There have recently been a lot of discussions about the value of software and about things like MacHeist or MacZot, or other software-giveaway things. Something i’d like to talk about in this post is the value of freeware software and the time invested in it.…
I’m going to talk about one of the many causes of software monopolies, which are closed file formats. We all know that if an application can generate data that no other application can understand, the user will be forced to stick with said application if he happened to do some wo…
These days there have been long discussions about the MacHeist bundle and its effects on the involved developers. For the few that still don’t know what the MacHeist bundle is, it is a collection of applications sold at an extremely discounted price.…
Like every developer blog worth of this name, it needs an article on software piracy. This is going to be rather long. I’ll start by talking about the causes of software piracy, its effects and what we can and cannot do to limit its damages.…
Otxhttp://otx.osxninja.com is a disassembler based on Apple’s otool, it has some really funky features, but why should a normal developer need such a tool?…