Paul's email to CNET - and MS fix to cert work around!

[Guest Rog]

Hope this hasn't been posted elsewhere (after a bottle of rosemount I have problems getting meaningful searches!! :) ) found this linked from msmobile.com:

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cne...ries/984961.htm

Quote:

The two sides have been growing apart in the past few months, with developers complaining that Orange and Microsoft are ignoring requests for some basic development tools--including cell phones to legally test their work on.

Some developers took matters into their own hands, finding a way around the security measures inside Orange's SPV, the first commercially available cell phone based on Microsoft's Smartphone 2002 operating system, according to Paul O'Brien, Webmaster of online smart-phone developer community MoDaCo SmartPhone. MoDaCo was among the first Web sites to post instructions to "unlock" the phone so it could download software not certified by Orange.

On Tuesday, Microsoft and Orange unveiled "Mobile2Market," a legal way for developers to do the same thing. Developers also can submit their software to Orange, which will test it, certify it, and eventually offer it for sale. Microsoft said it has begun distributing a patch meant to sew closed two holes in the operating system.

"This is the opportunity (the developers) have been looking for," said Ed Suwanjindar, a Microsoft spokesman. "This is a process so they can get their wares onto the network."

Text 'emboldened' by me.

Bad news - they may close the loop hole.

Good news - streamlining/enabling certification (so long as O get their cut).

Hmmmmm.......... :?

[Guest Firaas]

The story has its topic here.

[Guest Rog]

That's why I'm a mere regular and you're a diehard firaas!

The other post didn't mention (without following the link) the alleged microsoft fix for the cert work around though.

Maybe I should lay of the wine! :)