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Open Source Not Welcome At Palm App Catalog

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-thats-not-very-friendly-of-you dept.

davidmwilliams writes "It appears Palm is seeking to follow Apple's footsteps in gaining a reputation for inconsistent and spurious rejections and removals of iPhone and iPod Touch applications. In this case, Palm has resisted including a free application because the source code is attainable elsewhere."

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  1. Re:Buzzwords by ElKry · · Score: 5, Funny

    You must be... oh.

  2. Re:Buzzwords by webheaded · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hey I've been hating Apple since WAY before it was the cool thing to do. I am now like all those douche bags that tell you how they totally loved that band way before you'd even heard of them, dude.

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  3. Re:Buzzwords by Steffan · · Score: 2, Funny

    > by Red Flayer (890720) Alter Relationship on Thu October 01, 09:01 AM (#29606869) Journal
    >

    > > I'm a middle-aged, overweight fat computer bloke

    >You're posting on slashdot with a UID less than 890721 No need to restate an obvious truth.

    Nice! It took me a second to figure out what your benchmark was...

  4. Re:It should only need to be said once... by jdgeorge · · Score: 3, Funny

    good enough, adj.: 1. Apple, Inc. 2. Various words people have used to describe Apple, Inc.

  5. Moot point by sbeckstead · · Score: 2, Funny

    The Pre is not exactly selling like hot cakes. So does it really make a difference that they have nine million free programs that all the other phones have too. They should be looking to lock developers into exclusivity just to be able to differentiate from the other phones.

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