http://www.samuofm.com/2007/10/18/iphone-sdk-yes-developer-signatures-no/ better living through technology Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:33:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.samuofm.com/2007/10/18/iphone-sdk-yes-developer-signatures-no/#comment-53 Updates From Sam Jones » Blog Archive » links for 2008-01-13 Sun, 13 Jan 2008 15:36:26 +0000 http://www.samuofm.com/2007/10/18/iphone-sdk-yes-developer-signatures-no/#comment-53 [...] Updates From Sam Jones » Blog Archive » iPhone SDK Yes, Developer Signatures No Ideas for the iPhone SDK and developer signatures (tags: samuofm samjones apple development) [...] […] Updates From Sam Jones » Blog Archive » iPhone SDK Yes, Developer Signatures No Ideas for the iPhone SDK and developer signatures (tags: samuofm samjones apple development) […]

]]> http://www.samuofm.com/2007/10/18/iphone-sdk-yes-developer-signatures-no/#comment-28 Allen Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:01:20 +0000 http://www.samuofm.com/2007/10/18/iphone-sdk-yes-developer-signatures-no/#comment-28 That little cellular radio causes all sorts of complications when you start thinking about opening up this system to outside developers. Code, intentionally malicious or otherwise, can do some crazy shit and the fallout wouldn't necessarily be constrained to hosing just one device. While i'm not a fan of requiring a developer sig system, it is impossible to get around the fact that some sort of mechanism has to be in place to enforce accountability and quality assurance in the apps that are distributed. I wish i could offer my own answer, but one really doesn't come to mind. That little cellular radio causes all sorts of complications when you start thinking about opening up this system to outside developers. Code, intentionally malicious or otherwise, can do some crazy shit and the fallout wouldn’t necessarily be constrained to hosing just one device. While i’m not a fan of requiring a developer sig system, it is impossible to get around the fact that some sort of mechanism has to be in place to enforce accountability and quality assurance in the apps that are distributed. I wish i could offer my own answer, but one really doesn’t come to mind.

]]> http://www.samuofm.com/2007/10/18/iphone-sdk-yes-developer-signatures-no/#comment-27 iphone » iPhone SDK Yes, Developer Signatures No Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:51:10 +0000 http://www.samuofm.com/2007/10/18/iphone-sdk-yes-developer-signatures-no/#comment-27 [...] Canadian Small Business Show wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptGive iPhone owners a reason to buy a Mac, just like Apple did with iPods. Make the right choices here Steve….People will even plug some seemingly obvious “feature holes” and iPhone sales will increase, the platform will become more more ubiquitous, and the cycle w ill continue….Steve Jobs has stated that one strategy for protecting the iPhone would mimic a similar strategy used by one of Apple’s competitors….Treat the iPhone like what it is — a computer. Make it easy to reload, backup, etc…. [...] […] Canadian Small Business Show wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptGive iPhone owners a reason to buy a Mac, just like Apple did with iPods. Make the right choices here Steve….People will even plug some seemingly obvious “feature holes” and iPhone sales will increase, the platform will become more more ubiquitous, and the cycle w ill continue….Steve Jobs has stated that one strategy for protecting the iPhone would mimic a similar strategy used by one of Apple’s competitors….Treat the iPhone like what it is — a computer. Make it easy to reload, backup, etc…. […]

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