Is it time for the World Bank to dump the Blackberry? ctd

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App Back in December, I asked whether the World Bank ought to consider offering its staff phones that can run apps that utilize new augmented reality technologies that could eventually have many development-ish uses. The argument to dump the Blackberry only seems to get stronger with the passage of time. With much fanfare, the World Bank recently made all its data free. Along with launching a new website, the Bank also made the data available through a new app - on the iPhone, of course.    


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Zeeshan
I think we all know the answer to that one, Ryan! Then again, unless the security concerns are addressed, this might be a losing battle. Keep us posted! Glad you are keeping us informed of this timely issue. It definitely is a pet peeve of many of my colleagues.

I think we all know the answer to that one, Ryan! Then again, unless the security concerns are addressed, this might be a losing battle. Keep us posted! Glad you are keeping us informed of this timely issue. It definitely is a pet peeve of many of my colleagues.

Philipp J. Vaubel
Why iPhone, "of course"? Apple builds excellent stuff, no doubt about it, but many consumers seem to lose sight of the fact that, by buying any Apple product, you lock into a proprietary technology environment. Worse than Microsoft has ever done, Apple is a prime example of "predatory vendor lock-in", and this is reflected throughout their service and product strategy. Only open source solutions are responsive to our needs in a world of global knowledge sharing and crowd-sourced collaboration, be it on the basis of ANDROID for smartphones, or UBUNTU for laptops, or anything else. It may cost a little more for IT support, but it cannot be higher than what we currently pay for our catastrophic IBM or SAP "jungles"... http://www.opensource.org/

Why iPhone, "of course"? Apple builds excellent stuff, no doubt about it, but many consumers seem to lose sight of the fact that, by buying any Apple product, you lock into a proprietary technology environment. Worse than Microsoft has ever done, Apple is a prime example of "predatory vendor lock-in", and this is reflected throughout their service and product strategy. Only open source solutions are...

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