iPhone app review process: fix it, don't kill it

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Sounds like you approve of an App Store for OS X

You know what happens when you let anyone develop software for your platform and then consumers install it without knowing whether it?s safe or not? You become Microsoft Windows - and the next thing you know, you?re installing and updating anti-virus software, you?re trying to block pop-ups and scanning the system to see if your files have been compromised.

So would you support Apple if all OS X apps needed to be approved by Jobs? If any OS X duplicates any functionality in OS X then it will be banned like, say, competing web browsers or competing media players or competing backup programs?

After all, Apple just added a virus scanner to Safari and it has had a popup-blocker for a while and even Apple recommends that you scan your OS X system for viruses.

So Sam, go on the record now: should Apple ban people from installing unapproved software in OS X? If not, please explain your double standard.

Posted by: NonZealot   Posted on: 08/26/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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