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> Apple says, "...nothing like the App Store has ever been attempted before." What Apple actually says is """As a columnist for The New York Times remarked soo
by mukyu 16y ago
> Apple says, "...nothing like the App Store has ever been attempted before."
What Apple actually says is """As a columnist for The New York Times remarked soon after the launch of the
service, "[nlothing like the App Store has ever been attempted before.""""
Yes, Apple is trying to push that idea, but it is not them that said it (in that instance). Apple even notes that similar mobile phone download marketplaces existed before their version of one (though they do not mention the Wii store or Xbox live marketplace which also predate it).
- sroussey 16y agoYes, I noticed Apple carefully quoted someone else as saying they invented an app store. There is also the context of mobile here, where there is less prior art (because of the mobile telcoms hold on such things). If Apple attempted to be super broad here, then I might turn and sue them for 30% of all app store (and Mac store!) purchases, since I built and pitched Apple the concept in the mid and late 1990s. Even met Gil Amelio. Right before the purchase of NeXT. Lawyers can always add my name to any discovery requests from Apple. :)