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The network effects of software compatibility proved sufficient to maintain their dominance. Before that point it was common for software to be ported to all t
by nitrogen 6y ago
The network effects of software compatibility proved sufficient to maintain their dominance.
Before that point it was common for software to be ported to all the major platforms, so I don't think that caused their dominance, it just helped reinforce it.
- scarface74 6y agoYou didn’t own a Mac back then did you? By 2000 there were only two major platforms for desktop operating systems - Macs and Windows.
- nitrogen 6y agoI'm thinking more DOS era. E.g. all of the different Another World ports.
- scarface74 6y agoThe DOS era was the Mac era. The Mac came out in 1984. It didn’t see a whole lot of ports.