http://eventuallyconsistent.com/blog/2008/02/vendor-lock-in-control-and-security/ technology, software development and entrepreneurship Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:58:42 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://eventuallyconsistent.com/blog/2008/02/vendor-lock-in-control-and-security/comment-page-1/#comment-23 eventually consistent » Blog Archive » iPhone: the good, the bad and the ugly Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:02:41 +0000 http://eventuallyconsistent.com/blog/2008/02/12/vendor-lock-in-control-and-security/#comment-23 [...] We want an open platform. Period. The idea of the app store is actually very good but the ugly part is that Apple keeps a Microsoft style lock-in control over it. It is basically the same concept as with Microsoft Xbox Live. Note that both the Xbox and iPhone security has been broken. The main difference is with the community motivation, on the Xbox its mainly for copying games while on the iPhone, users & developers don’t want to have to deal with Apple’s monopolistic behavior and just want to use or publish applications freely without Apple overlooking everything - just like with any other platform/operating system (Windows, OSX, Linux). The fact is that there is a lot of talented, motivated, creative people making applications outside of Apple’s sanctioned channels. Why can’t all iPhones users have access to this talent without going the “underground” route? Fail. [...] [...] We want an open platform. Period. The idea of the app store is actually very good but the ugly part is that Apple keeps a Microsoft style lock-in control over it. It is basically the same concept as with Microsoft Xbox Live. Note that both the Xbox and iPhone security has been broken. The main difference is with the community motivation, on the Xbox its mainly for copying games while on the iPhone, users & developers don’t want to have to deal with Apple’s monopolistic behavior and just want to use or publish applications freely without Apple overlooking everything – just like with any other platform/operating system (Windows, OSX, Linux). The fact is that there is a lot of talented, motivated, creative people making applications outside of Apple’s sanctioned channels. Why can’t all iPhones users have access to this talent without going the “underground” route? Fail. [...]

]]> http://eventuallyconsistent.com/blog/2008/02/vendor-lock-in-control-and-security/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Stephane Daury Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:54:21 +0000 http://eventuallyconsistent.com/blog/2008/02/12/vendor-lock-in-control-and-security/#comment-12 In regards to the iPhone, and as one of your <em>gulity</em> friends, as much as I'm looking forward to Apple's Dev Kit, I'm actually even more interested in the unfortunately still not yet entirely available <a>Open Moko</a> and <a href="http://code.google.com/android/" rel="nofollow">Google Android</a>. In regards to the iPhone, and as one of your gulity friends, as much as I’m looking forward to Apple’s Dev Kit, I’m actually even more interested in the unfortunately still not yet entirely available Open Moko and Google Android.

]]> http://eventuallyconsistent.com/blog/2008/02/vendor-lock-in-control-and-security/comment-page-1/#comment-13 tekArtist » How Not to End Up as an Anachronism Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:29:07 +0000 http://eventuallyconsistent.com/blog/2008/02/12/vendor-lock-in-control-and-security/#comment-13 [...] the other hand, vendor and infrastructure lock-in is something that we, as technologists, have all had to deal with in one form or another. The [...] [...] the other hand, vendor and infrastructure lock-in is something that we, as technologists, have all had to deal with in one form or another. The [...]

]]> http://eventuallyconsistent.com/blog/2008/02/vendor-lock-in-control-and-security/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Iphone » Blog Archive » Vendor lock-in, control and security Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:05:13 +0000 http://eventuallyconsistent.com/blog/2008/02/12/vendor-lock-in-control-and-security/#comment-14 [...] Eventually Consistent wrote an interesting post today on Vendor lock-in, control and securityHere’s a quick excerptIn fact all my friends with iPhones are spending a lot of energy trying to unlock their iPhones……Tags: control, iphone, liberty, open, security…The article starts by talking about the locked nature of the iPhone - not about SIM locking but about the fact that you cannot develop/install 3rd party applications….This has been really annoying me and as much as I like Apple and the iPhone I think this is a serious blow to an important part of their users base: the tech geeks. Hey! WE-WANT-OPEN-PLATFORMS!… [...] [...] Eventually Consistent wrote an interesting post today on Vendor lock-in, control and securityHere’s a quick excerptIn fact all my friends with iPhones are spending a lot of energy trying to unlock their iPhones……Tags: control, iphone, liberty, open, security…The article starts by talking about the locked nature of the iPhone – not about SIM locking but about the fact that you cannot develop/install 3rd party applications….This has been really annoying me and as much as I like Apple and the iPhone I think this is a serious blow to an important part of their users base: the tech geeks. Hey! WE-WANT-OPEN-PLATFORMS!… [...]

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