Comment 1463 for bug 1

I think that the official name for CNR is something else now.

In 2007 the market for a software store was very immature. Now everyone got one. There is Appstore, Android Market, Chrome Web Store, and Microsofts specs for Windows 8 suggests they are planning one.

Yeah, there is people that is not interested in using commercial applications. Then just dont, just because we add something like cnr doesnt mean you have to use it.

I don't find mixing the FOSS stuff with commercial apps a bad idea. However i would vote for a way to disable it. Technically they should be in their own repo(s), and therefore easy to enable/disable. Just like we handle non-FOSS like flash player right now.

This is not for the hardcore Linux users. I probably would buy some games but nothing else, and many others would not buy anything at all. This is for avarage joe that wants his familiar applications easily available.

> On 10/23/2010 07:00 AM, Faldegast wrote:
> > Take a look at Xandros and their success. CNR seam to work quite well,
> > just to bad that their OS is...
>
> In 2006, there was an announcement of CNR for Ubuntu. It was actually
> in Hardy. It never went anywhere. See
> http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/02/10/a-dnr-for-linspires-cnr/ for an
> example of the response. I do agree that the software "store" could use
> more prominence, but mixing it up with the FOSS stuff is a bad idea to me.
>
> Also, cnr.com appears to be down right now... Amusing timing. :)