* 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-o...
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