AppleInsider | Intel to apply Apple's App Store strategy with netbooks

Of all the things Apple has innovated, it looks like the biggest contribution they have had on society is the App Store. Yes, yes, others have tried a version of this in the past, but nothing has (a) come close to the commercial success of the App Store; and (b) the reason everyone is opening their own version of the App Store is because of Apple's consumer influence. Even our very good partners over at Cerner have opened up a version of the App Store for Electronic Medical Records and other applications.

The idea of the App Store is unleashing another level of innovation on society, that may rival the internet (that sounds crazy, but think more about it and you will see it is true). These small applications can be written by a smaller number of people, and put out in the open for immediate testing and use. Soon gone will be the days of taking a year or two to develop software (except for the true platform developers). We will see applications, uses and functionality that we cant even dream of right now.

AppleInsider | Intel to apply Apple's App Store strategy with netbooks