What a Difference 2 Years Makes - a Study in Contrasts With iPhone Ad-Hoc App Distribution

The first iPhone App that I worked on was submitted in October of 2008. The month before we submitted, there was a flurry of emails between me and my customer, a sample of which are reproduced below:

 

Begin forwarded message:

From: Customer

Date: September 16, 2008 12:58:19 PM CDT

To: Carl Brown 

Subject: Re: iPhone project status

 

My Identifier is XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Emails omitted for brevity.

Begin forwarded message:

**From: ** Customer

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