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"RIM CEO Jim Balsillie spoke to John Battelle at the Web 2.0 Summit about the company's ongoing rivalry with Apple. Balsillie made it clear that RIM and Apple are on opposite ends of the application spectrum.\nThe main point of contention is the notion that Apple's iOS platform and SDK are causing what Battelle referred to as the \"appification of the web.\" RIM, however, takes the stance that, \"you don't need an app for the web,\" Balsillie said.\nBalsillie's argument was that RIM believes \"you can bring the mobile to the web ... but you dont need to go through the control point of the SDK.\" He said anyone can \"publish native to the BlackBerry without writing any native code.\"\nIn fact, when it comes to Apple's push for locked-down mobile application development, Balsillie said, \"We completely disagree with that world view.\" Basillie also insinuated that Apple has hijacked the open platform that is the web, but that the end is nigh for this approach.\nBasillie's sentiments echoed those of Shantanu Narayen, Adobe's CEO, who spoke earlier in the day about his company's focus on building authoring tools that allow developers to bring their content to multiple platforms.\nBalsillie's conviction on the matter is certainly interesting given that Apple's iTunes App Store is booming by all accounts."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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