All blog posts from April 2010
Adobe Lays the Smackdown on Apple
I am so pleased with Adobe's response to Steve Jobs' letter where he thought he would try to B.S. his way out of the Flash question.
It's good to see that others came to some of the same conclusions as I did - particularly the issue of Flash supposedly crashing Macs. Looks like that argument back-fi…
Steve Jobs Defends Apple's Position - What an Ass
So, it seems Steve Jobs has decided to push his reality distortion field beyond the bounds of his company, and in a response to Adobe's recent announcement of abandoning, release a letter in response.
Does anyone other than Apple fan-boys buy this rubbish?
Let's address a few of his claims, shall we…
Apple Alienating I.T. Companies
I'm not fan of Flash - anyone who knows me would attest to that. However, I will admit that it has it's place in the world. I do enjoy my little Flash games, as to millions of others.
Apparently, Apple doesn't give a toss.
First they slagged off Java (funny position, since their CPU for the iPhone w…
The Peculiar Nature of PHP
PHP has obviously been around for a while. Not quite as long as C, but by all accounts around 1995, the same year as Ruby and Java. And yet, I find it one of the most peculiar languages with regards to how people (those core to the language itself, as well as users) have developed using such a diver…
Apple Goes Further - Where Will It End?
Where will Apple's greed and disdain for developers end? probably never so long as brain-dead consumers keep gobbling up their rubbish trinkets.
I recently had an argument with a self-professed "developer" who didn't see how I could hold the opinion that Apple was unfriendly towards developers. Well…
PHP "Eval is Evil"
I keep seeing something which is beginning to annoy me - I keep seeing all these forum and blog comments saying how terrible PHP's "eval" instruction is, and how there is no reason what-so-ever to use it.
I wish people would keep their opinions to themselves simply when they cannot think of an insta…
New code Milestone
According to Ohloh.net, I have passed 200 commits across my open source projects.
Although this is a nice personal milestone, it does highlight the problem with a 9-5 job - no time for open-source development. I have so many projects I'd like to keep working on, but literally no time to do it in.
T…
Visit my Friends and Family
If you've enjoyed my site, please take a moment to visit my friends and family, many of whom have some interesting insights, and entertaining thoughts and ideas.
- Crause Family - the family website
- Peter Crause - my father
- Justin Crause - my brother
- Cencina Photomagic - great photographer
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