Re: Where is Moneydance?

I¹m guessing they aren¹t going to sell java based apps ­ I think they¹ll
only sell native cocoa based apps.  What do you think?


On 11/19/10 12:25 PM, "Sean Reilly" <[email protected]> wrote:

> 
> 
> On Nov 19, 2010, at 10:30 AM, Stuart George wrote:
> 
>> > On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Steve Lessard
>> > <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> >> I was just browsing Apple's online store where I saw iBank 4 for sale.
>>> Upon taking a closer look I found they also sell Quicken Essentials and
>>> MoneyWorks CashBook for managing personal finances as well as "Start, Run,
>>> Grow Your Business." MYOB FirstEdge, AccountEdge, QuickBooks, Moneyworks
>>> Express, Moneyworks Gold and Moneyworks DataCenter for managing business
>>> finances.
>>> >>
>>> >> What would it take to get Moneydance listed there?
>> >
>> > It can't. Its Java, so does not meet Apple guidelines.
> 
> Actually, the reason we're not in that particular store is that Moneydance
> isn't currently sold in boxed form.  That store is the one where you buy the
> software and they ship a box with a CD.
> 
> As for the upcoming Mac App Store, it may be possible for Moneydance to be in
> it after all.  As long as the Apple's contributions to the OpenJDK result in a
> viable runtime for Moneydance to use.  Apple's guidelines only say that their
> specific deprecated implementation of Java is not allowed.
> 
> Thanks,
> Sean
> 
> 
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