Beware the Garden of Steven 580
theodp writes "With its forthcoming Lion Mac OS and new Apple-curated Mac Apps Store, Apple will be locking down top tier applications on the Mac similar to the way apps are locked down on the iPad and iPhone. Only by submitting their apps to Apple's store and giving up 30% of their receipts will developers get to take advantage of two new OS features. The first is Apple's new 'Launchpad,' a tool for easily opening application; the second is the ability to update apps to new versions with one click. It will be a lot easier to use apps bought from the Mac App Store than ones downloaded in the wild. It didn't have to be that way, says Valleywag's Ryan Tate: 'Apple could have enabled its Launchpad and auto-update features for all applications, sold through the Apple Store or not. For example, an open system for updating applications has been in use for years on Ubuntu... Ubuntu's 'Apt' (Advanced Packaging Tool) lets users install, update, and remove software of their choosing with a single command. There's a central list of apps curated by Ubuntu's maintainers, but users are free to add and install from other lists... But Apple seems to have made a very clear choice not to take the open route.' Longtime Apple developer Dave Winer was also concerned, tweeting during Apple's presentation 'Is this the end of the Mac as an open platform?' The news also prompted developer Anil Dash to call for an open alternative to the Mac App Store."
But Will Steve: ( +1, Helpful ) (Score:1, Funny)
blend [youtube.com]? That IS the question.
Cheers.
Yours In Vladivostok,
Kilgore Trout
The battle is ON! (Score:5, Funny)
The battle between the kdawson haters and the Apple haters starts NOW!
"Ubuntu's Apt"? (Score:5, Funny)
For example, an open system for updating applications has been in use for years on Ubuntu... Ubuntu's 'Apt' (Advanced Packaging Tool) lets users install, update, and remove software of their choosing with a single command. There's a central list of apps curated by Ubuntu's maintainers, but users are free to add and install from other lists.
Man, this "apt" business sounds amazing. Wouldn't it be great if Debian had something like this? Ubuntu should definitely contribute this "apt" upstream.
Incidentally (Score:2, Funny)
Apple using logo of Belgian Neo-Nazi party [gizmodo.com]
Re:Apt is from Debian. (Score:5, Funny)
Lets not let the tail wag the dog. APT was created on and used initially with Debian.
The distro that makes a no-frills version of Ubuntu? Props to them for sending it upstream.
Re:FUD! (Score:5, Funny)
They just don't pay as much to be stupid.
Re:FUD! (Score:5, Funny)
(which I'm sure happens with Linux repos too. I can't imagine they accept any piece of trash "hello world" app just because it was submitted.)
$ aptitude show hello
Package: hello
State: not installed
Version: 2.4-3 [wtf?]
[blah blah blah]
Description: The classic greeting, and a good example
The GNU hello program produces a familiar, friendly greeting. It allows
non-programmers to use a classic computer science tool which would otherwise be
unavailable to them.
Seriously, though: this is an example of how to do a Debian package. It is the
Debian version of the GNU Project's `hello world' program (which is itself an
example for the GNU Project).