Zero Install Project Makes 1.0 Release 82
tal197 writes "Zero Install, the decentralized cross-distribution software installation system, announced 0install 1.0 today after 8 years in development. 0install allows authors to publish directly from their own web-sites while supporting familiar features such as shared libraries, automatic updates, and digital signatures. Is this the end of the walled-gardens of traditional app stores and Linux distributions and the beginning of a true 'Web of Software'?"
The Future (Score:4, Insightful)
"Is this the end of the walled gardens..." (Score:1, Insightful)
Is this the end of the walled-gardens of traditional app stores?
Sure, provided 0install works on every popular platform that has a traditional app store.
What's that? It doesn't run on any of those? Oh dear.