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Novell Ponders "Open-Source Apps Store"

Posted by timothy on from the return-of-click-n-run dept.

Barence writes "Novell plans to bring the wealth of open-source software to everyday users through an 'open-source apps store.' 'I would compare what's happening on netbooks with what's happening to the smartphone,' Holger Dyroff, vice president of business development at Novell told PC Pro. 'There's a core experience, but then the ability to customise that experience. On the user end, all they'll see is an open-source applications store with one-click downloads of new software. Unlike the other stores though, they won't have to pay for any of those applications, which will be very attractive.'"

3 of 183 comments (clear)

  1. Replying to self by killmenow · · Score: 3, Funny

    Or an extension to the standard Synaptic-type front end to repositories where you could just click and run an app. What could you call something where you could just click and run any application you might want, I wonder... Hmmmm...I just can't seem to think of anything to name a click and run type of interface to open source repositories.

  2. Novell... its alive by pete.com · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh sorry that was just a twitch from the electric shock..... its dead!.

  3. Re:Apt by drizek · · Score: 3, Funny

    It has an apple-ey sounding name...

    It usually goes like this:

    1. Group A invents something
    2. Nobody buys it.
    3. Apple does the same thing, but worse, and more expensive.
    4. Everyone wants it.
    5. Groups B-K try and copy Apple, making something better, uglier and cheaper.
    6. Everyone still wants the Apple thing they can't afford.
    7. Massive credit card debt and economic crisis.