Wednesday, February 16, 2011  Apple is actually asking for 100%
of SaaS mobile revenue  This whole app store thing has me
worried. Not just about how Apple's policies affect content
access, but regarding how they affect my business, the online
software as a service (SaaS) business.  It appears to me that
the new "give Apple 30% of revenue" policy will apply to
software subscriptions just as well as it appears to content.
Many companies that offer a web service provide a mobile client.
They charge on the web, and customers can access their service
via mobile if they wish. Its a free option.  But now it appears
that that will not be acceptable to Apple. Because if you offer
a subscription *anywhere* you have to offer it through in app
purchasing as well. This seems crazy to me for a bunch of
reasons.  As an example, it sounds to me like for SalesForce to
continue to offer their service, they will need to give Apple
30% of their subscription revenue for all customers that want to
access SalesForce via mobile. So