Apple blocks Pragmatic Programmers' release of iPhone book for developers

Re:Apple blocks Pragmatic Programmers' release of iPhone boo... by lux on Wednesday September 24, 2008 @09:56PM (#314393)

It doesn't sound like Apple actually blocked it, just that since they haven't lifted the NDA this can't be published yet, and since they don't seem to be concerned with lifting the NDA they probably won't publish it anytime soon.

Additional developer resources, esp. a book from these guys, would be very welcome though...

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Re:Apple blocks Pragmatic Programmers' release of iPhone boo... by Harkins on Thursday September 25, 2008 @08:02AM (#314766)

Your subtle distinction comes down to: it's not that they blocked it, it's that they haven't stopped blocking it.

I don't see a reason to treat that significantly differently.

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Re:Apple blocks Pragmatic Programmers' release of iPhone boo... by raganwald on Thursday September 25, 2008 @08:25AM (#314783)

There's no reason to treat them differently, I agree.

The question I have is why we're still talking about old news? I'm searching this story in vain for some aditional bit of information that is actionable in any way.

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Re:Apple blocks Pragmatic Programmers' release of iPhone boo... by bp001 on Thursday September 25, 2008 @08:42AM (#314789)

An NDA being in place is a bit of an abstract concept for people and can seem relatively harmless until you hear of concrete examples of how that has impacted participants.

The reason this example is worthwhile is to aid the decision making process of those who are considering contributing to this platform. People need to fully understand the risks to invested time.

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Re:Apple blocks Pragmatic Programmers' release of iPhone boo... by axod on Thursday September 25, 2008 @04:06AM (#314646)

Woah don't post the truth, this is apparently all about posting as many stories as possible that could be misinterpreted to show that Apple is evil.

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