On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 2:50 PM, Bob Sneidar <b...@twft.com> wrote: > Then developers won't use it, end users won't like it, and all will be well > with the world. What's wrong with that? Steve Jobs is not FORCING people to > sell their software this way. If he was, THEN you would have a gripe. You may > as well complain that you can get food online now, instead of the "old model" > of getting it in supermarkets, which worked perfectly well. > > Honestly, I don't get the angst. > > Bob
Hey Bob, I probably worded my reply "heavier" than it was actually intended... ...I just love as much freedom as possible, in all that I do. Hopefully without stirring up a hornets nest, I'll add that I see very little difference between Apple and Microsoft in terms of how they treat their users in general. Although Apple has a much better (and deserved) reputation overall, they are extremely "closed up" and "walled in" in terms of the rights of the end user. That's you, I and our neighbors. The app store I see as little more than an additional battening down of hatches, as in: You WILL use OUR operating system on OUR hardware from OUR store from OUR approved applications list, made available from OUR approved developers... and you WILL like it. I understand that the "user experience" is a huge draw for anything Apple, but is that really worth having every detail in the process dictated? Food for thought. Best regards, David C. _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
