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I'm going to be presenting an iPhone programming demonstration at the November 2009 NoVaLUG meeting.  Yes, I know that this is a Linux Users Group, and there's not much open source about the iPhone, but it does derive from some open source material: OpenStep, which lives on today as GNUStep.  Now, gentle reader, I know what you're thinking.  "If GNUStep is the current open source version of OpenStep, why don't you demo development with GNUStep?

Apple has had their little phone out in the market for over two years now.  So, why don't they have an iPhone optimized website at http://www.apple.com ? 

I'm happy to announce that the first application for the iPhone, Number Mnemonic, is now available for the iPhone and iPod touch! 

What can I say? I'm a IT guy. I can register and setup a domain in a matter of minutes. I can go from nothing to a basic "Welcome to your new website" in its own hosting environment in about an hour. I'm used to being able to set things up quickly.

By comparison, the (ahem) whiplash-inducing "speed of business" feels like being behind a dump truck on the Washington Beltway during rush hour: infuriatingly slow and with no clear view of what is causing the delay.