Thanks. At the end of Spolsky's article he mentions a way to survive: "A good platform always has opportunities for applications that aren’t just gap-fillers.

Thanks. At the end of Spolsky's article he mentions a way to survive: "A good platform always has opportunities for applications that aren’t just gap-fillers. These are the kind of application that the vendor is unlikely ever to consider a core feature, usually because it’s vertical — it’s not something everyone is going to want. There is exactly zero chance that Apple is ever going to add a feature to the iPhone for dentists. Zero."