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Simple reason? They're making "enough" off the Mac version and quite frequently the people who make the well-designed clever little mac apps (see: omni, &c) hav

by ptomato 17y ago

Simple reason? They're making "enough" off the Mac version and quite frequently the people who make the well-designed clever little mac apps (see: omni, &c) have absolutely no inclination to develop for Windows.

jasonkester 17y ago
Perhaps I wasn't clear. Why doesn't one of the smart, ambitious, young developers here at HN, who is probably looking for a side project develop an Omnigraffle or Soulver clone and start selling it? I can understand why the Omnigraffle people themselves are too busy driving expensive cars through the hills around Silicon Valley to do so themselves. Considering how many time-waste-ish sites we see come through here in "Rate My Site" form, it's clear that there's plenty of dev-power getting squandered on a daily basis. I've just given two concrete examples of applications that real people are paying real money to use. Personally, if I had the time I'd be spending it building WinSoulver rather than BigAssTextMessage.com.
- blasdel 17y ago
  Well it's the hills around Seattle, and the Omni founder with the Lotus Elise left to found Delicious Monster.
  - jasonkester 17y ago
    I actually guessed half right? Nice!
- shabda 17y ago
  People on Mac are more amenable to pay for software than on windows, generally speaking.
  - patio11 17y ago
    Conversion rate for BCC on Macs is nearly double that of Windows. I have always attributed it to my stunning design, rigid adherence to the HIG, and use of cutting-edge Mac-centric programming languages like Java Swing. ;)
  - Groxx 17y ago
    I've also generally found that even the "my first program EVAR" projects are very frequently functional, stable, and integrate with 90% of the apps most people use (built-in ones, and ones compatible with those). Try saying that about Windows applications. I've also had far far far fewer headaches, crashes, and general "wtf" moments with my app-testing habits on OSX than I have on Windows, and I'm clocking 2,000-3,000 (or higher) on OSX and well over 5,000 on Windows. Seriously.

by ptomato 17y ago

jasonkester 17y ago

Perhaps I wasn't clear. Why doesn't one of the smart, ambitious, young developers here at HN, who is probably looking for a side project develop an Omnigraffle or Soulver clone and start selling it? I can understand why the Omnigraffle people themselves are too busy driving expensive cars through the hills around Silicon Valley to do so themselves. Considering how many time-waste-ish sites we see come through here in "Rate My Site" form, it's clear that there's plenty of dev-power getting squandered on a daily basis. I've just given two concrete examples of applications that real people are paying real money to use. Personally, if I had the time I'd be spending it building WinSoulver rather than BigAssTextMessage.com.

blasdel 17y ago
Well it's the hills around Seattle, and the Omni founder with the Lotus Elise left to found Delicious Monster.
- jasonkester 17y ago
  I actually guessed half right? Nice!
shabda 17y ago
People on Mac are more amenable to pay for software than on windows, generally speaking.
- patio11 17y ago
  Conversion rate for BCC on Macs is nearly double that of Windows. I have always attributed it to my stunning design, rigid adherence to the HIG, and use of cutting-edge Mac-centric programming languages like Java Swing. ;)
- Groxx 17y ago
  I've also generally found that even the "my first program EVAR" projects are very frequently functional, stable, and integrate with 90% of the apps most people use (built-in ones, and ones compatible with those). Try saying that about Windows applications. I've also had far far far fewer headaches, crashes, and general "wtf" moments with my app-testing habits on OSX than I have on Windows, and I'm clocking 2,000-3,000 (or higher) on OSX and well over 5,000 on Windows. Seriously.