Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
OpenAppStore – Do we need one?
I can’t help but think with Apple, Sun, Nokia and others with “AppStores” live and working or clones in the works, is it time to have 1 set of open, “AppStore” APIs? I certainly wouldn’t expect it from Apple as they’re currently the market leader, but all these “me too” players should consider consolidating resources for 1 API set that could be shared and collaboratively built upon. There’s no reason this couldn’t be possible and successful. We need strong competition in this space – not just weak, feable, short term “tries” at building a competing store to Apple…
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June 9th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
Yes, we need an open App Store standard « rand($thoughts); said:
[...] App Store, Open Source, Open Standards | No Comments Mike Dolan believes that we need an open API for the various App Stores that are or will be on the market soon. He writes: “I can’t help but think with [...]
June 12th, 2009 at 2:25 am
App Store Standards, and the Open Source Opportunity | google android os blog said:
[...] In today’s mobile era, there is the same kind of staggering fragmentation of platforms and standards for app developers to contend with. Savio Rodrigues points to this thought form Mike Dolan: [...]
June 23rd, 2009 at 12:36 pm
YalvaS – this time from HP said:
[...] what you get when you add an “app store” to HP Printers. As I mentioned a short time ago I think it’s time to develop an open framework for app stores and delivery of applications. [...]
July 22nd, 2009 at 9:03 am
Peter said:
you can check the API fpr App Store at http://www.abtollc.com/AppStoreAPI.aspx
August 5th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
OmReem » Enterprise app stores still need some work said:
[...] could be shared and collaboratively built upon,” IBM employee Michael Dolan said in a recent postto his personal [...]