apps make it through and its extending the NDA to cover app rejection letters are ... (more) Apple's App Store schizophrenia driving developers crazy
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Apple Says Developers Can Talk about iPhone Software
TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us — ... Whatever the reason, more discussion and collaboration typically means better software and a richer platform. Let's hope Apple's next move is figuring out how to more transparently discuss what it won't allow in applications for the App Store - given this move, a change in application restrictions and the review process seems much more likely. ...

A visit with Guy Kawasaki
Macworld — ... angle at Alltop, which is that the company’s prime mover is Will Mayall, who some Mac oldtimers will remember as one of the authors of Claris Emailer and the LetterRip mailing-list software. Alltop’s a tiny company with a lot of smart automation behind the scenes, pulling information from RSS feeds and republishing them as pages of links. The company generates revenue by placing ads toward the top of its pages. Anyway, the day very I was chatting with Guy, Glenn Fleishman of TidBits posted an article about Apple’s App Store filtering policies that name-checked both him and me ...

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