* on the Fri, Apr 01, 2011 at 08:11:33PM +0530, Rahul Sundaram was commenting: > On 04/01/2011 08:10 PM, Harish Pillay wrote: > >> We already have an "app store". It's free in all senses of the word and its > >> name is yum. > > It is not about $0 or freedom. It is about the non-techie user seeing > > what they are seeing in the mobile devices with a marketplace/appstore. > > They don't see the equivalent of yum. > > > > My suggestion is to brand the Add/Remove Software menu item to something > > the models the meme that has gained traction. It helps with the conversation > > with those whom we are trying to encourage adopting Fedora. > You might want to take a look at > > http://www.vuntz.net/journal/post/2011/01/18/Cross-distribution-meeting-on-application-installer Thanks for that link. What that link points to is not quite what I have in mind - although it would dove-tail nicely into their plans for a cross-platform installer. Perhaps we should just start off first with a branding that reflects the marketplace/appstore meme. The common and cross platform installer is really an independent effort. Harish
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