Re: Mouse control problem on Macintosh

On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 6:58 PM, Steve Morris <barbershopsteve@gmail.com> wrote:

Your analysis of the iPhone is also wrong. Unlike most other phones
(Android based phones excluded) the iPhone is primarily a UNIX (OS X)
based computer, with phone hardware attached to it. It is essentially
a stripped down Macintosh. Restrictions like terminating applications
when the phone app runs are not inherent in the hardware but are
instead applied by the Apple app software environment. Those
artificial restrictions are not obvious to long time UNIX experts like
myself.

Then my pointing out to you of the fact that when using a phone to do UNIX tasks, you need to remember you're using a phone would have been educational.

You're not using a Netbook; you're using an iPhone. The sooner you change your outlook to that, you'll get on much better with apps and connectivity. Apple's developer guidelines are that your app WILL quit when the system wants it to and you need to develop to that. Dropping the connection is the ideal solution here and reopening your session without authorisation is a security hole the way I see it.

 

Apple is walking a delicate line. They want to support powerful
applications but don't want to be perceived as enabling hackers to
attack the wireless networks. As an example I'm sure they could
shutdown jail-breaking if they applied themselves. Instead they make
it just hard enough to convince the phone companies they take the
issue seriously and protect themselves from lawsuits but not hard
enough to stop it.

Apple don't like Jailbreaking and don't want you to do it. They're not just paying lip service; they are actively seeking ways of securing the phone to the point Jailbreaking will be impossible. What you call enabling jailbreaking, Apple refer to as security failings. 

Apple manage expectations by ensuring you can't make them look bad. No background apps because the phone loses performance and battery life, making it appear to be worse than it is. If you honestly believe jailbreaking doesn't make Apple execs angry, you are not familiar with the way they do business. 

Anyway, I'm done here. I was just taking umbrage that you were reporting as bugs facts that are unavoidable and in fact expected behaviour. I'm not apologetic you took offense, but it was done in jest as opposed to maliciousness.

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