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Irrelevant. I would rewrite your comment this way: Developers don't trust Microsoft. Who wants the OS vendor to make competition for their software? Not many
by Shorel 15y ago
Irrelevant.
I would rewrite your comment this way:
Developers don't trust Microsoft. Who wants the OS vendor to make competition for their software? Not many developers. And Microsoft will if it can, because it has to grow.
The XBOX succeeded in part because competition in games is a non-exclusive agreement, a gamer that buys a racing title will probably buy another racing title.
A customer that buys MS Office will not buy another suite.
A customer that buys or downloads for free the MS app in his phone will not buy another app that does the same, even if it's better.
- freehunter 15y agoIsn't Apple an OS vendor, one with a history of not approving apps that compete with what Apple has already done, and of taking existing apps off the market when Apple rolls out their own version?
- Shorel 15y agoTrue, and the fact that they are very clear about it seems to make a difference. Also, they have a marketplace that has helped lots of developers already. The point is, whatever Apple is doing, is not as bad as the "is not ready until Lotus/Novell/etc doesn't run" that MS did in the past.