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Apple’s not playing by their own rules
Apple’s director of applications technology Phillip Shoemaker is the man in charge of Apple’s App Store approval process. Unfortunately it recently came to light that he also has a side business selling fart and wee apps in that very same App Store.
Now Apple has strict rules about their employees developing and selling the Apps in their App Store. Whilst it may be true that some of the apps he wrote were placed in the App Store before he began working for Apple, when he started working for them Apple should have stopped their sale and taken them off the App Store. There is no way he could have claimed that he did not know the rules, he’s the Director. The fact that he didn’t declare their presence or remove his apps from sale places his integrity and honesty in question.
It’s this type of morality or lack thereof that places the doubts about a large concern such as Apple, not to mention with all the controversy of late with the iPhone, this type of discovery puts in doubt the other members of Apples executive team. We’ve all heard of Steve Jobs and his Vertu-the luxury Nokia phones-and the fact that he does not use his companies iPhone.
We know that with the release of FaceTime on the iPhone 4, the first users of the capability has been the porn industry. Whilst we know that the porn industry is the first to make use of new technologies in nthe mobile market, it just goes to show that Apple has been making a big deal of not having non-family orientated content in their offerings. With one of their own executives providing Pee and Fart applications, not to mention the above stated Conflict of interest, has Apple lost the plot?
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Java Battle: Google vs Oracle
It seems that nothing is safe these days, not while large corporates see money. Aproximately three and half years ago Oracle bought Sun Micro and has firm control of the Java Platform. Oracle has filed a patent-infringement suit against Google stating that they unlawfully made use of the Java Platform. Google has vowed to fight the patent-infringement suit filed by Oracle that claims the search giant infringed on patents and copyright infringement in its use of Java in the Android operating system.
According to Computerworld, Google spokesman Aaron Zamost, calls the suit a disappointing and “baseless” attack that not only targets Google but also the open-source Java community:
The open-source Java community goes beyond any one corporation and works every day to make the web a better place. We will strongly defend open-source standards and will continue to work with the industry to develop the Android platform.
IDC analyst Al Hilwa offers these comments:
This is a typical intellectual property value defense lawsuit, but it can have serious consequences on the Android market and its adoption by OEMs. Basically, it says that Oracle wants to get into the action and leverage its acquired Java assets better financially.
Is this then the end of Java? A win by Oracle in this lawsuit will create a precedent that will force many other organizations who currently have similar Java platforms to now apply for licensing for their tools and use, forcing costs to clients to rise in new versions. Oracle is creating a financial nightmare due to the greedy nature of it’s board and CEO. I’ve heard gossip with regards to this issue where users say Google should have bought Sun 4 years ago, who knows, maybe they should go and buy Oracle, who is in reality a lightweight compared to the Search Engine giant.
Are we seeing the end of Java as a open source platform and the growth of Perl becoming the norm. We know that just about anything you do in Java can be done in Perl and that Perl is constantly evolving. We’ll keep our ears and eyes on the news and post the informations as soon as possible.
