Re: must read Apple's new iPhone/iPad OS 4 developer's agreement

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

I agree with Spaf. djf


Begin forwarded message:

> From: Gene Spafford <spaf () cerias purdue edu>
> Date: April 10, 2010 6:04:41 PM EDT
> To: dave () farber net
> Cc: ip <ip () v2 listbox com>
> Subject: Re: [IP] Re:    must read  Apple's new iPhone/iPad OS 4  
> developer's agreement

> > From: George Ou <George.Ou () digitalsociety org>
> >
> > I’m not a fan of Apple and it’s obvious they’re extremely  
> > closed, but I must point out that C and C++ run a lot faster than  
> > the other higher level languages.  uTorrent for example was writte 
> > n in very tight C code and it took over the BitTorrent market in a 
> >  matter of months because people value tight/fast code.
>
> This is precisely why we have such severe security, privacy and  
> quality problems -- people prefer to get unsafe and potentially  
> incorrect results quickly, rather than correct and secure results a  
> little more slowly.



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