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How exactly did Apple and Microsoft create a product which they knew ahead of time would attract specific software developers? Or are you suggesting that third
by anjc 9y ago
How exactly did Apple and Microsoft create a product which they knew ahead of time would attract specific software developers? Or are you suggesting that third party suppliers turned Microsoft/Apple's offerings into differentiated products over time?
And Redhat, one of the main software offerings of a 2 billion dollar public company, can't run the software that 98% of computers can, but they aren't an example of differentiation? It sounds like you don't understand differentiation and are using the term literally, as if it just means 'different'.
- valuearb 9y agoApple's developer program for the Mac started pretty much at launch. They gave out free software, documentation, and equipment to some, and substantial discounts to others. They recruited MSFT from the start. MSFT's developer arm has always been central to providing tools and support to developers wanting to build applications for it's operating systems. You don't think both companies realized that an operating system with many available applications was far more valuable than one without?