Pulled post on the Palm Pre?
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
Questions on best way to deliver Palm Pre apps
Earlier today Andrew Shebanow, a developer with Palm, posted an intriguing set of questions for potential developers. How would they prefer their applications to be distributed on the Pre platform?
A popular and influential Mac Blogger, John Gruber of Daring Fireball, linked to this post and caused the usual huge influx of traffic. Unfortunately this was apparently more than Andrew and his bosses had bargained for. As of now the post has been removed.
I think it was reasonably (though maybe not perfectly) clear from the original post that this was a developer being allowed to have his own voice rather than speaking for the company. It also was a refreshing break from Apple’s absolute control over messaging (even if that control was considered partly responsible for their success now). It was even more refreshing since this topic, app distribution and control, is the sorest subject for Apple devotees right now.
Here is a chance to capitalize on Apple’s mistakes, Palm. Think carefully, but think quickly. Don’t let this opportunity get away.
