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It is, as long as you align 'better' in the same way as your customers mean it. This is simply not true. There is a lot of weight behind de facto standards tha
by tensor 17y ago
It is, as long as you align 'better' in the same way as your customers mean it.
This is simply not true. There is a lot of weight behind de facto standards that is difficult to overcome. Apple themselves continually have to fight against this with people entrenched in the Microsoft stack of software. Word is still the dominate word processing system in the entire world. Many people have argued that word processor X or Y is superior over the years. And they might be right. But being better will not convert all those existing Word documents and corporate policies.
As for netbooks, no one is arguing for them at all. The only thing people really care about is being able to write and sell software for the iPad without needing Apple's approval.
- GHFigs 17y agoBut being better will not convert all those existing Word documents and corporate policies. Which is why all Macs, iPhones, iPods Touches, and iPads support viewing and to some degree authoring of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents, and also Microsoft Exchange. In the case of Microsoft's dominance, they shrewdly chose to work with the grain, and the result is a better product for the significant number of users who need it. That is: it all comes back to what "better" means to the people with the money.