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ZSync - Open Source Syncing Library for iPhone/iPad

#1

Post by jawngee » Sun, May 02, 2010, 7:08 PM UTC

#2

Post by jim_dot » Sun, May 02, 2010, 7:30 PM UTC

Beautiful. Good work, I'll try it out soon!

#3

Post by DenisM » Sun, May 02, 2010, 7:30 PM UTC

Ssoo... is it any good?

#4

Post by wazoox » Sun, May 02, 2010, 7:56 PM UTC

What's the point making open source stuff for the most anal-tight closed platform?

#5

Post by tvon » Sun, May 02, 2010, 8:00 PM UTC

wazoox wrote: post #4

What's the point making open source stuff for the most anal-tight closed platform?

So the library can gain the benefits typically associated with OSS?

#6

Post by slug » Sun, May 02, 2010, 8:05 PM UTC

#7

Post by thought_alarm » Sun, May 02, 2010, 8:21 PM UTC

wazoox wrote: post #4

What's the point making open source stuff for the most anal-tight closed platform?

The iPhone platform is very popular with developers, not so popular with the quacks in the peanut gallery.

#8

Post by [deleted] » Sun, May 02, 2010, 8:51 PM UTC

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#9

Post by astrange » Sun, May 02, 2010, 10:06 PM UTC

wazoox wrote: post #4

What's the point making open source stuff for the most anal-tight closed platform?

You mean BREW? Indeed, I don't see any BREW programs on github at a glance.

#10

Post by ianloic » Mon, May 03, 2010, 1:20 AM UTC

If there's no source code then it's not open source.