Linked List: August 18, 2009

Tuesday, 18 August 2009

‘No Chance’ 

Some classic claim chowder from Steve Ballmer, back in April 2007 (two months before the iPhone hit stores):

There’s no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance.

Self-Enforcing Protocols 

Bruce Schneier:

Self-enforcing protocols are safer than other types because participants don’t gain an advantage from cheating. Modern voting systems are rife with the potential for cheating, but an open show of hands in a room — one that everyone in the room can count for himself — is self-enforcing.

(Via Wilfredo Sánchez.)

DF RSS Feed Sponsorship 

If you have a product or service you’d like to promote to Daring Fireball’s audience of Apple nerds, designers, nitpickers, perfectionists, and connoisseurs of fine sarcasm, perhaps you should consider sponsoring the DF RSS feed. September and October are nearly sold out, but November is wide open.

Palm WebOS App Catalog Now Open to Submissions 

Chuq Von Rospach:

All developers can submit both free and paid applications today for evaluation by Palm. Details of the program are the following:

  • You can charge a one-time fee for the download of your application.
  • Initially, the user base for e-commerce will be limited to the United States.
  • Developers will receive 70 percent of revenues generated through application sales (less applicable sales taxes).
  • webOS users will pay for their application purchases using credit cards and will download apps directly to their webOS device.
Mailsmith Now Freeware, Under New Ownership 

From the Bare Bones press release:

Bare Bones Software today announced it has transferred ownership of Mailsmith to Stickshift Software LLC, who in turn are releasing Mailsmith 2.2 today as freeware.

“Like many others, I use and rely on Mailsmith on a daily basis,” said Rich Siegel, founder and CEO of Bare Bones Software, Inc. and owner of Stickshift Software. “However, at this point it is strictly a labor of love for me. Since I’m in the unique position of being able to support it for others who also use and rely on Mailsmith, I have created a new company whose sole purpose is to provide a home for Mailsmith, while allowing me to focus on my work at Bare Bones Software, which remains my first and highest priority.”