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bonzoesc on Feb 16, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Between a rock and a hard place – our decision to ...

Apple fairly routinely lets themselves be exceptions to rules for their own platform. Lion is distributed via the Mac App Store, and I'd put money on them not allowing Ubuntu or Windows to be distributed via the Mac App Store in a similar fashion[1].

1: future anti-trust cases or congressional testimonies nonwithstanding

jefftk on Feb 16, 2012 [–]

Hypothetical rule: "Operating Systems may be distributed through the Mac App Store only if they are capable of running the Mac App Store"

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