I stated this in another thread, but I will restate here because it seems appropriate. The App Store will most definitely become the most popular way to find a

I stated this in another thread, but I will restate here because it seems appropriate. The App Store will most definitely become the most popular way to find and install applications. Therefore if your app is not in the app store it may as well not exist. The regular user is going to search for the best application within that garden to fulfill their needs which puts all developers at the mercy of Apple to get their app in the store. I wonder that if this model gains popularity on the desktop, how long it will be before users click that app store icon to find an application they need vs. click the browser icon to find a service on the web that may fit that need. With strong shift towards web based apps over the past few years it's interesting that a move like this may re-invigorate the desktop app!