[racket] [off-topic] iPhone

From: Eli Barzilay (eli at barzilay.org)
Date: Wed Oct 20 17:07:43 EDT 2010

On June 18th, Raffael Cavallaro 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. [...]

[Apologies for the off-topic continuation of this...]

First step done:

  http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/20/app-store-for-os-x-unveiled/

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