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3/8/2009 - Apple's iPhone Developer Crisis
David Gerard writes "iPhone string sounds closed-shop but simple — apply to be a developer, put form on the App Store, you and Apple make money. Except Apple can't keep up with the request load — whereas getting a pioneer
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document.write("" narrow used to take a couple of days, it's now taking months. Some early developers' contracts are expiring with no notice of renewal options. And Apple has no idea what's going on or the state of things. If you want to maintain a flat closed system, it helps if you can in reality keep up with it." Reader h11:6 points out news of a recent study which suggests that "Android's open source nature will give it a boost over Apple's iPhone," and thus take the lead in sales as soon as three years from now. It will be interesting to see how they deal with the flood of projected law apps as their adoration rises.
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