>>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.
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>>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
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>Something to consider:
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>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:
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>(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.
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>One company.
>That big.
>Horrific.
>Frightening beyond words.
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>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.
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>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.
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>It should be avoided at all costs.
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>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.
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>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.
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>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

Are you really tht conspiracy-paranoid? I guess you believe in the tri-lateral commission, in illuminati and council on foreign relations conspiracies too. How about we didint' actually land on the moon?