Microsoft Working On Its Own App Store http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/08/2225250&from=rss
Interestingly enough, the conclusion seems to be that this isn't a big profit center. Fair enough, I might have gotten that piece wrong. Still, as a way of advancing the platform I think the benefits are pretty clear. On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 11:27 PM, Tim Shephard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Simply - buy out SLExchange. > > Get out of the hosting biz (a profound strategical error) and enter > into the marketplace biz. > > Enforce a license such that anyone who wants to develop assets for SL > and use SL IP must either sell their assets through your marketplace > or use advertising partnerships via your marketplace if they're going > to use advertising as their source of revenue. > > Enable a plugin architecture for both the client and server. Let > people sell plugins through your marketplace and take 10% off all > revenue and more if it is advertising based. > > Not only will your marketplace be a great revenue generator, it will > provide a great service for the community by vetting all assets for > copyright infringement, quality, and viruses. Both buyers and > legitimate seller alike will flock to your marketplace as an efficient > place to do business. > > It's really the best model to make money off Open Source. We have > all the freedom of IP with a way to make money for those who are > shepherding the community. >
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