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Didn't he already say there would be no App Store for desktop apps? Some developer emailed him about that and the reply was "nope".

raquo 16y ago
He also said there wasn't going to be an iPhone while developing it.
- nudded 16y ago
  What makes you think he would disclose that?
  - raquo 16y ago
    That's what I'm trying to say - he wouldn't disclose the OSX AppStore either if it were true.
jasonlotito 16y ago
Doesn't negate what the parent said. If Jobs could get away with it, he would.
vaporstun 16y ago
I think this was very misinterpreted. The question was, "There's a rumor saying there will be a Mac App Store and no software without authorization from Apple will run on Mac OS X. Is that true?" link - http://www.macstories.net/news/steve-jobs-no-mac-app-store/ http://www.macstories.net/news/steve-jobs-no-mac-app-store/ His response was "Nope." And everyone appeared to be in a frenzy saying "No app store for OS X" when in reality that does not actually shoot down the possibility. Since the question takes the conjunctive form, his nope could be to either one of those statements. Everyone assumed it meant no app store for OS X, but it could just as well mean that there will not be a requirement of Apple authorization to run apps on OS X. A minor technicality, I'm sure, but I would not be the least bit surprised to see an App store on OS X, just not the authoritarian, single point of app installing beast that is the iPhone/iPad app store.
drewcrawford 16y ago
Good for him. In other news, Steve Jobs is often full of shit. There are some customers which we chose not to serve. We don't know how to make a $500 computer that's not a piece of junk, and our DNA will not let us ship that. - 2008 We didn't think we'd do well in the cellphone business... We chose to do the iPod instead of a PDA. - 2003 There are no plans to make a tablet...It turns out people want keyboards. - 2003 I'm not convinced people want to watch movies on a tiny little screen. - 2003
- aeontech 16y ago
  Well, first of all, in 2008 there _was_ no way to make a $500 computer that wasn't a piece of junk. Not with currently available technology. I'm sure if they could build iPad 5 years earlier at the same price, they would have; the technology wasn't there. Second of all, even Jobs is allowed to change his mind. Calling someone full of shit because 7 years has passed, with technology evolving correspondingly (do you remember the resolution of tiny screens in 2003? I do; cell phone screens were mostly something like 240x360 at most; he was right, at that resolution, the market wanting to see movies in that quality is worthless) is a bit harsh, no?
  - drewcrawford 16y ago
    > Well, first of all, in 2008 there _was_ no way to make a $500 computer that wasn't a piece of junk. In the very tautological sense that it wasn't "possible" until Apple did it, yes. In the sense that we've made some great discovery which has somehow encheapened the silicon, no. It's hard to do because design is hard, not because the tech wasn't there (although there have certainly been tech improvements). > cell phone screens were mostly something like 240x360 at most The iPhone just about doubles the pixels for (on many devices) approximately the same screen area. Is it better? Yes. Is it revolutionary? Hardly. And anyway, Jobs' purported objection was not to the resolution but to the physical size.
    - CamperBob 16y ago
      Remember how badly touchscreens sucked before the advent of capacitive multitouch. Until it became practical to build tablet-sized iPhone screens, it simply was not practical to build a decent tablet, period.

raquo 16y ago

He also said there wasn't going to be an iPhone while developing it.

nudded 16y ago
What makes you think he would disclose that?
- raquo 16y ago
  That's what I'm trying to say - he wouldn't disclose the OSX AppStore either if it were true.

jasonlotito 16y ago

Doesn't negate what the parent said. If Jobs could get away with it, he would.

vaporstun 16y ago

I think this was very misinterpreted. The question was, "There's a rumor saying there will be a Mac App Store and no software without authorization from Apple will run on Mac OS X. Is that true?" link - http://www.macstories.net/news/steve-jobs-no-mac-app-store/ http://www.macstories.net/news/steve-jobs-no-mac-app-store/ His response was "Nope." And everyone appeared to be in a frenzy saying "No app store for OS X" when in reality that does not actually shoot down the possibility. Since the question takes the conjunctive form, his nope could be to either one of those statements. Everyone assumed it meant no app store for OS X, but it could just as well mean that there will not be a requirement of Apple authorization to run apps on OS X. A minor technicality, I'm sure, but I would not be the least bit surprised to see an App store on OS X, just not the authoritarian, single point of app installing beast that is the iPhone/iPad app store.

drewcrawford 16y ago

Good for him. In other news, Steve Jobs is often full of shit. There are some customers which we chose not to serve. We don't know how to make a $500 computer that's not a piece of junk, and our DNA will not let us ship that. - 2008 We didn't think we'd do well in the cellphone business... We chose to do the iPod instead of a PDA. - 2003 There are no plans to make a tablet...It turns out people want keyboards. - 2003 I'm not convinced people want to watch movies on a tiny little screen. - 2003

aeontech 16y ago
Well, first of all, in 2008 there _was_ no way to make a $500 computer that wasn't a piece of junk. Not with currently available technology. I'm sure if they could build iPad 5 years earlier at the same price, they would have; the technology wasn't there. Second of all, even Jobs is allowed to change his mind. Calling someone full of shit because 7 years has passed, with technology evolving correspondingly (do you remember the resolution of tiny screens in 2003? I do; cell phone screens were mostly something like 240x360 at most; he was right, at that resolution, the market wanting to see movies in that quality is worthless) is a bit harsh, no?
- drewcrawford 16y ago
  > Well, first of all, in 2008 there _was_ no way to make a $500 computer that wasn't a piece of junk. In the very tautological sense that it wasn't "possible" until Apple did it, yes. In the sense that we've made some great discovery which has somehow encheapened the silicon, no. It's hard to do because design is hard, not because the tech wasn't there (although there have certainly been tech improvements). > cell phone screens were mostly something like 240x360 at most The iPhone just about doubles the pixels for (on many devices) approximately the same screen area. Is it better? Yes. Is it revolutionary? Hardly. And anyway, Jobs' purported objection was not to the resolution but to the physical size.
  - CamperBob 16y ago
    Remember how badly touchscreens sucked before the advent of capacitive multitouch. Until it became practical to build tablet-sized iPhone screens, it simply was not practical to build a decent tablet, period.