rentzsch.tumblr.com: Mac App Store

This piece basically echoes my own thoughts on the App Store: it’s a fine idea, but the current implementation is lacking a ton of features that developers of high quality mac applications are going to need. Its saving grace is that Apple isn’t making it the only game in town, but that, too, might be a problem: it risks creating a “lemons market” of sorts: if it becomes the go-to place for new mac users and is full of iphone-sized $3 games…

I think it has potential, so long as Apple is willing to provide the tools developers will need to make it a success.

rentzsch:

I’ve long wanted better application management on Mac OS X, so I applaud the Mac App Store. Application installation has always been a train-wreck on Mac OS X, but at least independent developers were able to make the application updating process reasonable enough thanks to Andy Matuschak’s…

[07/30 10:13 me@gdis-imac-2:logistics ] $ cap make_deliveries
TARGET was unspecified... defaulting to 'staging'
Loading ./config/hosted_services_deployment.rb
  * executing `make_deliveries'
Which packages would you like delivered?
memcache
Which server should it go to?
web_staging.greenviewdata.com
    * uploading /tmp/memcache.install.sh to web_staging.greenviewdata.com
    * executing /tmp/memcache.install.sh on web_staging.greenviewdata.com
    * configuring service memcache on web_staging.devel.greenviewdata.com
[07/30 10:13 me@gdis-imac-2:logistics ] $