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Re: [pygame] App Store
Hey Folks,
Over the last two years the company I work for has been putting Linux
on x86 based netbooks, but now MS has squashed that with offering
exclusive deals to hardware companies for distributing Windows 7. In
a couple of months, some of these hardware companies will be coming
out with Linux based netbooks on an ARM architecture that we hope will
server to ignite more interest in ARM and Linux.
To do this, we know that we need to create excitement and a good user
experience for the end user. To that end we are polishing the UI as
much as possible and we are looking to get the support of communities
like Pygame to develop and publish applications for these netbook
devices in an app store dedicated to ARM-based Linux devices.
The app store will support all software licenses with download links
for source code where applicable as well as an ecommerce module for
non-free software. To evaluate the app store experience you can check
out presto.cnr.com, eeedownload.cnr.com and www.cnr.com.
The reason I think the Pygame platform is so important is because 70%
of the applications downloaded on the iPhone were games, with another
20% being entertainment type applications.
We are doing work to make sure SDL and numerics are optimized for
running on this ARM platform.
What I would like to know is if this kind of opportunity is something
this community would be interested in.
Additionally, I can also offer to host an app store just for Pygame
software, supporting all OS types, for free. The url would be
pygame.cnr.com and I would give creative control over the branding of
the site and the promotion of software on that site to the community.
Hopefully you don't think this offer too lame or spam-like.
Regards,
Cary
On May 9, 2009, at 9:59 AM, Chris McCormick wrote:
Hi,
Yes. Anything to break the current app-store hedgemony run by the
big corporations.
Best,
Chris.
On Fri, May 08, 2009 at 03:56:18PM -0700, Cary Harper wrote:
Would anyone be interested in putting their software into an App
Store
for ARM Linux Netbooks?
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Cary Harper
Senior Software Development Manager
Xandros, Corp.
858.774.0943 | 858.587.6700 Ext 153