> To bring this more on topic, I think a good approach to all these issues from > a Racket perspective is to develop an HTML5 web-app framework that > intelligently adjusts content for the device making the request. This way > Racket apps could run across all platforms with a decent HTML5 browser, and > we wouldn't have to worry about the restrictions of any mother-may-iOS.
Yes. On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Raffael Cavallaro <raffaelcavall...@mac.com> wrote: > > On Jun 18, 2010, at 1:41 PM, John Clements wrote: > >> I think it's a good idea to be aware that the ability to compile and run >> arbitrary programs on the computers sold to us by Apple (or any other >> company) is not a constitutionally protected right, and that many if not all >> OS vendors would be delighted to move to a world where all applications >> required licensing fees and prior approval. My guess is that when this >> becomes feasible, it will happen. > > I won't say that Apple isn't foolish enough to shoot themselves in the foot > in this way, but I think it's unlikely. Jobs himself compared > laptops/desktops to trucks (as opposed to passenger cars) - very necessary, > much more general purpose and more powerful machines, with a concomitantly > limited user base. In this view there's no need to lock down the MacOS since > it is no longer going to be targeted at consumers, but only at a restricted > range of professionals - developers, professional content producers in film & > publishing, research scientists, etc. - who don't need or want either the > hand-holding or the content-filtering-nanny features of a consumer OS. > > If what you hypothesize were to happen, my guess is that open source OS usage > among developers will skyrocket. I know I'd move to linux-intel from MacOS or > Windows in a heartbeat if Apple and Microsoft ever restricted the apps I > could run on MacOS and Windows to those approved for sale in an Apple or > Microsoft App Store. To a certain extent, this is already happening in the > smart phone market. Many developers feel as Neil Van Dyke does: > > On Jun 18, 2010, at 1:46 PM, Neil Van Dyke wrote: > >> The smartphone is a key ubiquitous computing device, and I believe that the >> app selection for iPhone/Android/etc. constitutes "general-purpose." >> >> I believe that keeping these platforms open is extremely important. > > > So devs are voting with their feet - many are buying android phones, not > iPhones or iPads. > > To bring this more on topic, I think a good approach to all these issues from > a Racket perspective is to develop an HTML5 web-app framework that > intelligently adjusts content for the device making the request. This way > Racket apps could run across all platforms with a decent HTML5 browser, and > we wouldn't have to worry about the restrictions of any mother-may-iOS. > > > warmest regards, > > Ralph > > > Raffael Cavallaro > raffaelcavall...@me.com > > > > > > _________________________________________________ > For list-related administrative tasks: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users > _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users
