Worth reading: NYT has a long analytical story about the App Store and
Apple's competitors...
App Store Is a Game Changer for Apple and Cellphone Industry
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/06/technology/06apps.html
"Still, the App Store is markedly better than the alternative, says
Peter Farago, a marketing executive at Flurry, a mobile analytics
company in San Francisco. Gone are the days when mobile developers had
to negotiate with major telecommunications companies if they had any
hopes of publishing their applications on a mobile phone."
“It took six to nine months to build a relationship with a carrier,
maybe a quarter-million to get the infrastructure built, and the
company took 50 percent or more from each dollar,” Mr. Farago says, a
process that limited access to mobile platforms. “Apple has helped
create a much healthier middle class of developers and expanded the
pie for everyone.”
M$ has only 800 apps in its equivalent of the App Store and is quoted
saying this is because they are "emphasizing quality."
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