> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of ext Jeremiah Foster > Sent: 30 April, 2010 12:08 > To: meego-dev List > Subject: Re: [MeeGo-dev] Repository Working Group - next steps > > > On Apr 29, 2010, at 5:16 PM, Dave Neary wrote: > > >>>> > >>>> Because we may still need some distinction between app store > >>>> downloads, I'm still inclined to name these "Add ons" or > >>>> "Extras". > >> Maybe think of the name from the end-user perspective? Those people > >> will see different stores and then this community place. How to make > it > >> obvious to a user that this place caters community built open > >> applications. I.e. it is not a store, but you can get useful things > from > >> there. "Community apps" ? > > > > > > Why do we need a distinction? Can't we just have an app store where > lots > > of applications are free? If the goal is to communicate the > > communitiness/freedom of the applications, perhaps there's another > way > > to do that, but having a separate distribution channel just seems to > me > > to make it less likely that people will go there.
Ok, who's store? Intel? Nokia? Samsung? Asus? Acer? Commercial is commercial, this is supposed to be open. > Look at it from the position of the vendor (because MeeGo is being > designed for their needs). If a vendor's email client sucks, they don't > want a community version to take its place because then they lose all > their super-duper analytics of what their users are doing and saying. > How can they prevent that free, better community app from being used? > Ban it to the loser community repo from the beginning and slap a big > warning on it saying it causes cancer. Problem averted. A bit paranoid today? If you look at it from a vendor perspective. The vendor does not want that the official repo of the MeeGo community has bad applications, as it would reflect badly on the vendor, and then the vendor would have to disable the repo on their devices to keep their reputation. If the community apps are better, then switch to them (end user or vendor). Simple. > In an open marketplace people use applications that best suit their > needs. Many large companies find this type of meritocratic system hard > to compete in because they are used to either marketing their way to > success or owning the channel. (Hello Apple!) MeeGo aims to be open > enough that vendors feel they are on equal footing with other vendors, > but they certainly don't want to compete with rogue developers who have > years of experience in their domain and whose only motivation is to > write great software. ? Make the great app for MeeGo, share it and see what happens. Tero > Jeremiah > _______________________________________________ > MeeGo-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-dev _______________________________________________ MeeGo-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-dev
