Apple blocks Pragmatic Programmers' release of iPhone book for developers

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Post by nickb » Thu, Sep 25, 2008, 12:40 AM UTC

Apple blocks Pragmatic Programmers' release of iPhone book for developers
pragprog.com

Re: Apple blocks Pragmatic Programmers' release of iPhone book for developers

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Post by immad » Thu, Sep 25, 2008, 1:06 AM UTC

Ridiculous

Re: Apple blocks Pragmatic Programmers' release of iPhone book for developers

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Post by wayne » Thu, Sep 25, 2008, 1:30 AM UTC

I don't get how this helps Apple. They don't want Android copying their API or something? Guess it doesn't matter as long as the iPhone remains super popular.

And man, it sucks to spend all that time writing a book, find a happy publisher, and then not be able to release it cause of this.

Re: Apple blocks Pragmatic Programmers' release of iPhone book for developers

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Post by markbao » Thu, Sep 25, 2008, 1:34 AM UTC

Is it just me, or is it sounding like Apple is coming out with their own line of iPhone manuals or something...?

Re: Apple blocks Pragmatic Programmers' release of iPhone book for developers

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Post by mroman » Thu, Sep 25, 2008, 1:40 AM UTC

This is outrageous.

That's it, I am going to refrain from purchasing any and all Apple products from here on, am going to encourage others to do the same, and will also refrain from recommending their products to anyone.

Re: Apple blocks Pragmatic Programmers' release of iPhone book for developers

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Post by wayne » Thu, Sep 25, 2008, 1:42 AM UTC

mroman wrote: post #5

This is outrageous. That's it, I am going to refrain from purchasing any and all Apple products from here on, am going to encourage others to do the same, and will also refrain from recommending their products to anyone.

Serious? That's hard core. This might discourage me from developing for the iPhone, but it's not going to make me buy a Zune over an iPod. :)

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Post by adamc » Thu, Sep 25, 2008, 1:49 AM UTC

wayne wrote: post #3

I don't get how this helps Apple. They don't want Android copying their API or something? Guess it doesn't matter as long as the iPhone remains super popular. And man, it sucks to spend all that time writing a book, find a happy publisher, and then not be able to release it cause of this.

Definitely a cautionary tale about getting involved with Apple technologies.

Re: Apple blocks Pragmatic Programmers' release of iPhone book for developers

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Post by lux » Thu, Sep 25, 2008, 1:56 AM UTC

It doesn't sound like Apple actually blocked it, just that since they haven't lifted the NDA this can't be published yet, and since they don't seem to be concerned with lifting the NDA they probably won't publish it anytime soon.

Additional developer resources, esp. a book from these guys, would be very welcome though...

Re: Apple blocks Pragmatic Programmers' release of iPhone book for developers

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Post by jdg » Thu, Sep 25, 2008, 1:56 AM UTC

Key phrase: "which affects all publishers regarding this material". It's not just pragprog. There isn't any real news here other than they're taking it off their docket.

Same situation as before with their last blog post about the [redacted] SDK NDA.

Re: Apple blocks Pragmatic Programmers' release of iPhone book for developers

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Post by jcromartie » Thu, Sep 25, 2008, 1:59 AM UTC

wayne wrote: post #3

I don't get how this helps Apple. They don't want Android copying their API or something? Guess it doesn't matter as long as the iPhone remains super popular. And man, it sucks to spend all that time writing a book, find a happy publisher, and then not be able to release it cause of this.

The NDA was in place when they started writing it. I don't know why they assumed the NDA would be lifted with the release of the iPhone 2.0. It would have been great if it were lifted, but it wasn't. They knew the risk they were running.