John Broome made the following keystrokes: >But I'm not sure what the big deal is. Apple is providing an entire >distribution channel, a deployment and upgrade methodology, etc., etc., why >*shouldn't* they get a chunk of change for providing that, so that software >developers don't have to reinvent that wheel?
I think the big deal in this is that IF you want to get your product onto the i* series of stuff you are forced to go through Apple. They are not allowing competition in sales. I can't take my i* app to amazon, ebay, best-buy, ... and sell it through their sites. With the other postings indicating that there is a 30 to 50% markup on items being sold through various physical stores, you have a choice of where you buy things. Stores that don't know how to manage their costs and deal with competition go under. Apple has eliminated the possibility of "legal" competition and force you through their channels. Seems a return to the mining towns and the company store. --Gene _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
