The Kafka-esque Nightmare of Palm App Submission

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MBCook writes "Jamie Zawinski, shortly after the release of the Palm Pre, wrote two free software programs for the phone: a Tip Calculator and a port of Dali Clock. In trying to get the apps published to the App Catalog, he has had to sign up to be a developer twice; fax contracts around; been told (apparently incorrectly) that he was not allowed to release free software for the phone; and told he had to give PayPal his checking account number. 'It's been two weeks, and I have received no reply. In the months since this process began, other third-party developers seem to have managed to get their applications into the App Catalog. Apparently these people are better at jumping through ridiculous hoops than I am.'"http://developers.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/09/29/0243208 (http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/09/09/29/0243208/The-Kafka-esque-Nightmare-of-Palm-App-Submission?from=rss)
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