Fedora had built in systems to purchase proprietary software and components before Ubuntu did. It just wasn't in the form of an App Store.
RedHat wanted it removed as it didn't fit their Philosophy and their Goals.
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Mac App Store Turns One Year Old, Aspyr Shares Numbers
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Fedora had built in systems to purchase proprietary software and components before Ubuntu did. It just wasn't in the form of an App Store.
RedHat wanted it removed as it didn't fit their Philosophy and their Goals.
Laziness or simply economics? Are there enough mac users willing to buy games to justify the development of a game without using Cider?
Speaks a representative from a user community that is notorious for its complete lack of technical understanding and distorted perception of reality: Apple did everything first - even if they stole the ideas, Apple does everything best - even if the competition sells superior feature sets at lower prices, Apple improves everybody's quality of life - even if only a higher income earners can afford their gadgets.
Indeed, so much ignorance.
Is that the thing? Ubuntu's software "store" is very good, Apple's is a little better. You forget there are very few original ideas, but there are a lot of original implementations and Apple's implementation is more user friendly than Ubuntu's.
We should be grateful for all the Linux distros out there figuring stuff out...they provide a beta-like testbed for Apple, Microsoft, etc. but they too benefit from copying Microsoft and Apple, nothing's sacred nor should it be.
This is so obvious it's silly ...
Apple's the golden goose at the present. At every turn people are fawning over them.
Never one to get tired of boasting, Apple will do anything for mindshare.
Apple's the golden goose at the present. At every turn people are fawning over them.
Never one to get tired of boasting, Apple will do anything for mindshare.
A lot - considering you can still get the original version direct from the developer. For most app, apple's rules won't matter. For those that do, developers can get an extra revenue stream and still keep an non-app store version.
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There were App stores long before Ubuntu did it as well.
I know. Tell the guy I was replying to that. Do you not understand what the discussion is about?
Being their sole business, bad idea. This isn't a game design house, which is what the poster complained about, its a game porting house. You seem to have difficulty grasping whats being talked about here.
About as much as a single Indie game; Magicka. And less than basically all high budget games, where millions the first week (day, even) is expected.
Congratulations. I'm talking about why existing PC games do not get ported to Mac OS and you go off on a iOS rant, a completely different ****ing market, with, wait for it, a completely different subset of games.
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Now, all we need is for Aspyr to bring us a port of Modern Warfare 3.
That would seriously make my day.
That would seriously make my day.
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I'll be honest too, I love the Mac App Store. Even to the point where I wont buy Mac Software that's not on it.
1. While that is indeed the case for some apps, it is the other way around for others. Look out for all the special deals (and some of the regular prices).
2. With the Mac App Store there is no need to keep the installer. If you ever need to reinstall anything you ever bough, simply log in to the Mac App Store, click the "Purchases" tap (which contains your entire purchase history) and press install. Voila! (Beats the crap out of your old habit if you ask me : ).
3. I think it is a pretty fair price (even though 20%, 15% or 10% would be even more fair). With the Mac App Store developers save on packaging, marketing, distribution, servers, payment systems etc.*
Personally, I've never bought as much Mac software as after the introduction of the Mac App Store.
* http://allthingsd.com/20110125/pixe...pp-stores-30-percent-cut-definitely-worth-it/
http://www.niemanlab.org/2011/03/john-gruber-on-apples-30-cut-to-the-victor-goes-the-pricing-power/
http://daringfireball.net/2011/03/dirty_percent
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Problem is the same people who would think you only could get apps from the Mac OS store are the same ones now who take for granted there isn't much for the Mac and don't search for software (Or only when they go in a store and see a very small selection at the store or maybe only look at the Apple store which also really only shows a small selection of software). What they see is that Mac doesn't have much offered for it (and they may be fine with that as they may only want their computer for web browsing and such).
So you really aren't all the sudden making more people blind to what is on the net to buy for the Mac. You are enlightening people who might otherwise not look hard to see that there is more selection for the mac than they thought though. You are giving them an easier access to finding software and making it blatant, "Here, here is the software" where they can just go to one place and browse. These same people you complain about wouldn't be looking all over the internet anyways for Mac software.
Yes, absolutely: Like I said, I agree that the principle of the MAS is a good one.. makes software discovery easy... unfortunately ( in the case of MAS ) is the reduction of functionality and innovation of applications appearing on the MAS.
Wow time flies. I vaguely remember wondering how long it would take for this store to take off. Now I get everything through it, including re-purchasing Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
I seriously spend at least 20 minutes a night decompressing while riding the top of the Trolly that runs around San Fierro(sp?) with a rocket launcher.
Good times.
Dangerous to tell me I can buy San Andreas on the Mac App store during exams. Can't wait to download it in a couple of weeks
I agree. I had no idea Grand Theft Auto of any sort was available for the mac (hell, I was all excited we could get III for the iPhone). And it's pretty reasonably priced too (unlike the feral games... I wouldn't mind having Sid Maier's Pirates but not for 30 box!).
Course I got a 2010 13" MBP, not the best for games, and I see on San Andreas people with much better computers than mine are complaining about lag so I wonder if mine will run it (it doesn't say it wouldn't)...
Only because they knew HalfLife 2 would run now on Apples up to date hardware "cough, cough".
I once launched a Steam game while my internet was being flakey (it was connected but not really working). After trying to connect to the server for a minute or so it gave up and said "go play".
I appreciate you voicing your opinion but you are making generalizations and that's ignorant...
State specific instances where people say "Apple did x first" or save that argument for Windows fan-boy sites where this kind of thing is said so many times that people start to believe it as truth.
Microsoft and Apple have both copied ideas. They are trying to make money, like every business. In some cases they do a better job than the originator of the idea and bring something to market that works better. Occasionally they have an original idea and deserve credit where due.
State specific instances where people say "Apple did x first" or save that argument for Windows fan-boy sites where this kind of thing is said so many times that people start to believe it as truth.
Microsoft and Apple have both copied ideas. They are trying to make money, like every business. In some cases they do a better job than the originator of the idea and bring something to market that works better. Occasionally they have an original idea and deserve credit where due.
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Yeah I have GTA III on my iPhone and it's quality. Amazing considering I remember playing it on my Playstation 9-10 years ago!
Hmm perhaps I shouldn't play it on my early 2008 Macbook then... (although I did upgrade my RAM)
Still waiting on the new generation MBP before I upgrade
This is something Microsoft tried and failed to do with their update system in Windows. It's now relegated to Windows/Office updates and the occasional "critical" driver update. That being said - Adobe still uses their own update system on the Mac for DW/PS and other apps I use.
I hope with Windows 8 they have better success.
This is only if you believe Apple won't eventually lock down OS X like iOS. Everything I've seen shows Apple is looking to bring iOS to OS X.
Joseph Elwell.