To be completely accurate, most of the tension is with would-be developers like . Murai wanted to try his hand at developing for the Playbook but RIM—possibly in an effort to make sure developers are really committed and not just jumping on the PlayBook bandwagon as part of peer pressure or some fad—has cleverly made the task excruciatingly painful: multiple downloads, multiple installs, multiple requests for personal information, and a $200 charge for every 10 apps you publish.

Now, RIM is pretty much (and apparently has ). So its SDK was probably a tad rushed. Let’s say it was made in an afternoon.

In defense of RIM, when Apple first released iOS there no SDK other than the Web.

In criticism of RIM, this is probably why.

Also, that was four years ago and you guys sat on your butts for three years before waking up to find your house was on fire. Well, look on the bright side, RIM. At least you’re way ahead of .