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[pjhk]

Ok, it's better, well done.

I don't think I will support the Mac App Store - if I can purchase directly that's what I'll do. Apple/Mac is to my knowledge the only vendor of integrated computer *systems* for the consumer. They develop the operating system(s) *and* hardware platforms which is *the* contributing factor to the stability and smooth user experience of their products. Good. ..But this tendency to tie in 3rd party contributions and products is starting to stink.

..Very likely though an app will be sold exclusively through the app store, and alternative (existing) channels will be terminated. The idea is to create the go-to place for software on mac. I read that apple will lift a 30% provision on sales through the store. Now, real-world stores and retailers also take their cut, but I'm wondering - comparing internet sales to internet sales, if the developer wants to keep his margin, where will those 30% be shifted? Common experience says customers. Then again, can we expect a 30% price increase? No. Apple would have an empty app store - boxed products (if the app store will carry those) and download versions will keep their respective differences in price.

But.. As capitalism, payment systems, banks and bureacracy goes, they'll squeeze a penny there and there, as always.

Inspector Clouseau? A sympathetic man for the most, though he *always* screw things up in his quest for sophistication and ..prestige?

(that said about Clouseau, not Cipher.)