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Actually, it kind of does. Why, ultimately, did Windows initially achieve market dominance? Because it evolved from MS-DOS. Why did MS-DOS have market dominan
by mechanical_fish 15y ago
Actually, it kind of does.
Why, ultimately, did Windows initially achieve market dominance? Because it evolved from MS-DOS.
Why did MS-DOS have market dominance? Because it ran on PC compatibles.
Why did PC compatibles have market dominance? Because they were drop-in replacements for the IBM PC.
And why, despite being relatively late to the market, despite having a relatively high price tag and a really ugly grey boxy look, did the IBM PC have market dominance? Because IBM put their product into the hands of their well-established and reputable corporate sales network dedicated to selling IBM hardware, and they sold it all over.
Of course, this argument is incomplete and flawed because I haven't used the words Lotus 1-2-3 yet. Unfortunately, the fact that killer apps also sell hardware comes as little relief for Android. The closest thing to a killer app that Android has come up with so far is Flash support. Unfortunately, with mobile Flash it's still not clear who is doing the killing and who is doing the dying.
- revorad 15y agoSo Windows and MS-DOS which ran on third party "dealer" imitations beat IBM originals sold through an in-house sales network. I don't see how you are refuting my argument.
- Steko 15y agoYour argument is a total non sequitur to begin with. If you were a large business buying computers in the mid 80's you bought them directly from manufacturer (Compaq, Apple, whoever). If you were a small business you bought your computer(s) from a third party (computer store, Sears, wherever). The Mac lost because most businesses bought for price and compatibility.