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iPhone Can Now Run Apache, Python, Vim

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the not-enough-memory-for-emacs dept.

An anonymous reader writes "After the first Hello World application, hacker NerveGas and the people at #iphone-shell have built Apache, Python and other Open Source apps for the iPhone using NightWatch's toolchain. Yes, your iPhone can now be a Web Server and do all sort of 1337 things. This also means that third-party applications for iPhone will happen no matter what. People, iPhone Doom could be just around the corner." It's fairly thin on information but if true, this will lead to good things. Like hopefully permission from apple.

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  1. No thanks... by lixee · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I'll take the Neo and OpenMoko over a carrier-locked-2-year-contract-proprietary phone on which running "Hello world" gets to be news.

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  2. Re:my thoughts by IdleTime · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    What???

    Has the god of all; gods, Apple, done something stupid? My oh my! The world is coming to an end...

    Knowing Apple and their crap, I'm not surprised... Apple don't want people to fiddle with the iPhone, At&T don't want people to fiddle with it. They both want it closed so they and they alone can offer additional services and software for a premium fee. Do you really think they want to give away money for free?

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  3. Re:my thoughts by 644bd346996 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The iPhone already took down a large Cisco powered network - and that was without 3rd party software. I'd expect AT&T's network to be less robust.

  4. Why doesn't Apple allow this without hacking? by jopet · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Nice to see hackers have fun with the iphone. But for the rest of us: why doesn't apple allow us to install our own applications? Why does apple force us to go with one specific provider? Why does Apple not support UMTS, WAP, Flash etc.? Why does Apple not allow us to replace the battery ourselves? Why does Apple not let us do stuff with the thing that we have been doing on other phones for years? Why does Apple think that a nice look and a user interface that misses tactile feedback and therefore cannot be used without constantly staring at it can make up for all those missing functionality?

    But the real interesting question is: why is a crappy, overpriced piece of geek trash like the iPhone causing that much hype? Are people nuts?