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The Kafka-esque Nightmare of Palm App Submission
MBCook writes "Jamie Zawinski, shortly after the release of the Palm Pre, wrote two free software programs for the phone: a Tip Calculator and a port of Dali Clock. In trying to get the apps published to the App Catalog, he has had to sign up to be a developer twice; fax contracts around; been told (apparently incorrectly) that he was not allowed to release free software for the phone; and told he had to give PayPal his checking account number. 'It's been two weeks, and I have received no reply. In the months since this process began, other third-party developers seem to have managed to get their applications into the App Catalog. Apparently these people are better at jumping through ridiculous hoops than I am.'"
I don't suppose it could be, say, the completely and totally overwhelming response from developers has overloaded Palm's limited ability to process new App Store submissions that has led to some isolated developers having issues?
NAH, IT'S KAFKA-ESQUE!
I mean, hey. It's not an Apple product, so WE MUST DUMP ON IT! Let's just ignore the vibrant and rapidly growing Homebrew scene, many of which are already in the official App catalog, with many many more on the way. Let's just focus on the one unfortunate who had a bad experience, and then blow it all out of proportion so that we can all sit back in smug iSatisfaction.
Which iSlave is posting these "stories" and why are they allowed to get to the front page?
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wow. Troll much?
Official Heretic from the "Church of Global Warming". Proven right thanks to whistle blowers. AGW = Flat Earth Theory