[ubuntu-za] Is Ubuntu Appcentre end of the road for FOSS?

[David Robert Lewis]

Lee Sharp wrote:
> David Robert Lewis wrote:
>   
>> I don't want to sound alarmist, but Stefano's post/ is /all about the 
>> Appstore, and wouldn't it be great to unify all the separate installer 
>> elements into one application, which as it turns out, has been on the 
>> cards since 2005!
>>     
>
> There is only one installer.  Apt.  Aptitude, Synaptic, and Add-Remove 
> Programs are all front ends for apt.  It looks like the app store will 
> also use apt.  That means anyone can make a repository.
>
>   
>> I stand by my posting on the subject. It's a problem for FOSS if 
>> Canonical is going down the Apple route.
>>     
>
> They cant.  The underlying architecture is open, and there is no way to 
> close it.  They can layer some DRM in some applications on top of it, 
> but that is all.
>
> 			Lee
>
>   
Thanks for clearing that up Lee. For a minute there, I had thoughts of 
police breaking down my door to examine what I have in my /home folder. 
Linux and Freedom will prevail. Long live FOSS.

-DRL.