Linked by fran on Tue 8th Feb 2011 18:08 UTC Permalink for
comment 461482 RE[5]: Expected move by rhavyn on Tue 8th Feb
2011 23:01 UTC in reply to "RE[4]: Expected move" Member since:
"Software on all operating systems is increasingly only going to
be available through "Application Stores" specific for that
operating system, specifically because it's more convenient for
the customers.  LOL, other operating if consumers are choosing
between 10 of them.  Off the top of my head ...  1. Windows
Phone 2. Android 3. Symbian 4. Blackberry 5. Ubuntu, IIRC, is
working on something and every other Linux distro has their
default package list 6. iOS 7. OS X 8. Windows 8 (likely)  Not
10, but close.  Apple keeps setting bad precedents and is
providing rationalizations for MS to follow in their path.  How
is an application store a bad precedent?  Apple is a control-
freak company and it goes well beyond convenience. They could
make software purchases easier and safer without taking a cut
and filtering the submissions.  Wou