The U.S. government sets up online 'app store'

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U.S. government sets up online 'app store'
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/09/16/government.app.store/index.html

I, for one, am looking forward to see how this begins to play out. Irrespective if one is a fan of "cloud computing" or not, I think we can all agree that it make sense for at least components of our governmental bureaucracies to start leveraging the economies of scale that are now available. I have invested heavily, in terms of research and actual development, in modern cloud development and believe the individual components have sufficiently matured to make this a good time for any business to seriously consider using these types of resources.

In my article "The Cloud: A Great Place for Enterprise E-mail" -- published by Cloud Computing Journal in August (http://cloudcomputing.sys-con.com/node/1057635) -- I contend the benefits of judicious use of cloud computing far outweigh any real, or perceived, risk.

Has Apple become an Overlord?

Who am I to judge Apple, but I believe very strongly they (Apple) are out of control with respect to their censorship of the App Store. In the not too distant past it was the telcos that were the obvious bad guys with respect to "platform lock-in." Now, thanks to the "I" franchise, Apple seems to be very happy in their new role as Overlord. If Apple has the "apples" to go up against Google, what's next?

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/27/apple-yanks-the-cord-on-gv-mobile-is-it-trying-to-kill-google-voice-on-the-iphone/