I would fully support Apple porting the OS X Objective-C frameworks to Windows and Linux since it would allow an iOS/OS X developer to write cross platform applications without needing to learn a second widget library or use a second language.

That is not just my two cents, I'd back up those two copper Lincolns with green Franklins if Apple considered making UIKit and AppKit cross platform.

I recently heard of BatchPCB vendor by reading the tutorials on SparkFun's website.

$10 setup fee plus either $2.50 (2 layer) or $4.00 (4 layer) per square inch of PCB board. So a 4.5" by 2.5" PCB would cost between $38 and $55 for the first board, which is a tad less than several hundred dollars. Granted, I do not know much about PCB classifications, so it may not be smartphone class, but I would think DIY open source hardware would not be designed so to an extremely narrow physical layout which could not be done by hand.

I'm not associated with either SparkFun or BatchPCB, I've recently run across them since I started researching how to get a custom PCB for a toy I am designing for my son.

You could use a free IPv6 brokering service such as Hurricane Electric or SixXS to provide IPv6 network access to your home network. I'm currently using Hurricane Electric tunnel brokering service with an Airport base station connected to DSL. It works well for browsing IPv6 sites and connecting to my Linode servers. In addition the servers at home are now available via IPv6 to the public Internet.

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Speaking from my experience, you are spot on. A few years ago I started migrating the few libraries I have written from the LGPL to a modified BSD license just for this reason. It is also why I am more inclined to hunt down bugs and submit patches for non-GPL/LGPL software packages.

Why do you think open source is prohibited on many app stores?

I recently released an LDAP administrator for the iPad which is built around the OpenLDAP libraries. In the about section of the app, I clearly state that the app uses OpenLDAP, OpenSSL, and Cyrus-SASL libraries. I also provide links to a framework on github which I developed to provide the visual elements and convenience classes used within the app. When submitting the app to Apple, I disclosed that the app uses OpenSSL.

The app was approved in less than a week by Apple. If they were anti open source, would they have approved an app that makes liberal use of open source libraries?

Further more, how is it anti ethical to use open source software in iOS? I release the parts of my software I think might be useful to others under a modified BSD license and fully expect others to use it in both proprietary and open solutions.

I generally prefer the apps on my desktop rather than the remote apps. "ssh -D 8080 " will start a SOCKS4/SOCKS5 server running on your local port 8080 and proxy the connections out the remote side. This allows all of your SOCKS enabled applications on your local workstation to make use of the tunnel without having to setup a one to one port mapping.

While I can understand your pain, this really is not Apple's fault, but the app developer's choice.

App developers can set the deployment version of an app to iOS 3.1. Granted, newer API methods/libraries are unavailable, however it is easy for a developer to test for the presence of a newer API method with "-(BOOL)respondsToSelector:(SEL)aSelector") before using the method within the app. Granted this may not be possible for apps whose core functionality are centered upon the functionality of the new API interfaces, however if the app was originally released on older iOS versions, it is hard for me to imagine how not supporting older iOS revs moving forward is difficult unless that app has been re-written from the ground up.

Disclaimer, I am actively developing a new database app and am running dev versions of the app on an iPhone1 with iOS 3.1. and other devices running iOS 4.3, 5.0, 5.1.

The movie studios were just trying to create realism. What better way accomplish realism in their anti-piracy commercial than by setting it to pirated music.

They also offer VPS services with monthly fees. There may not be as many VPS subscribers moving to a new provider due to the pain and time required move to a new service, however I hope there are enough of us moving to new VPS providers so that they do feel the loss in recurring monthly revenue.

I need to make a living and am currently doing that by writing iPhone apps. GPL is fine in an idealistic world, however people are not idealistic and do not give you money for being a nice guy. When I release software as open source (https://github.com/bindle/BindleKit), I do it to be helpful to others. The GPL greatly restricts the ability of some one to use my software. Just because one developer uses my library in a proprietary application does not exclude another developer for using my library as well. What is the point of software being called open source when it is not usable by developers?

To expand upon mrxak, the Catechism of the Catholic Church did not exist until 1992. As for not reading the Bible, if a practicing Catholic who attends daily Mass and Sunday Mass without fail will have heard most of Bible through the Liturgy of the Word (Bible readings during Mass) once every three years. So an adult should have heard most of the Bible 10 times since he was 18.

Is our culture still pushing pre-marital/extra-marital sex and obfuscating the benefits of one spouse for life? Yes? Then I'd say our culture is having a greater influence than the Catholic Church.

If condoms are the solution, why is it that venereal deseases increase with the introduction/social acceptance of contraceptives like condoms?

Why do you say Catholics in particular? When was the last time you heard of a Catholic group/organization pushing the creation story as science? Most of the "Catholics" I hear about in the news, push moral agendas contrary to Church teachings (i.e. trying to change or ignore moral teachings on contraception, abortion, homosexuality, and marriage) or push for women's ordination.

The few times I hear a Catholic group or organization speak about science is when they are discussing the merits of NFP, the arguments against embryonic stem cell research, or the medical affects of contraception. Usually they are defending the Church's teachings on these matters which is absolutely in line with statements made by the Pope who Catholics consider to be the Vicar of Christ (not representative for God).

Let's not forget that Xcode 4 uses Git by default and is tightly integrated into the interface. Examples being

• * Xcode creates a git repository by default when creating a new project
• * When saving a file, Xcode will place a "M" marker next to a file to indicate it needs to be committed
• * Re-naming a file in Xcode will perform the rm and add operations automatically in Git
• * Xcode allows you to view the current version and past versions side by side in the editor

I am not sure why it is not working for you, however it works for me. I tested my copy of Windows XP with IE 8 with my instance of Lighttpd which has four domains with a UCC/SAN cert for the four domains from StartSSL all hosted on a single IP address.