Palm Frees Up webOS Development 117
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from the more-open-than-thou dept.
from the more-open-than-thou dept.
Per Wigren writes in with news that Palm has just announced a number of changes to its webOS development platform that should really be welcomed by developers — especially after the chilly reception that Palm seemed to be giving to open source in recent days. OSnews notes that "This moves the webOS much closer to Android territory." Quoting TechCrunch: "The first is that they're allowing developers to fully distribute their apps via the web. What this means is that developers can simply submit their apps to Palm, and Palm will return to them a URL that they can then blog, tweet, do whatever they want to share it. When a person then clicks on that URL they can easily install the app, bypassing any kind of store. And while Palm is providing the URL, it is not going to be reviewing the apps in any way — a clear dig at Apple's approval process. The next announcement is that Palm is waiving the $99 yearly fee it normally charges to developers to make webOS apps if those apps are going to be open source."
Re:Wow (Score:5, Funny)
It's all in the wrist.
Re:Not reviewing them in any way? Really? (Score:3, Funny)
Yesterday some slashdotters opinions were: Palm is EVIL! They're forcing us through a proprietary app catalog, and ruling out choice and freedom and forcing developers to play by their rules! Down with Palm!
Today some other slashdotters opinions are: Palm is EVIL! By letting people download from anywhere, they're not checking these apps for safety before people can download them, which will infest the Pre with malware! Down with Palm!
Meet the new Slashdotters, they have differing opinions.
FTFY
Re:Not reviewing them in any way? Really? (Score:4, Funny)
Shouldn't Palm at least be checking to see if the apps are malware?
Mama's gonna check out all your applications for you. Mama's not going to let anything dirty get through. Mama's gonna wait up until you sign in. Mama's going to always find out where you've been. Mama's gonna keep baby healthy and clean.
Close (Score:4, Funny)
It's HTML, which is really close to C++.
Re:Not reviewing them in any way? Really? (Score:4, Funny)