Anon Y Mous wrote: > trickii >> This may sound common sense but the average user may not understand everyday >> technical speak...one example of accepted language is 'Apps store' instead >> of 'repository'... >> Do we need to rename this to 'Apps store' instead of 'repository' in the >> next release? > > You're talking a load of codswallop, mate. In every other UNIX-like operating > system that has a similar feature for installing remote packages, it's always > called a 'repository' and not an 'apps store' because the packages are > provided free of charge vs. a store where the packages would have to be > purchased (examples: Debian and Ubuntu have apt repositories and Red Hat and > Fedora have yum repositories, Apple has an "apps store" for the iphone > because they don't provide the software for free). The only exceptions to > this that I can think of are the *BSD operating systems, which have a "ports > tree", but that works a little bit different from how a package repository > works, so it makes sense that it should have a different name.
"App Store" actually is an excellent counter example because of this - "repository" was the far more established term, but Apple chose App Store, and the users figured it out. I wouldn't be surprised to see an IPS "App Store" in the future, as a repository from which you can purchase non-free software, but as a special case repository, not a catchall term for all repositories. Though, that may even need a different name since "App Store" is listed on http://www.apple.com/legal/trademark/appletmlist.html so may not be usable by anyone but Apple. -- -Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersm...@sun.com Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
