O Comex απαντάει σε ερωτήσεις

Μετά την απόφαση του Comex για την ανάληψη πρακτικής άσκησης στην Apple όλοι μας έχουμε πολλές ερωτήσεις σχετικά με την κίνηση αυτή και έχουμε επιτέλους κάποιες απαντήσεις. Ο Comex σε μια σειρά ερωτήσεων ουσιαστικά δήλωσε ότι αποχωρεί από την jailbreak κοινότητα ενώ και η θέση του στην Apple δεν είναι τόσο δεδομένη αφού σκοπεύει κάποια στιγμή να επιστρέψει στο κολέγιο για σπουδές.

Eπίσης, ο Comex αναφέρει με τη συμμετοχή του στην jailbreak κοινότητα κατάφερε μέσω δωρεών να συγκεντρώσει αρκετά χρήματα για τις σπουδές του. Συγκεκριμένα, από το JailbreakMe 2.0 συγκεντρώθηκαν $40,000 και από το JailbreakMe 3.0 περίπου $15,000.

Γενικότερα, ακούγεται αισιόδοξος τόσο για το μέλλον του iOS ως πλατφόρμα όσο και για το jailbreak.
Αναλυτικά οι ερωταπαντήσεις:

Why an intern position though? It seems like you could carry a regular position at apple. (AstroZombie138)
I don’t know if I’d want to do that- I’ve never had a job before and I don’t know what it’s like- and I intend to go back to college soon.

Have you made any money from the [jailbreak] scene? (jamesvdm)
I’ve made a good amount of money through donations, which is mostly being used to help pay for college. JailbreakMe 2.0 was like $40,000; 3.0 was $15,000 (not quite sure why it decreased).

Are you optimistic about the future of the iOS platform? What features are you looking forward to next? (iconoclaus)
My personal opinion: it will probably continue to beat the pants off its competitors in performance for a while yet, and Apple’s “take your time but do it right” policy on features will probably continue to make it a pleasure to use. But I’m impatient: other platforms (WebOS) have a lot of fun stuff with no real equivalent in iOS.

After your internship with Apple and after iOS 5 is officially released, will you continue to support the jailbreak community by providing exploits? (nishnasty)
No. (But I’ll want to jailbreak my phone, so I hope someone finds them :p)
The jailbreak community took a huge hit when you left. Do you think the active players can outsmart you now that you’re playing for the other team, or are you Apple’s final solution to their jailbreak problem? (bitterorca)
There are a lot of smart people working for Apple already; maybe I can help, but I doubt I can stop people from finding exploits.
Do you have any regrets? (bitterorca)
I should have worked on these jailbreaks more consistently, and released them more quickly; I’ve had several exploits fixed on me that could have been used in a jailbreak if I was quicker at packaging.

Source: http://www.iphonehellas.gr/29781/comex-q-a/