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.
Harish
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 7:38 AM, Harish Pillay
<hpillay(a)redhat.com> wrote:
> When I read the $SUBJECT, I had a different impression.
> What came to mind was why Fedora does not have something
> similar to the Marketplace/Appstore paradigm not about
> t-shirts and other swag.
>
> I would like us to have a discussion marketplace/appstore
> paradigm and hence the subject change.
>
> If we rebrand the System->Administration->Add/Remove Software
> to something like Fedora Depot or Fedora Mart or some of the
> name-not-already-taken, we can ride on the well understood
> notion of a marketplace/appstore (thanks to the mobile
> platforms).
>
> Let the flames begin :-).