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I don't believe a traditional 'Open-source' item could beat the ipod. (I think The Iphone and G1 will kill the ipod). The market has started to become modular,

by czcar 18y ago

I don't believe a traditional 'Open-source' item could beat the ipod. (I think The Iphone and G1 will kill the ipod). The market has started to become modular, and us such 'good-enough' products will slowly eat away at the ipod, for a firm (opensource or otherwise) there needs to be a design-led core team to make decisions, to get working capital to manufacture, distribute, market etc (like mechanical_fish suggested). Regarding the average consumer arguement, to an average consumer an ipod has become synonymous to a mp3 player, and as more and more generic 'ipods' flood the market apple will probably leave the market.

kwamenum86 18y ago
I'm not so sure Apple would want to leave the market just because there are a lot of other companies in that space. There is still room for growth, which is key. Steve Jobs often refers to iPod/iTunes as one of Apple's three "legs": http://www.macpredictions.com/2008/06/since-when-did-four-legged-chair-become.html http://www.macpredictions.com/2008/06/since-when-did-four-le... They rely on producing a superior product/user experience/brand to dominate the market and as long as they stay good at that there is no reason to leave cash on the table.