A Dane in Luxembourg » daringfireball http://www.jhave.net Random observations Sat, 09 Apr 2011 06:46:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Harry McCracken on the App Store http://www.jhave.net/wp/2008/09/14/harry-mccracken-on-the-app-store/ http://www.jhave.net/wp/2008/09/14/harry-mccracken-on-the-app-store/#comments Sun, 14 Sep 2008 07:18:16 +0000 jhave http://www.jhave.net/wp/2008/09/14/harry-mccracken-on-the-app-store/

Harry McCracken:

Way back when, if software distribution for the had been handled via a with a don’t-duplicate--products policy, Photoshop might have been refused distribution on the grounds that it was too similar to MacPaint.

Apple needs to revise its policy regarding the apps in the App Store. They can’t be sure to be the most suited company to develop all applications for the .

via Daring Fireball

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Above the title of John Gruber’s take on another stupid article…here:

Final words from Gruber:

Or, as Albert Einstein actually did put it, “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.”

Very good and rather sad to read. How can serious journalists put together such crap?

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