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Gripped by 'The Fear'

I’ve posted about this previous to Apple dropping the NDA for iPhone/iPod Touch app development and, as I stated, there is still more that Apple needs to do to keep developers from eventually shying away from developing for the platform. There are many, I am sure, that agree. One of those is John Gruber:

Here is a complete list of what Apple must do to increase developers’ trust in the App Store system:

1. State the rules.
2. Follow the rules.

That’s it.

That seems straightforward enough but I wonder if Apple will get it. There is a bunch of smart people (obviously!) working at 1, Infinite Loop. Time will tell, I suppose. It will be interesting, if Apple is, indeed, planning on further developing and streamlining it’s AppStore operation’s developer relations, to see what the timing will be like.

They could wait until Macworld to announce any changes. That would insure that everyone is in one place (at least in spirit) to hear the message. I wonder, though, if they should do it sooner.

2 October 2008 | View Comments |