the only open model that worked at the time was linux distro package repositories And also at the time, the company (Lindows/Linspire) that created an app stor

the only open model that worked at the time was linux distro package repositories And also at the time, the company (Lindows/Linspire) that created an app store based on that foundation caught hell for doing so (my first job out of high school was doing QA on that app store). So even if it was necessary to have app stores for consumers it wasn't an easy transition to make.