[sldev] Tip of the iceberg...

Argent Stonecutter secret.argent at gmail.com
Sat Sep 5 07:52:10 PDT 2009


On 2009-09-04, at 10:49, Dale Mahalko wrote:
> Probably the better way to go is a form of the Apple iPhone App  
> Store, except in this case it would be the Linden Client Plugin  
> Store, such that client-side capability extensions are permitted,  
> but they must be approved by Linden and are downloaded from a Linden- 
> vetted plugin source, and don't have to be permanently coded into a  
> massive monolithic client binary that everyone must download whether  
> they want the extended capabilities or not.

The Apple phone store model is routinely broken, even on a tightly  
controlled closed device like the iPhone. With an open source client  
there's not a hope in hell of implementing it.


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