Yes, iPhone's can be jail-broken... which says that you are in a hostile environment where they ARE actively "out to get you". iPhone apps are written by 3rd parties but Apple controls what you are allowed to get and gets their hands in on the money at all times. You get what they say you get is the general conclusion. Author writes a great VoIP app for the iPhone and well... we know how well that turned out. The words "collusion" and "anti-competitive" comes to mind.
Repo = Hobbyist Electronics Store w/ semi-built accessories (AND a complete line of raw components) Mobile App store = Prison Gift Shop Andrew > Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:58:09 -0500 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MLUG] OT Re: i-pad, i-phone, i this that and the other i-thing. > > Andrew Oulton wrote: > > I wouldn't draw the same parallel. Repo's make common software > > acquisition EASY... bu t all of these distro's give you the complete > > toolset to install whatever you want from wherever you want. That's > > what compiling is for :) > > > > Andrew > > Just like you can do with a jailbroken iphone, you have the option. We > have an "app store" with reasonably high standards and rejection rates. > The strongly suggested option for users is to use add/remove or > synaptic/yum etc, especially for new users. No one I support knows how > to get software beyond that, in fact I tell them to never download and > install anything without checking repos first or asking me. > > I don't think the argument against the app store is that it is > difficult, it is easy to install software as a client. The complaint is > usually it is hard to get apps approved or they are capricious about it. > I have heard the same argument leveled for years against repo maintainers. > > If you know how to hack stuff, you will usually have alternate ways. If > you are a normal user, not so much. > > In all, I think we could use this as a way to attract iphone users... > want an app store but for your whole computer? I think it is a very > attractive feature for linux. > > Jeremy > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca _________________________________________________________________
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