I wouldn't waste too much time trying to analyse that, people change their minds all the time. It's not as if it is a contract.
Tony On 5 May 2010 08:07, Jack Nutting <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 8:19 AM, Mark Boszko > <[email protected]<mark%40steamermedia.com>> > wrote: > > I think that Steve Jobs said in an email reply that there wasn't going to > be > > an App Store for the Mac is probably a better indicator. > > Off on a tangent: I actually had a different reading of his answer. > The question was something like "is it true that Apple will create a > Mac version of the App Store and force all developers to go through a > submission/approval process before they can release their software?", > and his answer was "No". If you think of it this way: > > if (apple.future.hasMacAppStore && > macs.future.onlyAllowApprovedSoftwareFromAppStore): > say "Yes" > else: > say "No" > > It only takes one of those parts to be false in order to generate a > "No". They could very well create a Mac app store, but *not* force all > installs to go via it (still allowing people to install things from > wherever) and his answer would still be true. This is, in fact, what > I'm hoping for. > > -- > // jack > // http://nuthole.com > // http://learncocoa.org > > > -- Tony Edgecombe www.frogmorecs.com Software for printing [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
