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"This needs me to: ..nmap...ssh...etc". I'm too lazy to do this so I would script it ;)

Definitely interesting, but how does it help with this?

> even if you "win", you have the problem of collecting.

The article says "We’ve enabled Push IMAP" and their instructions tell you how to setup imap email account. But yes, using APNS for notifications probably makes sense (bandwidth, less connections, battery, ...).

I thought push is a standardized imap extension and any capable client can use it, if the server is configured properly. Does push on iOS require apple to somehow allow you to use it with your provider, or why is it such a big deal?

Why not generate token on client and only submit that?

This is really annoying. What I find more annoying is response like "We will process your request within 30 business days." (and after that period receive another spam). What could possibly take 30 business days to unsubscribe email? This is evil.

I would also like to see some sort of standard - like email header with link, that would unsubscribe you. Outlook/thunderbird/etc could just show button (probably next to "mark as spam" :)) and you couldjust click and be done. I think google tried something like this, but I've never heard of anyone else.

Yeah, storage is cheap, let's go wild and add some features that might be useful for a handful of people. Reminds of time when excel had simple flight simulator in it...

Nothing new, really. Methods and tools can help you, but do not guarantee success. Saying that some project failed because they used/didn't use something dosn't make sense to me. In the end, it's all about developers and overall project management.

Sorry, but this is IMHO useless. It doesn't work in all browsers (and causes errors/warnings in those unsopported), requires extra javascript and adds no real value. It just crams console with irrelevant data. There are better ways for this - humans.txt or html meta tags.

Interesting point. AFAIK they requested the key to decrypt previous communications. From security point of view, his move makes perfect sense. If FBI wanted to decrypt future communications, they would probably have specified that in their request. Then he would indeed break court order and could be hold responsible.

On the other hand, it would be hard to prove any actual obstruction, since the service was shut down and all users notified about this whole situation.

No. This does not affect their ability to use it. This certificate is simply no longer trusted by other parties (rightfully, because it was compromised). As matter of fact, this may not even be his doing.

So, he's not 'mindless flocking sheep' because he wants new device from apple. He wants it because it's fashionable. I can't help it, but it sounds like 'mindless flocking sheep' to me, too.

So they actually did opensource it. Sorry, my mistake. Now the news is even better :)

The title seems misleading - the IDE is not opensource, but they offer free license for opensource projects.

True, although such strict lock-in seems to be counter-productive. For example - I have iPad (and love reading on it), but I never buy books on iBooks Store. I use amazon instead, because I can easily strip DRM and convert to any format I want and read anywhere I want (should I ever buy different device). iBooks books are tied to apple devices for ever.

This strategy may work for now, but I don't think it's viable in a long term and apple always seemed to prefer bigger picture rather than pursue immediate profits.

> iTunes invented modern online music distribution. I believe it was actually Napster, who invented modern distribution :)

Now seriously - iTunes is kinda OK-ish, but web purchase/download could only increase their customer base. Their whole ecosystem works nicely, but I believe that customers will soon require more open approach rather than tying everything to one platform.

Amazon's Music is also essentially unavailable outside US (currently ~8 countries compared to ~120).

Don't know about the others, but O'reill's been offering this for a long time.

Are you sure there are no such standards? I mean - in Czech Republic we have de facto standard called ISDOC XML(which should be based on other international standard UBL (universal bussines language, or smtg. like that)). All major accounting/finance software support it and yet, nobody uses it (at least those I have to deal with). I couldn't even convince my ISP to send me these files. Maybe you should check current options and then require them from your vendors.