I don't mind the Mac app store, as long as they keep allowing the traditional install approach. And I can't imagine they will ever stop allowing that. Think though the implications of only allowing installs via the app store. This would mean you pretty much couldn't develop software on a Mac (you couldn't install any runtimes, web servers, IDEs like Eclipse, etc.) Even apple employees couldn't develop on their macs.
Also, Photoshop, Parallels, VMWare, MS Office would all be banned if they enforced the app store for everything. No one would buy macs anymore. I have the same opinion on the iPhone. I don't care about the app store, what I care about it they don't allow "side loading". They should. On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 8:48 AM, Carl Jokl <[email protected]> wrote: > Is the "Think Different" thing still supported? Was that deprecated in > favour of "Think in the Apple approved manner"? I can't remember. It > has been a while. > > On Oct 22, 3:32 pm, Fabrizio Giudici <[email protected]> > wrote: >> On 10/22/10 16:14 , Robert Casto wrote: >> >> > There are no freedom of speech issues. You are free to say anything >> > you want, just not on their platform. >> >> ... which if, by disgrace, should grow as it did in recent times (*) and >> becomes the dominant platform, will make it a freedom of speech issue. >> Already today If I happen to own only a single computer and it's a Mac, >> I'm limiting myself to hearing what people are allowed to say on that >> platform. >> >> (*) I don't think it will happen and the strong slowdown of iPhone >> demonstrates it. >> >> -- >> Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager >> Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." >> java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici -www.tidalwave.it/people >> [email protected] > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
