Ubuntu Software Store: What it does, and how you can help

Matthew Paul Thomas mpt at canonical.com
Sun Aug 30 14:58:20 BST 2009


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Loïc Martin wrote on 28/08/09 12:20:
>...
> We all seem to be copying the App Store from Apple (nothing wrong with
> that), but perhaps the part we should change isn't so much the first
> part in "App Store", but the second one? After all, both provide the
> same goods (Apps), while we'll be trying to differentiate on the
> experience (Store vs a different word).
>...

In the short term, version 2.0 of the Store will provide thousands of
software packages that are not applications, such as fonts, themes,
codecs, and screen savers.

In the long term, I am pretty sure that in twenty years, "software" will
still exist and be publicly relevant. I am much less certain that
"applications" will.

Cheers
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Matthew Paul Thomas
http://mpt.net.nz/
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