beginning of the end for iPhone

Mark Crispin <mrc@panda.com> wrote in
news:alpine.OSX.2.00.0911151728490.244@hsinghsing. panda.com:

> http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/11...-of-facebooks-
> massively-popular-iphone-app-quits-the-project/

Every person who owns any kind of computing device attached to the internet
owes Joe Hewitt, tonight, more than that person could ever repay him for
his very brave act to save the freedom of computing for all of us.

"the moment the middle man monopolizes the means of distribution, he
becomes a gatekeeper, and creators can be made to fail not by the merits
and popularity of their products, but by the whims and short-term interests
of the gatekeeper."

http://www.joehewitt.com/

Thank you, Joe, for standing up for all of us against this bureaucratic
monster of gatekeepers and evil, greedy corporations hell bent on
controlling us all.

--
Larry