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Asa cum mai inainte scriam despre frica Microsoft fata de proiectele Open Source (si mai exact fata de Linux) a venit si randul Apple sa-si exprime teama fata de Android. Cum asa? Pai, un tip, a creat o aplicatie. Initial a facut-o pentru Google Android. Nu ne intereseaza ce face aplicatia. Sau ce cel putin pe mine nu ma intereseaza, ce conteaza este ca in momentul cand a propus-o pentru iPhone App Store, si a mentionat ca a ajuns in finala Android Developer’s Challenge (pentru a sublinia faptul ca este o aplicatie de calitate) , cei de la Apple s-au simtit jigniti si au dat urmatorul raspuns.
„Dear Flash of Genius, LLC,
Thank you for submitting Flash of Genius: SAT Vocab 2.2 to the App Store. During our review of your application, we found that your application contains inappropriate or irrelevant platform information in the Application Description and/or Release Notes sections.
Providing future platform compatibility plans or other general platform references are not relevant in the context of the iPhone App Store. While your application has not been rejected, it would be appropriate to remove “Finalist in Google’s Android Developer’s Challenge!” from the Application Description [Emphasis added].
Please log into iTunes Connect to make appropriate changes to the Application Description now to avoid an interruption in the availability of Flash of Genius: SAT Vocab 2.2 on the iPhone App Store.
Regards,
iPhone Developer Program„
Cu alte cuvinte, multumim pt aplicatie, insa daca scrie google android pe undeva, noi nu o vrem.
Concluzia? Android este intradevar un motiv de ingrijorare pentru Apple, iar Google isi face tot mai multi dusmani (Microsoft, Yahoo, Apple, China). :))
Aici e blogul omului care a patit treaba asta…