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I doubt it. Steam does pretty well on PCs, and one could argue that the Ubuntu (or other Linux) ecosystem is a successful "centralized moderated software colle

by jcl 17y ago

I doubt it. Steam does pretty well on PCs, and one could argue that the Ubuntu (or other Linux) ecosystem is a successful "centralized moderated software collection". If anything, I think we'll see a growth of App Store-like systems on other platforms. I'm a little surprised Microsoft and Apple haven't tried to roll something like this to their desktops yet.

halo 17y ago
Microsoft included Digital Locker with Vista allowing you to purchase applications from 3rd parties via Windows Marketplace, but it has since shutdown, presumably due to lack of popularity.
twopoint718 17y ago
It looks like Sun is going to get into the game with an app store based around Java: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/165219/sun_seeks_to_build_worlds_biggest_app_store_around_java.html http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/165219/sun_see... http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/will_java_be_the_world http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/will_java_be_the_world