“If Apple wants to be a real leader, it should be fostering innovation and competition, rather than acting as a jealous and arbitrary feudal lord.”

EFF Posts, Blasts Apple's iPhone Developer Program Agreement http://macobserver.com/tmo/article/eff_posts_blasts_apples_iphone_developer_program_agreement in The Mac Observer (9 March 2010)

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