pea soup

i'm developing a gripestrokeconcern with the relationship of the mac app store with business users. it doesn't really bother me too much right now, but in the future it might.

you see, the mac app store is becoming the defacto standard for installing new software on a mac. mac osx Lion is purchased that way and when mountain lion comes out later this year even the software updates look like they will be done that way too. it's integrated with the mac os perfectly, and it's easy to do. no gripes there. but when you make a purchase from the mac app store you get a receipt from the iTunes store. and the iTunes store terms of use state that purchases are for personal use. i.e. not for business use.

so where does that leave the massive user-base of creatives who use a mac day-in day-out to run their businesses? i've tried asking apple to clarify this for me but after 4 or 5 emails i'm none the wiser. in fact they're about as transparent as mud...