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Yeah. That was the line where the author lost most of his credibility with me. I mean, it's not like anyone makes you fill out forms to make packages available

by olefoo 14y ago

Yeah. That was the line where the author lost most of his credibility with me. I mean, it's not like anyone makes you fill out forms to make packages available for download on Mac and Linux... If the author meant "Gaming Platform" that makes a bit more sense.

dradtke 14y ago
I think it was a stab at Apple porting their app store to Mac OS, but I agree that it was worded poorly as well as out of place.
- rictic 14y ago
  That would only make sense if Microsoft hadn't made the exact same choice with Windows 8, even down to the warning when running untrusted software.
  - dradtke 14y ago
    > Windows is the only commercially viable platform where you can ship software to users without getting approval from a giant bureaucracy (well, perhaps I should say it used to be). And there's the stab at Windows 8.