>We've inherited a new customer. We can do most of the work they need
>done, except for one of the inherited apps is an iOS app and we can't do
>that at all.
>
>So, I'm looking for a reliable and talented iOS developer who would like
>to pick up a little contract work. Please let me know ..
>Thanks!
>~~Bonnie


Something to consider:

Apple, Inc., as a single-entity corporation, has a market capitalization of $418B today, a high of over $700B last September, cash on hand over $100B (estimated around $130B) ... the GDP of the world's nations (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28nominal%29) puts those numbers into perspective:

(1) Apple's cash on hand would place them at the level of a GDP equal to a nation like Iraq or Vietnam.
(2) Apple's market capitalization as of last September placed them in the top 20 of the world's nations' entire annual production of goods and services (everything manufactured, every man-hour of labor, all total), above Switzerland , and just below Turkey.
(3) Apple's current market capitalization places them in the top 25, at a level commensurate with Austria, South Africa, Thailand.

One company.
That big.
Horrific.
Frightening beyond words.

I would drop EVERY Apple product entirely. Flatly. Without remorse.
I would advise everyone I know to totally ditch everything related to Apple.
Keep nothing. Lose everything.

Having that much power, that much money, that much influence, in one place, under the control of a very small number of people, is exceedingly dangerous. Beyond words dangerous.

It should be avoided at all costs.

I personally believe there's a real reason why their logo has a bite out of the fruit. It's no accident. It was foreshadowing. It was a plan implemented over time by a larger design than one man's vision.

I personally will never support anything related to Apple. No matter the circumstance. I will leave software development and become a welder or farmer before I would write one line of code for anything Apple-related.

And no, I am not joking.
I am completely serious.
Here's a blog post I wrote about it some time ago: http://www.visual-freepro.org/blog/?p=249