[CS-FSLUG] Apple tightens its grip on developers with Mac App Store

[Jon Glass]

On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Davo Smith
<christiansource at davosmith.co.uk> wrote:
> Remember the difference is a bit like someone driving their car in
> first gear all the time, because no one has taught them how to change
> gear, rather than because someone has welded a large metal plate to
> the gearstick to stop you moving it.
>
But nobody's done that! You have accused Apple of something that they
have not done! In fact, even with the App store, it will still be
easier to load your own software from the internet than with Ubuntu.
BTW, from my wife's perspective, the gear _is_ welded in first. She
doesn't know how, and doesn't trust what she reads to know what to do.
She is the deer in the headlamps. I administer her computer, just like
the others in the house, so it's not a big deal, but your portrayal of
the welded first gear is a misrepresentation.


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 -Jon Glass
Krakow, Poland
<jonglass at usa.net>

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