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Re:Apple blocks Pragmatic Programmers' release of iPhone boo... by jcromartie on Wednesday September 24, 2008 @09:59PM (#314400)
The NDA was in place when they started writing it. I don't know why they assumed the NDA would be lifted with the release of the iPhone 2.0. It would have been great if it were lifted, but it wasn't. They knew the risk they were running.
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Re:Apple blocks Pragmatic Programmers' release of iPhone boo... by jfarmer on Wednesday September 24, 2008 @11:32PM (#314477)
Lots of companies have pre-release NDAs. That part is normal.

The abnormal part is not lifting the NDA even after the launch of the second major version of your product.

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Re:Apple blocks Pragmatic Programmers' release of iPhone boo... by axod on Thursday September 25, 2008 @04:55AM (#314683)
abnormal != evil though
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Re:Apple blocks Pragmatic Programmers' release of iPhone boo... by jfarmer on Friday September 26, 2008 @01:41PM (#316317)
Yeah, I don't think it's evil, but it does seem counter-productive.
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