"Suddenly Babylon had arrived on my desktop" Haha such a genius thing to say. I think most OS vendors are moving to this "app store" model as they see how the

"Suddenly Babylon had arrived on my desktop" Haha such a genius thing to say. I think most OS vendors are moving to this "app store" model as they see how they can easily distribute software and also railroad users and developers (for good or for bad). I'm not sure it's great (race to the bottom pricing + quality; see the Android Market for an example), but from a consumer perspective it is convenient.