Re:HP to Contribute webOS to Open Source
by j_col on Friday December 09, 2011 @02:48PM
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I really hope they manage to do that, and avoid the fragmentation that Android experienced, especially with multiple app stores and no centralised over-the-air update mechanism.
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Re:HP to Contribute webOS to Open Source
by Karunamon on Friday December 09, 2011 @04:52PM
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especially with multiple app stores
Re:HP to Contribute webOS to Open Source
by freehunter on Friday December 09, 2011 @09:34PM
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It is when vendors lock out the public app store in favor of their own (Kindle Fire).
Yes I am.
Re:HP to Contribute webOS to Open Source
by Karunamon on Saturday December 10, 2011 @12:29AM
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Huh. Where I come from, people having a choice as to where they can get their apps is a Good Thing©. Care to elaborate why you think it's so bad?
Choice? Some vendors lock you in allowing you to use only their app store.
In a word: fragmentation. Just look at what Amazon have done with the Fire. Separate branch of Android with a separate app store. Same thing happening to webOS would be bad news.
The problem is not having 2 or more app stores, the problem is having 2 or more app stores that are mutually exclusive.